Rochester schools Superintendent Barbara Deane-Williams will present her proposed budget for the district’s 2017-2018 school year on Tuesday, March 28. The introductory presentation to the school board kicks off a lengthy review process and is expected to focus on closing an $80 million budget gap. The meeting will be held in the district’s central office, […]
Green party
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Beyond Clinton and Trump
Third-party candidates are in a weird spot. They’re blamed for “siphoning” votes from the major parties and possibly altering an election — Bush-Gore-Nader comes to mind. But people who vote for a third-party candidate are often told they’re throwing their votes away. This utterly peculiar presidential election is yielding a common complaint: “Why do I […]
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Alex White wants to run for mayor
Any doubts about whether Alex White would run for office were immediately erased when he showed up at his press conference this afternoon wearing a button with his name on it and the slogan, “A Rochester for all of us.” White, a Rochester businessman, is seeking the Green Party endorsement to run for mayor (his […]
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ELECTIONS 2012: Gillibrand has earned second term
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Manhattan attorney Wendy Long are graduates of Dartmouth. They’re not far apart in age, and they’re both working mothers. But the similarities between Gillibrand and Long, her Republican challenger, end there. Gillibrand, a Democrat, was sworn into the US Senate in January 2009, filling the seat once held by Secretary of […]
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Jill Stein and the politics of courage
Despite the public’s frequent frustration with the quality of candidates for elected office, third parties have historically had trouble gaining traction. They lack the money and other resources necessary to be competitive.
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[UPDATED] Gantt survives primary
Assembly member David Gantt survived a primary challenge from two opponents and will now face Green Party candidate Drew Langdon in the November general election. Gantt received 3,278 votes with all of the election districts reporting. That was more than the combined total received by his opponents; City school board member Jose Cruz received 952 […]
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A Green sings the school-board blues
With no Republican running for the single open seat on the city school board this year, most viewed the Democratic primary between appointee Domingo Garcia and David Gantt-backed challenger Cynthia Elliott as the real race to watch. When Garcia won that race, focus switched to other races to be decided in this fall’s election. (For […]
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The Green monster
Reports of the Green Party’s death have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, according to David Cobb, who hopes to become the party’s presidential candidate, the Greens are bigger and stronger than ever — despite a widely-held view that the party was hurt by Ralph Nader’s run in the 2000 election. “While the Democrats […]
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Reader feedback 2.25.04
Choosing a school in the neighborhood Regarding Christine Carrie Fien’s article on the school-choice policy (“Home-school Advantage,” February 4): Some parents in the School 46 neighborhood are seeking a guarantee that neighborhood kindergartners will be allowed to attend 46 if they want to. School Board member Rob Brown implies that those parents can only […]
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Breaking up the party
As far as state election officials are concerned, the Green Party no longer exists in New York. Of course, the 30,000-odd New Yorkers enrolled in the party may beg to differ, but state election law is clear: If an officially recognized party’s gubernatorial candidate fails to get at least 50,000 votes, that party loses its […]
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Reader feedback 11.13.02
The county clerk’s letter, Green candidates, Doyle and the United Way
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Reader Feedback 10.30.02
The Greens and Nader, the Wegman gift, the Bush Iraq policy
