This year’s City Council election mostly features well-known Democratic incumbents and practically unknown third-party challengers.
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Meet your Greens
Our general-election coverage, including endorsements and an in-depth look at the Green Party of Monroe County.
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White wants a Rochester ‘for us, by us’
Alex White, the Green Party candidate for Rochester mayor, is fired up about Costco. But not in the way you think. Costco, a membership-only warehouse store, will be part of the CityGate development planned for the intersection of East Henrietta and Westfall roads. Costco received property tax abatements from the county’s industrial development agency worth […]
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Greens take aim at tax incentives
The Green Party of Monroe County is fielding three candidates for the five open seats on Rochester City Council. David Atias, Drew Langdon, and Dorothy Paige will face Council incumbents Carolee Conklin, Dana Miller, Jackie Ortiz, Matt Haag, and Loretta Scott (all Democrats) in the November 5 general election, as well as Working Families candidate […]
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Many choices remain for school board
There are three seats available on the Rochester school board this year, and incumbents Van White, Cynthia Elliott, and Jose Cruz are asking voters to return them to office. Our profiles of the candidates who ran in the September Democratic primary appeared in the August 21 issue. Though all three of the incumbents were able […]
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Alex White responds to proposal to create drug-free zones in the city
Green Party mayoral candidate Alex White says that a proposal by City Council member Adam McFadden to create drug-free zones in the City of Rochester is misguided and would create “rights-free zones” instead. White held a press conference outside City Hall this morning to denounce McFadden’s legislation, which first surfaced at Council’s Public Safety Committee […]
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Mayoral candidate White talks about education
Alex White, the Green Party’s candidate for mayor, unveiled his education plan at a brief press conference yesterday. Given that White’s opponent, Democrat Lovely Warren, has made education the cornerstone of her campaign, White had to sa y something on the topic. But his plan is really a repackaged version of the Green Party’s fight […]
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Greens try direct approach for campaigns
Green Party candidates have been bypassing traditional media and using other channels, such as social media and webcasts, to try to directly reach voters.
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Update on the local election scene
Since it’s bound to be a crazy year in local politics, given that all five at-large seats on City Council are up, as is the mayor’s office, I thought I should let you know from time to time where we stand. So far, we have only one firm candidate for mayor: incumbent Democrat Tom Richards. […]
