County Clerk Adam Bello is running for county executive, a development that’ll shock hardly anyone following local politics. Bello has risen through the local Democratic party, serving on the staff of then-Assembly member Joe Morelle’s, working as the top staff member at party headquarters, twice winning election to the Irondequoit town supervisor’s job, and then […]
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Bello and Republicans spar over DMV document mishandling
County Clerk Adam Bello, a Democrat, and Brian Marianetti, leader of the County Legislature’s Republic caucus, are having a war of words over how clerk’s office employees handled some sensitive documents. The quarrel goes back to May, when WHEC reporter Berkeley Brean got a tip that Bello’s Henrietta DMV branch was improperly disposing of items […]
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Slaughter, Schumer brace for war
Anytime Democrats or Republicans get whupped in a big national election, the pundits and chattering classes inevitably pose some existential questions: What went wrong? Does the party have a future? What is it? The 2016 presidential campaign was so ugly that reporters and TV talking heads are autopsying both parties. But there’s a different, practical […]
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Keep Bello, Slaughter
Louise Slaughter and Adam Bello have earned our endorsement in their races for Congress and Monroe County clerk, respectively.
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The housing plague lurking in Monroe County’s neighborhoods
From her front driveway, Kelly Rush has a perfect view of a neighboring house’s buckling roof. The vacant house is surrounded by well-maintained properties on a quiet street in Irondequoit’s Sea Breeze neighborhood; it’s the rotten tooth in an otherwise perfect smile. The house has fallen so far into disrepair that Irondequoit officials plan to […]
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Adam Bello: Democrats’ next great hope?
Monroe County Democrats have struggled to win countywide seats in recent years. But Adam Bello, the new county clerk, may be the party’s next great hope. County Clerk Adam Bello: A Democrat in a high-profile county position. In Monroe County, the clerk’s office has served as a stepping stone to higher office, particularly the county […]
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UPDATED: Bello says Dinolfo is messing with his budget
County Clerk Adam Bello says the county administration started taking funding for three auditor positions from the clerk’s office budget.
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GOP says Rozzi will be clerk candidate
Greece Town Clerk Cheryl Rozzi, a Republican, will take on acting County Clerk Adam Bello, a Democrat, in November. Monroe County Republican Committee Chair Bill Reilich — who is also Greece supervisor — announced Rozzi’s candidacy this morning . Rozzi was appointed Greece town clerk in 2014 and prior to that, served as clerk of […]
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Seeley picked to lead Irondequoit
Dave Seeley will serve as the Town of Irondequoit’s interim supervisor. The Irondequoit Town Board selected Seeley for the job during its meeting last night and will officially appoint him to the position during a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, April 18, at Irondequoit Town Hall, 1280 Titus Avenue. Seeley, a Democrat, has […]
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Reilich goes to war with Irondequoit
All poor Bill Reilich wanted to do was take a cheap shot at Irondequoit Supervisor Adam Bello.
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[UPDATED] Irondequoit Supervisor Adam Bello tapped for clerk
Governor Andrew Cuomo has appointed Irondequoit Supervisor Adam Bello, a Democrat, to serve as Monroe County clerk. (See reaction from local Republicans below) Cuomo made the appointment this morning, says Jamie Romeo, chair of the Monroe County Democratic Committee. The vacancy was created when Republican Cheryl Dinolfo, who had been county clerk since April 2004, […]
