Roughly 50 protesters gathered outside City Hall Monday and reiterated calls for Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley to resign.
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Soros-funded PAC spent nearly $1 million trying to defeat Monroe County DA Doorley
The spending dwarfs anything before it in the DA’s race.
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Doorley fends off challenger
This year’s Monroe County district attorney race smoldered through August and September, but suddenly turned into a blaze last month. The hard-fought contest saw Republican incumbent Sandra Doorley challenged by Democrat Shani Curry Mitchell, who served under her as a prosecutor for more than five years. Doorley will hang on to the job though; with […]
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Groups take aim at Project Exile
Civil liberties and criminal justice reform groups are calling on Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley to pull out of a federal program that has some local gun cases turned over to federal prosecutors. Federal charges for gun crimes carry harsher sentences than state charges. Representatives of three groups – Enough is Enough, Citizen Action […]
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DA’s race draws on big issues
Justice is a malleable term, but fundamentally and conceptually it is about fairness, both for people accused of crimes and people who are victims of them. The Monroe County district attorney’s race illustrates just how subjective justice is, as a concept and as a practice. The two candidates converge on some issues and diverge on […]
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County exec race will be Dinolfo versus Bello
County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo has received the Republican Party’s official backing for her reelection bid, and Democrats have designated County Clerk Adam Bello as their candidate against her. Both parties made the designations during their conventions Wednesday night, officially solidifying the match up that many in local politics and media have expected for a couple […]
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The stakes are high for scrambling local Dems
Let’s borrow a euphemism from the sports world and call 2015 a “rebuilding” year for local Democrats. The Democratic brand is in trouble everywhere, but the local scene is particularly alarming. The latest development is the defection of County DA Sandra Doorley – formerly one of the Dems’ brightest stars. The Democrats I’ve talked to […]
