And they have to run serious candidates - not just Morelle’s friends - for positions. They can’t sit around patting themselves on the back for getting Mike Green elected DA when he used to be a Repub, or for winning races they were going to win anyway, or races they didn’t help out with. What about one of those vying for Robach’s seat deciding to run for County Exec, and starting the ground game?

She is unqualified for the job - and we the people need to remove her from office for her malfeasant action.

You don’t let a 2 year old drive a car. Maggie Brooks is incompetent to the degree that it has become a serious threat to our security. She needs to go.

What’s really, really sad about Maggie’s management style, is the fact that it is reactionary. Reactionary management is usually a sign of an administration that has no true creative methods or knowledge on how to solve and resolve issues with leadership. Instead, they hack at the easiest methods to improve THEIR budget, with no concern or caring shown to the recipients of the programs they eliminate.

What you are seeing in ALL of this mess coming out of the illustrious county offices is the pitfall of electing an unemployed news anchor who had and continues to demonstrate - *has* no skills and is unqualified for her job.

Instead of surrounding herself with truly qualified individuals, the “lackey” approach to her hiring of all of the GOP cronies, who themselves are unqualified to perform their jobs, but are good at cashing their paychecks has come home to roost.

This should send up a MASSIVE red flare to any parent of a student or student themselves enrolled at MCC.

The only hope for producing future leaders who are qualified and competent to serve the best interests of the county, state and country is to make certain they receive a quality education.

When Brooks, Quatro and Minarik get through with MCC if allowed with the appointment of their political “hacks”, they will be receiving diplomas for having graduated “Grade 13″.

What creates such an oxymoron here is that the LACK of education and qualification is what is creating the devastating events in this county. It’s the GOP who could well afford a few classes in municipal management, mathematics and finance, as well as public relations and the law.

Has anyone figured out a method by which she can be removed from office? It’s our only hope.

Safety Net’s a NYS program. It’s for people who are poor, but not poor enough to qualify for Federal benefits (TANF, etc) The state and the county split the cost of Safety Net.

The Monroe republicans tried to pull that Safety Net chargeback business when Doyle was exec, too. They’re going to say it’s not fair that suburbanites have to pay for welfare (they’ll call it “welfare” - conjuring Reagan’s images), when 90% of the recipients live in the City…

They won’t be able to do it w/o a suit (which they’d lose.) It would instantly bankrupt the City. But the threat may be enough to get them some leverage over Democrats in Albany. They’ll probably want the state to pick up a higher percentage of the cost.

It’s an EXTREMELY divisive way to get leverage, and shows the weakness of their position. Seems like everything they do these days is. They’ve learned from Rove, it seems.

What can I say. They know their base. To them, bitching about “lazy welfare recipients” and the city is like talking about the weather.