Fiz 8.3.05
My pal Craig “I honestly believe that I’m smarter than most of my friends, and am genuinely surprised when they know words outside of everyday vocabulary. I don’t think I’m better than them, just smarter.” Ah, the furtive frolics of Internet bulletin boards and chat rooms. The illicit things we learn! They’re the confessional booth,…
Reader feedback 8.3.05
Nightlife culture, Godzilla’s return, torture and abuse
Campaign Q&A: crime, police, and the mayor
Public safety has become one of the biggest issues in this year’s campaign for Rochester mayor. In part, that’s because after a decline, Rochester’s murder rate has been rising. In part, it’s because one of the Democratic candidates is Bob Duffy, the popular police chief who retired to run for mayor. Duffy’s two principal…
Tim Mains: Q&A on crime
City: What specific steps will you take within the police department to reduce crime? Mains: Step one, have an exceptional chief of police. I’m liking a lot of what Cedric’s doing [new Police Chief Cedric Alexander]. I’m not prepared to say absolutely I’d keep him at this point, because I want to have a…
Bob Duffy: a Q&A on crime
City: What specific steps will you take within the police department and the rest of the criminal justice system to reduce the level of crime? Duffy: Well first of all, I would like to point to the successes we’ve had and our track record so far. Project Cease Fire and Project Exile work and have…
Wade Norwood: Q&A on crime
City: What specific steps will you take within the police department to reduce crime? Norwood: Number one, I believe that we need to reverse the reorganization and move to a structure that allows for more neighborhood connection between the police officers and the neighborhoods they patrol. Number two: We will increase state funding on a…
Chris Maj: the Dems’ long shot
Chris Maj wants Rochester to form its own militia. He wants us to stop paying state and federal taxes. He wants Rochester to become the capital of a new 51st state. He wants to annex the suburbs. And he’s running for mayor. To run for mayor in Rochester, all you have to do is get…
Hey, bud
A savvy Rochester hipster can have an escort and an ounce of genuine “BC Bud” waiting for them at their Toronto hotel upon check-in. Though lacking an official European-style red light district, T-Dot’s booming cannabis café and lady-for-hire industries are easily accessible. Seeking to lure the Yankee greenback, Toronto’s New York State advertising campaign is…
Inbox 8.3.05
Here at City Newspaper HQ, we get frequent email updates from the Rochester Police Department filling us in on the latest in local crime. Mostly, they just form a sad commentary. (You should see all the RPD messages with the subject header “Homicide” clogging our inbox.) But when one titled “Possible Fetus” arrived a couple…
It pays to specialize
Pho Duong Dong owner Dieu Pham doesn’t speak much English, so her niece, Linda, is helping us. I’ve asked about chicken soup, and without translating, Linda answers, “We can make it, but we don’t.” Pham looks distressed and says something like, “It’s not right.” Many Vietnamese restaurants cave and serve pho ga, but not Pham.…
This is Hollywood’s idea of a war movie
In its long and crowded history, Hollywood traditionally produced war movies of real quality, some of them even thoughtful and insightful in their examination of a rich and important subject. Although the invasion and occupation of Iraq continues, with increasing loss of life, money, and credibility, Hollywood appears reluctant to tackle the action in any…
BYO popcorn and makeout date
Karrie Laughton, headmistress of Lux Lounge, is a rabid movie buff who counts among her favorite filmmakers men like Wes Anderson and Jim Jarmusch. Yet despite quality taste in film, she readily cops to a soft spot for B movies, or flicks “so over-the-top ridiculous that you can’t help but chuckle.” Laughton doesn’t think that…
Five for fighting
An hour before taking the stage Sunday night, the bald 18-year-old hunted for a good couch to nap on at Water Street Music Hall. The month before, Charlie Coté lay in a hospital bed at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, uncertain if he would respond to a last-resort treatment for malignant melanoma —…
You’re a sell out
You’re a sell out Bored by all the forums, press conferences, and hollow rhetoric? You’re in luck: Rochester’s race for mayor has become a lot more interesting. And all it took was a T-shirt. City Councilman Adam McFadden’s custom-made T-shirts (modeled here at a Park Avenue café by City Newspaper intern Katie Sauer) are extremely…
Cost of war 8.3.05
The totals: 1,793 American soldiers, 194 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 23,140 to 26,189 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to July 31. American soldiers killed from July 24-31: Staff Sergeant Jason W. Montefering, 27; Parkston, South Dakota | Specialist Ernest W. Dallas Jr., 21; Denton, Texas…
Family valued 8.3.05
Swimming It’s already been a long, hot summer, and we’ve still got the hottest month left. You can avoid the heat by holing up in movie theaters, but remember, we’ll all be stuck indoors for seven months pretty soon. Our favorite way to survive the heat and still enjoy the summer is to swim outdoors.…
