Read more about “The great race” in the News Articles section here This year’s campaign for county executive is a crucial one. Monroe County is faced with major budget problems, a weak economy, loss of manufacturing jobs, small population growth, and a decline in the population of young adults. Because current County Executive Jack […]
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Bob feeds the elephant
You’re afraid of Bill Johnson. You’re afraid, Pittsford, that Bill Johnson wants to put city kids in your schools. You’re afraid, Fairport, that Bill Johnson wants to steal your wallet and give its contents to the city. You’re afraid, Chili, that a city mayor can’t possibly have the interests of the suburbs […]
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Campaigning on fear
This year’s county-executive campaign could have been about ideas, issues, and vision. It will not be. Steve Minarik’s Republican machine has seen to that. To boost Maggie Brooks’ chances against Rochester Mayor Bill Johnson, the Minarik machine has launched a campaign of fear, divisiveness, and hate. And a passel of Republican elected officials has fallen […]
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Let the games begin
It was an interesting chain of events. Last Monday, July 7, City Newspaper received a press release from the Maggie Brooks for County Executive campaign committee. A press conference was scheduled for Tuesday, at which the county clerk and representatives from the Rochester Broadway Theater League would make “an important announcement about a community project […]
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Doyle versus the city
Although the county-executive election is only four months away, this super-important race is getting off to a quiet start. We have, however, already seen the themes of the Republican campaign: crime, taxes, and fear of the residents and the problems of the city. Outgoing County Exec Jack Doyle laid it all out for us […]
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Down the drain
If Monroe County’s finances were your home’s water system, you’d have called a plumber, too. By last summer, it was clear the county’s finances were in the crapper. It was estimated that its 2002 budget would fall between $15 and $23 million in the hole, and the deficit for 2003 was predicted to be […]
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Keep up the protests
OK: We’re all on edge about the war. And people on both sides are pretty emotional. But it’s troubling to see war supporters challenging the patriotism of opponents. According to a good number of war supporters, protesters had their chance to speak before the war began. Now it’s time to shut up and support […]
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News briefs 4.2.03
Staying human Despite mounting tensions between peaceniks and police officials concerned about the cost of containing anti-war protests, the March 28 peace rally at the Liberty Pole downtown (and subsequent march to the former Genesee Hospital) was a largely non-confrontational affair. A few passing motorists gave protesters the one-fingered salute; the protesters responded with two-fingered […]
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The Richards factor
Rochester Mayor Bill Johnson still won’t say whether he’ll be a candidate for County Executive in November, but he’s giving every indication that he will. And while several other Democrats hope to run, the nomination seems to be Johnson’s if he wants it. Meanwhile, the political community is awash in reports that Tom Richards, […]
