Is D&C Admitting it Backed the Wrong People?

The Democrat and Chronicle's editorial board has either changed its mind a lot or is telling us that it's been endorsing the wrong candidates.

In yesterday’s editorial, the editorial board asks state lawmakers to change their behavior, criticizes them for not working together, and makes a point of stating that the legislative and executive branches of state government are controlled by Democrats.

Pop Quiz:   Can you tell me who in state office today from Monroe County was endorsed by the Democrat & Chronicle?

Right you are my friend:   Joe Morelle, David Gantt and Susan John.

Next question:   What members of the Monroe County Legislature depend for their regular paycheck on these same state lawmakers or on an agency mostly funded by one of them?   I am sure that I will miss a few but here goes:   Harry Bronson, Vinnie Esposito, Calvin Lee and Glenn Gamble.  Those are Democratic County Legislators who owe their day job to one of these three state lawmakers, and whose independence as local lawmakers is therefore subject to question.

Legislator Carrie ("Are you looking down my blouse yet?") Andrews, is an employee of the teacher's union, and therefore owes her paycheck to the ultimate boss (or one of the ultimate bosses) of those three state legislators.

Last question: Of the County Legislators mentioned, how many of them were endorsed by the D&C the most recent time they ran for election?

Yes, right again!   All of them.

All of those county legislators operate under a cloud of suspicion, as to whether they're doing what their bosses -- whether their state lawmaker bosses or for Andrews, the union's bosses -- tell them to do.   They are probable pawns of Albany, which the D&C tells us in its editorial doesn't, and doesn't intend, to work to help the everyday working person and the families that keep our community going.

We'll see whether the D&C is serious about "fixing Albany," or whether they're just faking it, by who they endorse for election to the State Legislature this fall.

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UPDATE & CORRECTION
The original posting incorrectly identified County Legislator Saul Maneiro as an employee of a state-legislator-funded entity.   Legislator Maneiro is employed by the Rochester Area Community Foundation, which is funded through private donations, not by grants from the State Legislature or its members.  The Democrat and Chronicle endorsed no candidate in the election for Mr. Maneiro's legislative district.   Our apologies to Legislator Maneiro, and our thanks to him for making us aware of this.