One more time around The current session of the county legislature will end on December 31, 2005, instead of December 31, 2004. The lej voted to extend the session at a meeting last week. The vote was 18-11, with all but two Democrats opposed. The session now matches the terms of most legislators, […]
Jack Doyle
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Reader Feedback 11.5.03
The Doyle budget, peace demonstrations, bus pleasures
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Are you mad yet?
It’s hard to analyze Jack Doyle’s 2004 budget proposal thoroughly. But having spent a good bit of last week reading it, I’ve reached some conclusions, having nothing to do with whether we ought to up the sales tax to pull ourselves out of the hole we’re in. One conclusion is that at the end […]
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Outrage at the outrageous in our little town
Our president continued to thumb his nose at the world, his attorney general continued to flex his muscles, and Kodak unleashed another round of bad news. But the really big story in Rochester this past week was Bob Lonsberry. Being outrageous is nothing new for Lonsberry. He and WHAM, which has been airing his […]
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Facing the crisis
Picture Monroe County with its public parks abandoned, trails and shelters in disrepair, Highland’s lilacs and conservatory a shambles, Ontario Beach permanently closed. Some arts organizations and museums shuttered and others dramatically reducing their offerings. The zoo shut down, the airport in disrepair, roads full of potholes. Residents and businesses fleeing a city that […]
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Is nothing sacred?
Friday’s Wall Street Journal reported a new low in corporate advertising, and in the desperation of cash-strapped institutions: A 140-foot-long billboard now dominates the front of Grace Church on Broadway in New York City. The church sold advertising rights on the billboard to Citibank (and, before it, to Infinity) to help pay for some […]
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News Briefs
Jack on the go? County Exec Jack Doyle has drawn news attention and speculation ever since he took office, and that didn’t end with his announcement that he’s retiring. Among the predictions about his future: that he’ll run for Congress, seeking the seat currently held by Amo Houghton of Corning. If he does, the […]
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News briefs 7.16.03
On his own behalf Warren Farrell treats the paintings in his first solo show as if they were hatchlings. While he’s talking, he can’t resist jumping up to nudge them a half-centimeter to the right or left. Each wall in the claimed space he has fashioned into a gallery is in perfect equilibrium. “If […]
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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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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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Fighting terrorism with drug money
County Executive Jack Doyle wants to use grant money designated to help fight the drug war to help fight the war on terrorism when that fight shifts to the PGA Championship at Oak Hill County Club this August. In a May 5 referral to the County Legislature, Doyle wrote that the PGA Championship “is […]
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Reader feedback 6.11.03
The School Board primary, pesticides on lawns, Doyle taxes
