Last night the County Legislature passed a plan for construction and infrastructure projects for 2013-2018. The Capital Improvement Program includes Monroe Community College’s proposed new downtown campus. The plan, which doesn’t allocate any funding, calls for $32.5 million in county funds for the downtown campus. College officials want to move the Damon City Campus from […]
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NEWS BLOG: Comptroller’s Office again criticizes county’s use of LDC’s
A report from the state Comptroller’s Office says Monroe County didn’t break any laws when it sold a power plant to a quasi-governmental local development corporation. The county did, however, skirt borrowing laws via the sale, it says. In 2002, Monroe Newpower Local Development Corporation bought the former Iola Campus power plant from the county […]
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From green space to gathering place
It’s a rare day when citizens approach their government and ask to be taxed. But that’s exactly what the South Wedge Planning Committee is doing. The group has approached Rochester City Council with a petition and a proposal to create a special tax assessment district. The extra revenue from the district — located around […]
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Pucker up, piggie
I’m picturing County Executive Jack Doyle sitting at his kitchen table, preparing to write his final State of the County address. It’s late on a hot summer night, and Doyle is sweating through his cotton pajamas, his favorite pair, the ones with the little golfers on them (sorry to put that visual in your […]
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Politics: The price of influence
Democrats who voted to oust José Cruz as minority leader of the County Legislature hoped his demotion would grant them freedom. That is, freedom from the influence Democrats at the city and state levels were exerting on their caucus. Instead, the uproar from that vote may have freed them from the opportunity to advance their […]
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News Briefs 7.17.02
Those who frequent the Water Street Music Hall know to make a beeline for the long bar’s left side for the coldest beer, swift service, and a slice of local history. There, beneath the neon and Rattlesnake Pete’s gaze, stands Chops, Rochester’s notoriously sharp-witted, longest-running bartender. “Chops is an institution,” says Water Street owner John […]
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Will they come?
You could almost hear James Carville whispering, “It’s the economy, stupid,” at last week’s zippy State of the County address. With all the recent talk of our limping local economy and budgets in crisis, it’s no wonder County Executive Jack Doyle focused exclusively on jobs. “It was more like a press conference,” says Sean […]
