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 […]
Cheryl Dinolfo
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Week Ahead: Events for the week of Monday, August 22
Members of the Rochester City Council, Rochester school board, and County Legislature will hold a special meeting today, Monday, August 22, to discuss recent changes to the schools modernization project. The Rochester Joint Schools and Construction Board voted against a proposed project labor agreement for Phase II of the $1.3 billion project to modernize city […]
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County contract chaos grows
Jail deputies aren’t alone; only two of the county’s eight labor unions have active contracts.
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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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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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Top county official resigns over I-Square flap
Justin Roj, assistant Monroe County executive, has resigned at the request of his boss, County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo. The reason? I-Square. In a statement sent to media tonight, Dinolfo admitted that Roj contacted the county Industrial Development Agency’s counsel over the Irondequoit project. That’s not what Dinolfo told reporters earlier this week, when she said […]
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Monroe County election shows a divided community
It matters how important the city is in the eyes of the new county executive and the heavily Republican legislature.
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This is a campaign?
So, the 2015 county executive race should be the political brawl of the decade. Term limits prevent Maggie Brooks, the star Republican who’s held the job for almost 12 years, from running for re-election, so the seat is wide open. And two experienced, well-known politicians want to take her place: County Clerk Cheryl Dinolfo, a […]
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Frankel, GOP trade barbs
Former Brighton Supervisor Sandra Frankel says that her political career has followed a pattern: the first time she runs for an office, she loses, but the second time, she wins. That was the case when she ran for Brighton school board, and then when she ran for Brighton supervisor — a job she held for […]
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Them fighting Dems
Local Democrats have a golden opportunity this year. Can they stop squabbling long enough to take advantage?
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The great LDC extinction
Cheryl Dinolfo’s pledge to eliminate local development corporations in Monroe County may be less a stand for integrity than a reflection of the fact that LDC’s just aren’t as useful to governments as they once were. Dinolfo, a Republican, announced her bid for county executive last month. She has been pegged as current county executive […]
