When I think about five more months of the partisan attacks both presidential candidates will launch and the millions they’ll spend doing it, it’s harder to respect our political system. But there was an unusual moment yesterday that gave me some assurance. President Obama hosted George W. Bush and his family at the White House […]
Jeremy Moule
Covers county government and whatever else comes my way. Greyhound dad; vegetarian; attempted photographer with a love for film and fixer; sometimes cyclist.
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The high cost of national elections
The 2008 presidential election was the most expensive in US history. The candidates spent approximately $1.4 billion on their campaigns, with outside groups dumping in another $215 million, says data from the Center for Responsive Politics (opensecrets.org). This year’s contest will probably break that record. And the cash is going to flow for Congressional races, […]
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Exhibit tells of Nazi persecution of gay men
Germany’s Nazi regime arrested 100,000 men for homosexuality between 1933 and 1945. Half were sentenced to jail, and an estimated 5,000 to 15,000 were sent to concentration camps; the pink triangle was their designated camp badge. Many of the men sent to the camps died from starvation, beatings, disease, or some combination. Others were murdered. […]
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Barely getting by
Say you’re working 40 hours a week for minimum wage, which in New York is $7.25 an hour. Before taxes, your Social Security contribution, and other deductions, you’re making about $290 a week. That’s $15,080 a year. Now, consider this: the federal poverty level for a single person is $11,070. For one adult with one […]
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TRANSPORTATION: Building bike-friendly campus connections in Rochester NY
The Erie-Lackawanna bike-pedestrian bridge should open in June, connecting the University of Rochester campus with both sides of the GeneseeRiver. The bridge will provide a convenient way to cross the river, but it’s significant in another way, too: it’s another step toward creating a cohesive bikeway between some of Rochester’s higher-ed institutions. For several years, […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’12: Rochester neighborhoods
MonroeCounty is about as diverse a community as you can find: a mid-size city, rural areas with orchards and farm markets, suburbs with 20th-century tract houses and shopping malls, and quaint, Victorian villages. The GeneseeRiver and the Erie Canal bisect the county, more or less vertically and diagonally, so geology and history are a constant […]
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ANNUAL MANUAL ’10: Welcome to the Neighborhoods
MonroeCounty is about as diverse a community as you can find: a mid-size city, rural areas with orchards and farm markets, suburbs with 20th-century tract houses and shopping malls, and quaint, Victorian villages. The GeneseeRiver and the Erie Canal bisect the county, more or less vertically and diagonally, so geology and history are a constant […]
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ENVIRONMENT: Under the influence
Thanks to an Associated Press report, the average American is waking up to the fact that we’re unwittingly contaminating our water supplies – whether they’re lakes, streams, or groundwater. In one illuminating – and icky – scenario, the AP reports that the drugs we consume – in pills, in meat from animals that are fed […]
