Sometime this spring, City Council may vote on legislation that will dramatically change the way Rochester handles accusations of police misconduct. While activists have been pushing for reform for decades, for the past two years there’s been a particularly concerted effort, and city officials have now come up with two proposals. One, from Mayor Lovely […]
Mary Anna Towler
Mary Anna Towler is a transplant from the Southern Appalachians and is editor, co-publisher, and co-founder of City. She is happy to have converted a shy but opinionated childhood into an adult job. She credits a grandfather for instilling in her a love of politics. And she makes no apology for her liberal views.
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La’Ron Singletary to head Rochester Police Department
Mayor Lovely Warren has chosen La’Ron Singletary, a Rochester native with 19 years’ experience in the RPD, as Rochester’s next police chief. His appointment comes after a national search in which more than 20 candidates applied.
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Rochester’s ‘Report Card’: poverty still a major challenge
The overall “well being” of the nine-county Greater Rochester area is improving in some areas, but it’s deteriorating in some troubling areas. And as in past reports, the City of Rochester continues to face challenges related to concentrated poverty.
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Still waiting for action on the Call to Action
This is an unsettling time for anyone concerned about the Rochester City School District.
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McFadden pleads guilty, vacating City Council
Rochester City Council Vice President Adam McFadden pleaded guilty to federal charges on Monday morning, including a count of wire fraud and a violation regarding filing a false tax return. His seat became vacant immediately, and the remaining members of City Council will appoint his successor.
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Mueller’s report, Trump, and the Democrats
Robert Mueller’s work is finished. What the Democrats do now will be as important as what the Republicans do.
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RCSD budget: City will keep pushing for a say
Tension between Mayor Lovely Warren and the Rochester City School District is likely to heat up this spring. A Warren spokesperson says the city will continue to push for a say in how the district spends some of its money.
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Aquino quarterly report: plusses and minuses
Jaime Aquino’s job as the Rochester School District’s Distinguished Educator includes working with the school board and district staff to address their problems. Last week, Aquino issued his first quarterly report on the district’s progress, and not surprisingly, the district got mixed grades. Among the positives: The district met its deadline for developing an improvement […]
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Our reader comments and public discourse
There’s far too much incivility in public discourse right now. We’re not willing to encourage it and provide a platform to spread it.
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Trevyan Rowe’s death: the result of ‘failures at every level,’ officials say
Rochester student Trevyan Rowe’s death last year was the result of “systemic failures in school policies and procedures,” a state investigation has found.
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Rochester’s school district and the push for change
It’s good that so many groups want to help improve the district. But changing the ‘governance’ would be just a small step.
