NEW COUNTY ATTORNEY TO BE SELECTED

With the control of the county legislature now in Republican hands the positions of county attorney and clerk of the legislature are up for change. The current county attorney is Knickerbocker, a democrat, who ran and lost big for the position of county judge. It would be stupid for the reps to keep a dem in this position. After all the dems didn't put a rep in this position did they? In addition to that I have a bad opinion of Knickerbocker. He deliberately violated the law when he refused to obey the NY State FOIL laws and forced us to spend a lot of money and time. We won that lawsuit but it didn't change Knickerbockers "my way or the highway" arrogant attitude. I was surprised when I read in yesterdays Cortland Standard page 3 article that Republican Bill Cinquanti wanted to keep Knickerbocker for "continuity". What a load of crap! If the reps want to have continuity they can appoint Fran Casullo, a rep who has been assistant county attorney and an honorable man. While I've beat up on Casullo in the past I still think highly of him. But continuity should not be a reason to keep anyone on board. The reps have a period of time called "transition" where the old go out and the new come in. If they decide to keep Knickerbocker I will be very disappointed because it will be a sign that they intend to do the same old crap that the dems did and that is not a good sign.