Meeting: Don't Change the Public Defender Hiring Process

Emergency Public Safety Meeting Don't Change the Public Defender Hiring Process Saturday, February 9 8am Monroe County Office Building 39 West Main Street, Downtown, Rochester The fight of the Monroe County Public Defender Coalition -- is the right fight and needs your support. Thirty four years ago young men and women who could not afford an attorney in this community were being plea bargained down the river by the Monroe County Public Defenders Office. We fought and fixed the problem, removing politics from the process that chose the head of that office. Jesus says, “You shall know a tree by the fruit it produces”. The process that was established over thirty years ago produced one of the best Public Defender’s Office in the Nation. It insulated the office from becoming a dumping ground for political party faithfuls and political hacks. Instead, caring, hardworking, qualified attorneys were brought in to serve. Today the Republican majority within the County Legislature want to return us to that place and time when justice was not served. We as a community can’t afford to let that happen! If it “Ain’t Broke -- Don’t Fix It” Keep the process in place that has served this community well and brought National acclaim to Monroe County. We need your help. Coalition for a Fair and Independent Monroe County Public Defender’s Selection Process David Gantt, Member of Assembly, 133rd District Bishop Mathew Clark, Diocese of Rochester Bishop Jack McKelvey, Episcopal Diocese of Rochester James Norman, Action for a Better Community William Clark, Judicial Process Commission (Urban League) Lovely Warren, Chair, RBBA Diversity Committee Rev. James Cherry, Aenon Baptist Church Rev. Errol Hunt, Rochester Faith Alliance Min. Franklin Florence, Rochester Faith Alliance Ron Thomas, Baden Street Settlement House Calvin Lee, Montgomery Neighborhood Center Sue Porter, Judicial Process Commission Grace Miller, House of Mercy Daan Braveman, President, Nazareth College Robert Brown, Laborer’s Local 435 Joe Brown, NAACP Sister Beth LeValley, SSJ Dorothy Borgus, League of Women Voters Brian Hetherington Peter Peters, Interfaith Alliance -- Jon Greenbaum, Metro Justice Organizer office 585.325.2560 cell 585.880.8731

<p>Emergency Public Safety Meeting<br /> Don't Change the Public Defender Hiring Process<br /> Saturday, February 9<br /> 8am<br /> Monroe County Office Building<br /> 39 West Main Street, Downtown, Rochester</p> <p>The fight of the Monroe County Public Defender Coalition -- is the right fight and needs your support. Thirty four years ago young men and women who could not afford an attorney in this community were being plea bargained down the river by the Monroe County Public Defenders Office.</p> <p>We fought and fixed the problem, removing politics from the process that chose the head of that office. Jesus says, “You shall know a tree by the fruit it produces”. The process that was established over thirty years ago produced one of the best Public Defender’s Office in the Nation. It insulated the office from becoming a dumping ground for political party faithfuls and political hacks.</p> <p>Instead, caring, hardworking, qualified attorneys were brought in to serve. Today the Republican majority within the County Legislature want to return us to that place and time when justice was not served. We as a community can’t afford to let that happen!</p> <p>If it “Ain’t Broke -- Don’t Fix It” Keep the process in place that has served this community well and brought National acclaim to Monroe County. We need your help.</p> <p>Coalition for a Fair and Independent Monroe County Public Defender’s Selection Process</p> <p>David Gantt, Member of Assembly, 133rd District<br /> Bishop Mathew Clark, Diocese of Rochester<br /> Bishop Jack McKelvey, Episcopal Diocese of Rochester<br /> James Norman, Action for a Better Community<br /> William Clark, Judicial Process Commission (Urban League)<br /> Lovely Warren, Chair, RBBA Diversity Committee<br /> Rev. James Cherry, Aenon Baptist Church<br /> Rev. Errol Hunt, Rochester Faith Alliance<br /> Min. Franklin Florence, Rochester Faith Alliance<br /> Ron Thomas, Baden Street Settlement House<br /> Calvin Lee, Montgomery Neighborhood Center<br /> Sue Porter, Judicial Process Commission<br /> Grace Miller, House of Mercy<br /> Daan Braveman, President, Nazareth College<br /> Robert Brown, Laborer’s Local 435<br /> Joe Brown, NAACP<br /> Sister Beth LeValley, SSJ<br /> Dorothy Borgus, League of Women Voters<br /> Brian Hetherington<br /> Peter Peters, Interfaith Alliance</p> <p>--<br /> Jon Greenbaum, Metro Justice Organizer</p> <p>office 585.325.2560<br /> cell 585.880.8731</p>