Unfriending the Sheriff… Squid would have thought that Rule One of being a capable politician is correctly distinguishing between friend and frenemy, helper and hater – and most importantly, endorser and person who doesn’t much care one way or the other. But as Squid learned last week with the news that Salinas City Council hopeful Margaret Serna-Bonetti mistook friendly words from Marina Mayor Bruce Delgado as a formal endorsement, some politicos seem to think being Facebook friends is enough to claim backing. It didn’t take long for Squid to find another erroneous endorser claim in the mix. Sheriff Mike Kanalakis may have a long, impressive list of supporters on his website. But while he’d like to believe that four out of five county supervisors want to see him keep his sheriff hat on – Dave Potter abstains from endorsements – that number is a tad high. Jane Parker says she never asked to be on either candidates’ buddy list, and her name on Kanalakis’ site was a mistake (he has since removed her name). Maybe she smiled warmly at him at Zeph’s One Stop? Funny Accountying… Keeping Weekly readers in the gossip circuit is a tough job, but some mollusk’s gotta do it – as long as those paychecks keep paying Squid’s rent. So Squid can sympathize with the county employee who, on her Sept. 17 payday, found she’d only been paid $0.42 for two weeks of work. The glitch was due to a brand-new accounting system Monterey County launched last week. Officials say the $17.8 million overhaul was needed to replace the old payroll program, which dated to 1990 and used an obsolete computer code. This spendy new system will help track spending and save paper, they say – but on its debut, at least 85 of the county’s 4,500 employees were temporarily underpaid, and more may have had errors in overtime or vacation accrual. “People are suffering because they got overdrafted and are getting late on their bills,” says Diego Quevedo, vice president of the county workers’ union, SEIU local 521. He adds his co-workers in the auditor controllers office were working long hours to get people their proper checks. That’s gotta be awkward, if they can’t be confident they’ll get paid for the overtime. Talking SH** 101… Ah, the joy of Squid’s love letters. This one’s almost worth framing. “I have nothing against you being a leftist. Some of my worst friends are Democrats. Just you talking sh** about G.O.P. and Tea Partiers and hiding behind a false name. Get right Squid. Just a one-time printing of your real name ends it. If no copping out his real name or no stopping talking sh**, it’s going to start me writing The Herald.” Please no, Mr., um, Ms… oh. The letter is signed “Anonymous.”