Greg Blass: The fix is in: Party bosses, not voters, decide who will be Suffolk County’s next district attorney and sheriff

"Suffolk County’s political party bosses are busy at work selecting our next sheriff and district attorney. Their diabolical goal: these two county-wide races will again be uncontested – meaning no choice for the voters, only for the bosses. Nothing new – we haven’t had a choice in a DA or county sheriff election for 14 years. Why is that?
First of all, in the DA’s office, over 400 assistant district attorneys and other staff are hired at the DA’s discretion. They prosecute all criminal cases in all the courts of Suffolk, including in our justice courts on the East End. No doubt these jobs will be divided among Democratic and Republican leaders, with handouts as well to the Conservative and Independence Party leaders, as with chips in a cynical game of cards."
See the link to his article:
https://riverheadlocal.com/2017/05/22/greg-blass-fix-party-bosses-not-voters-decide-will-suffolk-countys-next-district-attorney-sheriff/

Greg Blass How the Suffolk DA came to be the highest-paid elected official in the county — and what you can do about it

By Greg Blass - Sep 11, 2017, 9:31 am
"The Suffolk County District Attorney is our highest-compensated, elected county official, fully paid by us as county taxpayers. Yet huge raises for that job keep on coming. It now pays $195,000. Add benefits and health coverage, and we’re in the range of $230,000. This will again increase next year by about $10,000, in base salary alone, with another $2,000, in 2019."  ...
See the link:
https://riverheadlocal.com/2017/09/11/greg-blass-suffolk-da-came-highest-paid-elected-official-county-can/