Nearly a year ago, Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas ended his comments in a public meeting with an ominous statement. “We’re running out of time,” he said, referring to the need to improve student performance. In an interview earlier today, Vargas said that all the community has to do is look west at the Buffalo […]
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Ad nauseated
A week ago, I wrote an article, “Ad Nauseam,” about the outside groups that are spending hefty sums on ads in two local Congressional races. This morning, the Buffalo News published an article detailing the independent spending in the race between Democrat Kathy Hochul and Republican Chris Collins. The numbers are astonishing. The News says […]
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Pushing big changes, in black and white
Can a newspaper make a difference? To answer that question, we’ll be watching our neighbors to the west. On January 2, The Buffalo News inaugurated a year-long focus on the future of the paper’s city and region. They’re calling the special report “Why not Buffalo?” That report — which sports the sub-headline […]
