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The Rump coup

There was a time when people complained that business leaders called all the shots in Rochester. Then businesses started consolidating and relocating corporate offices. Big-business commitment and leadership disappeared. And we started longing for the old days. Well, you may have noticed that in City Hall, the old days are back. Last November, Rochester elected […]

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Metro ink – 12.21.05

House of books When bookseller Franlee Frank acquired the late composer David Diamond’s book collection about two years ago, she joked it would have been easier to buy the whole house rather than move all the books. Diamond’s dark green, shuttered dwelling on Edgerton Street bore the weight of thousands of volumes and manuscripts. The […]

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Metro Ink – 12.07.05

Duffy starts his move The Duffy administration is starting to take shape — by deletion, more than by addition, at this point. Five senior City Hall administrators have been told that they won’t have a job when the new mayor takes over in January: • Community Development Commissioner Linda Stango; • Economic Development Commissioner Fashun […]

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