Ten candidates, four seats. The ballot might be telling you that broad changes are in the offing for Rochester City Council this election season. But don’t believe the hype. Change and City Council don’t necessarily go hand-in-hand. Democrats dominate voters in the city of Rochester. And City Council, to a member, mirrors its constituents. Aside […]
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Reader feedback 8.20.03
Ginna’s future, taxing ‘little people,’ City’s writers
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Go figure
Common sense suggests respected incumbents won’t lose the endorsement of their party unless something goes really wrong. But common sense and politics don’t always mix. When South District City Councilmember Tony Thompson recently failed to gain the Democratic Party’s nomination to run for a second term, it wasn’t by a sliver. It was […]
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Reader feedback 3.19.03
Pleas for peace On a recent trip to Laos, it was with great shame that I saw the results of the US bombing during the Vietnam War. US pilots indiscriminately dropped more than 250 million cluster bombs, hitting schools, hospitals, and temples, killing thousands of innocent people. Historic sites are filled with bomb craters; ancient […]
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Happily divided?
There was a moment during last Tuesday’s City Council meeting when longtime Councilmember Tim Mains’ face said it all. It happened shortly before Council passed legislation that bars Mains — and anyone else employed by the Rochester City School District — from serving on Council. As two councilmembers abstained from voting on another piece […]
