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Hats of to Channel 10.  They did a story on anonymous mailing sent out on Dollinger’s behalf attacking Joe Robach and one for who ever is running against Jim Alesi for voting for the same budget that Dollinger’s political patrons David Paterson and Joe Morelle voted for.

There was no return address on it — I think this is illegal.  The bulk permit said Atlas Direct Mail a mailhouse used by state Senate Democrats.  Take a look at this expense report I found on the state BOE website.  Atlas was used by Democratic Senator Craig Johnson in that special election to replace Mike Balboni — the first and only rat to jump at former Governor Steamroller’s offer of a job to try to buy the senate.  Ironically, Atlas Direct Mail is housed in Long Island — the very place they say Robach gave tax cuts to — how’s that for nerve?

Channel 10 went to an RIT Political Science professor and here’s what he said:

News 10 NBC took the anonymous mailer to Spencer Meredith, professor of political science at R.I.T. He said, “Setting this aside, this specific message here. Is it ethical to blame one person or one party for something that received support across parties and in different branches of government? Of course, it’s not ethical.

Wait, Dollinger do something unethical?  I thought he was the great reformer?

The local media really needs to ask Dollinger about this.  He can’t claim a lack of knowledge.  If he does, it shows the political bosses are calling the shots.  If they are doing this during his campaign, what would it be like if he were to win?

And what about Joe Morelle, David Gantt and Susan John?  They voted for the same budget Robach did — why not criticize them?

Dare I point out that this all makes RICHard look like a hypocrite.  This reminds me of former Governor Spiter’s conduct.  Claim you are a reformer when you can’t even play by the notoriously lax rules of Albany!  Nice going.

This should give Sandy Frankel even more to think about!

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It has been said that leading Democrats is like herding cats.  I’ve never tried it, but it certainly makes sense — just look at the Presidential primary.  If that is the case, when you look at the handiwork of Democratic Party Chairman Joe Morelle in delivering his party’s nomination to a flawed candidate — RICHard Dollinger, the only conclusion is that Morelle is the ultimate cat whisperer (insert cat for horse in definition).

The Democrat and Chronicle had a piece Wednesday announcing that RICHard Dollinger has secured the Democratic nomination to run against Senator Joe Robach.  According to the D&C:

Dollinger received more weighted votes than the other two Democrats who were seeking the endorsement in committee caucuses held throughout the district, according to Sean Hart, communications director for the Monroe County Democratic Committee.

We at Monroerising.com have been very outspoken about the candidacy of RICHard Dollinger.  I have felt all along that Dollinger wasn’t really interested in the Senate.  The fact that he quit the Senate, took time off, then ran for Democratic Party Chair — gave a great speech and quit that a month later to run for Brighton Town Judge so he could quit that to run for Senate just doesn’t make sense.  I gave rank and file Democrats credit enough to recognize RICHard as a pompous, self serving hypocrite, who really only cares about what is good for him. Even liberals would see this, right?

Even after Mr. Peabody predicted that Chairman Morelle’s support would put RICHard over the top, I disagreed. But you have to give Morelle his due.  Based on what I’ve seen in the media, Frankel took the Brighton Democratic Committee and Dollinger took everything else.

Morelle’s support is the only thing that can explain this strong showing by Dollinger.  It will be interesting to see what happens now.  Sandy Frankel must be weighing her options.  She did well considering the deck was stacked against her.  The big question is whether Morelle’s support would have the same results if she were to take it to a primary.

To use your influence to deliver the votes of a couple hundred of the Democratic faithful is very impressive.  But I doubt even the ultimate cat whisperer could help Dollinger win a fair fight with Democratic primary voters.  Mrs. Frankel has a lot to think about! 

Tags: Articles, Cincinnatus, Joe Morelle, Joe Robach, Richard Dollinger, Sandy Frankel by Cincinnatus
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Earlier today, Joe Robach made his re-election announcement at the Roger Robach Community Center, the building named after Robach’s late father, Assemblyman Roger Robach.  I received an e-mail about the announcement and was able to attend the event.

First and foremost, if the number and array of supporters is indicative of what we can expect from the upcoming campaign, Robach will once again win re-election by another huge margin regardless of who his opponent is.  The building was packed with city and suburban residents, veterans, firefighters, law enforcement, democrats and republicans, union members, members of the faith community, community leaders, elected officials, family members and friends.  There had to be around 150 people there.  And it looked like every single media outlet showed up to cover it. [Read more →]

Tags: Articles, InsidePolitics, Joe Robach, Richard Dollinger, Sandy Frankel, Willa Powell by InsidePolitics
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Take a look at Water Buffalo Press’ take on RICHard Dollinger, Sandy Frankel and Willa Powell’s protest last week outside of Joe Robach’s office — It’s really well done:

What a beautiful day to grandstand

NYS Senate hopefuls Rick Dollinger, Sandra Frankel and Willa Powell could not have had better weather in which to grandstand, I mean demonstrate, outside the office of Senator Joe Robach yesterday.

See our earlier post on the matter that caused all the hub-bub for the background on this story which led to the Rochester branch’s NOW-organized picket:

Barbara Moore, secretary of the Rochester chapter of NOW, said she didn’t think the candidates were using the issue for political gain.

“Economic justice, the economy, is the bedrock of the Democratic party and these are strong Democrats,” she said. “Democrats care about raising people out of poverty. They know something has to be done and they know pay equity is the way to do that.”

Uh-huh.  What Moore failed to mention is that Robach’s bill passed the Senate unanimously with bi-partisan support.  Moore also failed to address the mythological nature of discriminatory pay practices in New York and across the country.

Well done WBP!

Tags: Joe Robach, Richard Dollinger, Sandy Frankel, The Equalizer, Willa Powell by The Equalizer
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Add the Brighton-Pittsford Post to the list of organizations doing a better job covering local politics than the Democrat & Chronicle.  They have a story on the Democratic nomiation to run against Joseph Robach.  She throws down the gauntlet to Democratic Chairman Joseph Morelle:

Frankel said that with county chairman Assemblyman Joe Morelle endorsing Dollinger, it makes her job “more difficult” to secure the designation, but said she has been active in talking with committee members in her race for the designation.

“Joe (Morelle) doesn’t live in the district and it’s people who live in the district who really should be making this decision,” she said. (Editor’s note: It’s that what Maggie said about those judges who said the FAIR Plan was illegal?)“Democrats want to win the Senate back and I will do what we need to make that happen.” [Read more →]

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She’s at it again. Checkout Sandrafrankel.com and notice Sandy Frankel’s government office phone number and address is listed on her senate campaign website under the contact us section.  In case Mrs. Frankel removes it quickly (she did this last time we caught her) click here for an image. 

I’m pretty sure this is illegal.  If not, it is certainly unethical.  Maybe Andrew Cuomo’s Public Integrity Unit can investigate.  Call Sandy at Town Hall (784-5251) and tell her to stop using governmental resources for political purposes!

Tags: Articles, Sandy Frankel, The Equalizer by The Equalizer
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So, the gang of three seeking to run against state Senator Joseph Robach, Democrats Willa Powell, RICHard Dollinger, and Sandy Frankel, were in Greece yesterday grandstanding for the latest special interest group, NOW of Greater Rochester. 

They were protesting because they felt Robach didn’t support their cause — having government decide how much people working in various jobs should be paid.  Many feel this legislation is unnecessary because there is this thing called the “free market” that has worked pretty well since before the founding of our Republic.  The Democrat and Chronicle was the only media outlet covering the event – they sent cub reporter Kate Perry, to cover this event.

RICHard Dollinger was the biggest hypocrite of the bunch.  According to the D&C:

Dollinger, Robach’s predecessor who held the 56th state Senate district seat from 1993 to 2002, accused Robach of ducking out on a vote that would have released a stronger pay-equity bill from committee.

Wait a minute, isn’t this the same guy who “ducked out” of the Senate in 2002 when he found out he was going to have a tough race?  Isn’t this the same guy who “ducked out” when he was elected chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee because he wanted to pursue his life long dream of being a judge?  In case you don’t know, the answer is yes to both. [Read more →]

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Well, that didn’t take long.  Remember when I wrote that Joe Morelle’s endorsement of Rick Dollinger was going to effectively seal the deal for Dollinger to get the nomination to run for the 56th Senate race?  Sandy Frankel had already beaten Dollinger in Brighton with 53% of the vote.  Then Dollinger quickly releases an announcement that he has the endorsement of Democrat Assemblyman/Democrat County Party Chair Joe Morelle.  I said that Morelle’s endorsement would shift the Democrat Party machine’s support over to Rick and I was right.

Last night, the Greece and Parma Democrat Committees overwhelmingly endorsed Dollinger with 56% of the Greece votes and 60% of the Parma votes.  Now, it should be noted that only a total of about 51 Greece committee people voted and a paultry 12 Parma Democrat committee people bothered to show up, but the rules are the rules and Dollinger walks away with crushing percentages.

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Tags: Articles, InsidePolitics, Richard Dollinger, Sandy Frankel, Willa Powell by InsidePolitics
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Since I don’t read the weekly Messenger Post Newspapers, I completely missed this announcement.  Thank you to one of our readers who sent us an e-mail and some thoughts regarding an article in last week’s Brighton-Pittsford Post.

It seems that Monroe County Democratic Party Chair and State Assemblyman Joe Morelle has already decided who will run against Joe Robach for the 56th state Senate seat.  It was reported in the BPP article that Richard Dollinger released a statement that his candidacy has been endorsed by Morelle.  This is a major setback for Sandy Frankel and pretty much ends the race for Willa Powell.  Morelle’s endorsement is seen as an indication of how the votes will be expected to go at the Democratic County party convention and comes at a critical moment for Dollinger.

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We had a post yesterday about Richard Dollinger’s scheduled press conference announcing he was running for his old senate seat.  Not because he wanted to be a Senator again, but because the party bosses in Albany wanted him to.

Dollinger, who served in the Senate from 1993 to 2002, chose not to seek another term after Robach, then a Democratic assemblyman, switched parties and ran for Dollinger’s post.

But Dollinger said Friday that circumstances are different this time after being encouraged by political leaders to run again.

I watched the local television news and it looks like this event was ignored by everyone but the D&C –they carried a two paragraph story on 7b.  This led me to wonder why he would schedule his announcement yesterday.  The St. Patrick’s Day parade and a bunch of other stuff going on.  If anyone did show up they would ask him about his disgraced buddy, Client Number 9, or at best he could tell everyone how he used to sit next to David Patterson.

This reminded me of the ineptitude of Sandy Frankel and her announcement for Senate in early February — another event ignored by local media. We did this post back then.  What’s up with these guys — they can’t even get media coverage for what is supposed to be one of the biggest Senate races in quite awhile.

The crew from Albany better get in here quick — at the rate these two are going, Willa Powell might actually have a chance to steal the nomination.

Tags: Articles, Cincinnatus, Richard Dollinger, Sandy Frankel, Willa Powell by Cincinnatus
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