Controversial Rochester Legislator Terry Bernardo has resigned effective today after questions arose regarding a plethora of issues: being forced to pay a penalty fine for breaking the New York Election Law, being the subject of a NYS Department of State investigation regarding her behavior as a Notary Public, breaking the law by having groups overnight at her business (Skate Time 209), and being outed as a fraudulent IDA tax break beneficiary.

Today, as she was forced to resign, Mrs. Bernardo’s political ambitions came to an end. The truth of being a law breaker and a fraud crashed her aspirations to become the County Executive, or a State Senator. Who will she blame now for her embarrassment?

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Sunday, March 17, 2013 Freeman published We need to care more – a letter to Editor from Manuela Michailescu. Please, read the letter so you can form an opinion about the comment posted by Guest a/k/a Bernardo.

Guest • a day ago
So nice to see Manuela cares enough to tell us she cares enough at the same time she announces her run in District 21 (Rochester and East Wawarsing) for the UC Legislature. She and her husband care so much they have dedicated their lives to a personal attack blog called the Rochester Smokescreen who’s motto is ” The first reaction to truth is hatred”. I guess that explains their attacks. I’m aware that married people can have ideological differences and most always don’t agree on everything but usually birds of a feather……….. Yes she cares enough to attack the very best…….. We care enough to vote for the best candidate and that would be the incumbent or Troy Dunn!!!!!!

Despite the nausea that overcomes me every time I read something written by a Bernardo, I was able to focus on this sentence:

She and her husband care so much they have dedicated their lives to a personal attack blog called the Rochester Smokescreen…

Where should I start?

To begin with, any person with a working brain understood long ago that this blog is mine alone. In 36 years, Manuela and I shared gazillions of things. This blog is not one of them. Please cut the idiocy.

Personal attack blog? Hardly! Never called Len a dwarf. Never discussed Terry’s illness. I always “attacked” their actions, and only those affecting other people, you know, trivial things as the right to have your vote count. Everything I ever said I can prove in a court of law (if the Bernardos didn’t buy all judges yet).

Did I dedicate my life to this blog? Let’s see… I launched the blog in June 2012, but I was born in 1945. You do the percentages!

The “breaking news” at the top? Not completely fake. All issues mentioned are facts, but Terry doesn’t have enough character to resign. But – years ago – she had the character to plant this fake news about Manuela, a despicable act for which she still has to apologize:

– Jon Dogar-Marinesco