Anonymous spin strictly for the birds...

Disingenuous, deceptive and highly manipulative,
The Rochester Review, a paper many wouldn't use as birdcage-lining for fear of insulting the intelligence of parakeets, is a masterpiece of truthiness — what one wants the facts to be, as opposed to what the facts are; what feels like the right answer as opposed to what reality will support...

Every article smacks of insulting spin: Town Getting Things Done in a Big Way (Ha!), Supervisor Gets Well-Deserved Raise (Ha! Ha!), Straight talk from Supervisor Duke (Ha! Ha! Ha!), and New Businesses? New Committee Lays Plans to get the Right Kinds (Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!) are just a few of the ridiculous truth-stretching headlines.

It's unsettling to see those responsible for this Spinfest hiding behind a domain name which takes you nowhere:

It seems that the Rochester Democratic leadership and its amen corner have a penchant for anonymous actions: anonymous phone calls, anonymous letters, and now an anonymous paper!

As a public service for the town's residents, here is help in understanding how the spin machine works:

1. Zali Win 2. Stuart Fraser 3. Marge Bonner
4. Cameron Bonner 5. Joanne Still 6. Gene Moncrief
7. Sheila Finan 8. Steven Fornal 9. Ruth Bendelius
10. Donald Dunn 11. Pam Duke

I am looking forward to the next anonymous chock-full o'Spin rag popping up in our mail boxes the first week of November.

Jon Dogar-Marinesco
Kerhonkson