Marcelle now County Attorney? Albany County phone directory lists unconfirmed nominee

In the same spirit as “Dewey defeats Truman,” the Albany County phone directory lists Thomas Marcelle as County Attorney.

One problem though: Marcelle hasn’t been confirmed yet by the Albany County Legislature.

The directory, last updated on January 31, 2012, lists Marcelle as county attorney even as his nomination for the $110,o00-yearly position won’t hit the full floor of the county legislature until February 13, 2012 – nearly a week away. The legislature’s personnel committee voted 7-1 to send Marcelle to the full chamber without it’s endorsement.

The phone directory, which lists every county office, department, and officeholder, failed to include recently elected Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple. On another county website, it lists Craig Denning, the former county attorney, as the current.

Marcelle’s nomination as county attorney has met significant opposition from progressive and gay-rights groups, in which the Empire State Pride Agenda listed the nomination as “dangerous” to the gay community.

Update (5:23 p.m.): Albany County updated their directory to now list the County Attorney as “vacant.”

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