Motorists have reason to celebrate — at least in the short term. As part of County Executive Jack Doyle’s proposed 2003 budget cuts, the county will no longer pay towns to resurface, sweep, and otherwise maintain county roads. If approved by the Legislature this fall, the move would save the county almost $1.5 million next […]
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Clear cut on Rundel
Seven
big trees went horizontal last week on the Rundel Park mall, victims of the
desire for a wider street.Rundel Park, a quiet non-thoroughfare just opposite the newly refurbished Atlantic-University intersection,
is being upgraded with new curbs, pavement, and street lights.
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If we build it, will they come?
What will it take to breathe life into the center of downtown Rochester? The
corporate crusaders of Wilmorite Inc. thought they had an answer.
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Irradiation’s food for thought
Remember “cold fusion”? It sounded too good to be true. And sure enough, say most scientists today, there was no heat or light at the end of that tunnel. Now meet “cold pasteurization.” This is one term of art — “electronic pasteurization” is another — for what’s usually called food irradiation. The concept […]
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David O’Brien
David O’Brien His name may not be familiar to many Rochesterians other than older political activists and reporters. David O’Brien, who died July 13 in Tucson, Arizona, didn’t hold public office himself. He and his wife Nancy moved to Tucson 15 years ago, and he has been known there for his teaching and his research […]
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No protection for child protectors
Monroe County officials, faced with a budget shortfall that may exceed $19 million, have vowed not to compromise health and public safety as they reduce the county workforce. But to the dismay of county Child Protective Service employees, their work to help children suffering abuse and neglect doesn’t fit the administration’s definition of “health […]
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If you can’t beat ’em…
Joe Robach says he doesn’t want to be a member of the Republican majority in the state Senate so much as he wants to be the “Commissioner of Getting Things Done.” Given the paltry progress he and his fellow state legislators made this year on a host of important issues — reform of the Rockefeller […]
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Predatory loans: on borrowed time?
In the late 1980s, when Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jesse Ventura teamed up for the film Predator, America was deregulating and otherwise fantasizing its way into economic trouble. Soon enough, ordinary working people spied some monsters among the dollar signs. One was called consumer debt, with credit-card marketers getting top billing. There are stealth predators, […]
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Farm bill: mostly fertilizer
With the recent passage of the Farm Bill — a monster package of federal subsidies covering the next six to 10 years — Congress has shoveled billions upon billions of dollars, largely where they aren’t needed. The conservative American Farm Bureau Federation is pleased, however. “Prompt implementation of the Farm Bill is imperative,” says […]
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Will they come?
You could almost hear James Carville whispering, “It’s the economy, stupid,” at last week’s zippy State of the County address. With all the recent talk of our limping local economy and budgets in crisis, it’s no wonder County Executive Jack Doyle focused exclusively on jobs. “It was more like a press conference,” says Sean […]
