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[email protected] County rebuffed by judge in strike case By KATIE MINTZ work. initial jurisdiction in the salary dis- negotiation table.” receiving wages comparable to the The Daily Journal Lake County Superior Court visit- pute -- not the county. The MCPAA, formed in April average salaries in the five surround- In the fourth day of a strike over ing Judge Anthony Bellante, who “This was (the county’s) second 2006 to represent attorneys from the ing counties, which they say are wages, a judge ruled Monday against heard the case because all local attempt and the second time they Mendocino County District between 16 percent and 45 percent granting an injunction sought by judges had recused themselves, lost,” MCPAA President and Deputy Attorney’s Office, the Public higher. Mendocino County that would have found that the Public Employment District Attorney Matthew Finnegan Defender’s Office, the Alternate It voted Feb. 1 to strike if a satis- forced the picketing members of the Relations Board, a quasi-judicial said following the decision. Defender’s Office and the Child factory contract was not reached by Mendocino County Public agency