Tuesday, 1/24/12, 10:45 a.m. --- Last year, in the span of 3 months, the City of Rochester had as many mayors as Monroe County's had DA's in the last 3 decades!
In November Sandra Doorley, who had never run for political office before in her life, received
more votes than ANY candidate on the ballot - including 3-term County Executive Maggie Brooks. She defeated a well-funded Republican opponent in half the time
(her campaign started in late June) with about half as much in campaign funds, and without much help from popular incumbent Mike Green who was more or less on the "Political Sidelines" while waiting out a judicial nomination process.
The Monroe County Bar Association lists more than 2,200 members and hundreds more from outside this county come here to practice law and represent clients. They are employers of staff, tenants or owners of office space, taxpayers, often residents with families in this community, and some are politically active as observers or active participants in local politics.
I've often said two booming industries remain in Downtown Rochester; Government and Legal.
The DA's Office is central to both industries and it also impacts all sorts of events in your daily life - from fighting a traffic ticket to a crime in your neighborhood to a highly-publicized investigation that captures the community's attention even if there is no "personal stake" involved.
