Monroe County breaks up with ROBUTRAD
Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks has officially annulled the county’s public works contract with ROBUTRAD, whose owner, Robert Marone, is being investigated for wasting millions of taxpayer dollars. The deal is to expire on August 1st in exactly one month. She made the announcement with the Republican majority leader of the County Leg, Dan Quatro, standing next to her.
Brooks and Republican county legislators also sponsored a bill so that no future county administration can enter into this kind of agreement without legislature support. Brooks said a future agreement of this kind would need bulletproof oversight. When asked why this was not provided this time around she said something fell through the cracks and hindsight is 20-20.
Brooks says, “If we were trying to hide anything we wouldn’t have had the sheriff’s office in to investigate. We asked for the investigation.”
And Democrats have been, as usual, kept out of the loop on this one:
Democratic legislators were not invited to this announcement. They say they did not know about ending the deal with ROBUTRAD. The Democrats have asked for the state comptroller’s office to come in and do the investigation. They question whether Sheriff Patrick O’Flynn should be part of it when the Republican is running for re-election.
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Seemed pathetic. Another dog and pony show meant to show the republicans are cleaning up.
However, it was a case of the frame contradicting the message. The non-partisan republicans failed to even tell the democrats. Who thinks up these great ideas and campaign themes? Running as the party of clean administration when administration is seen to be corrupt failing is a loser
Ever see that show Lie To ME on Fox? Take a look at the picture of Brooks at the press conference and tell me the guy next to her in the picture is buying the bilge she’s selling…
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