Let’s borrow a euphemism from the sports world and call 2015 a “rebuilding” year for local Democrats. The Democratic brand is in trouble everywhere, but the local scene is particularly alarming. The latest development is the defection of County DA Sandra Doorley – formerly one of the Dems’ brightest stars. The Democrats I’ve talked to […]
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Racism, separateness, and the Ferguson decision
There is so much we don’t know about what happened in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9 – so much that we’ll never know. And even if Officer Darren Wilson had been indicted and tried for the killing of Michael Brown, we might not have learned much that we don’t know right now. But Darren Wilson […]
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Feedback 11/5
Send comments to themail@rochester-citynews.com, or post them on our website, rochestercitynewspaper.com, our Facebook page, or our Twitter feed, @roccitynews. For our print edition, we select comments from all three sources, and we edit selections for publication in print. We don’t publish comments sent to other media. Rochester gets sharrows wrong I read with interest the […]
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Question Bridge discussion: Mayor Lovely Warren and Judge Stephen Miller
This week’s discussion surrounding “Question Bridge: Black Males,” held on Wednesday, October 22, focused on Mayor Lovely Warren and Judge Stephen Miller as leaders in the city — specifically as leaders in the black community. The first question, submitted through Facebook, asked if the Warren and Miller were comfortable with the impact their actions had […]
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Lovely Warren: Rochester’s mother mayor
Technically, Lovely Warren ran against incumbent Tom Richards in last year’s mayoral race. But by making education the centerpiece of her campaign, Warren arguably ran against the Rochester City School District, too. Warren tapped into widespread disgust with years of poor graduation rates and shockingly low student achievement, especially among blacks and Latinos. And she […]
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Race for Democratic party leader gets weird
Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren does not want Ken Warner to lead the Monroe County Democratic Committee. She even outlined her opposition in a letter to some party members this week. (Current party chair Joe Morelle is stepping down in September.) Warner, who is retiring as executive director of the local construction and building trades group […]
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Rochester deputy mayor charged with DWI
Rochester Deputy Mayor Leonard Redon was stopped on I-490 last night and charged with speeding and driving while intoxicated, according to a press release from the city administration. Redon informed Mayor Lovely Warren at approximately 1 a.m., the press release says. And this morning, Warren and Redon met to discuss “his lapse in judgment and […]
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PAC fever
Just what role Monroe County would play in terms of a downtown performing arts center is unclear. Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren says she has spoken to Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks about helping fund a downtown arts center, and that Brooks is open to the possibility. But a Brooks spokesperson says that without an actual […]
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Feedback 1/29
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[UPDATED] Warren gets credit for Costco deal
Mayor Lovely Warren has faced intense scrutiny lately over her security detail, but she now has a political win on the books, too.
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So much hope: the Warren inauguration
Lovely Warren was officially inaugurated as Rochester’s mayor on January 1, at the bedside of her dying grandfather, but her swearing in was repeated on Saturday at the Auditorium Theatre, so that the public could watch. It was quite an event, one packed with emotion and symbolism. The person now heading the most important government […]
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Two Rochesters and two Americas
While Lovely Warren campaigned for mayor, she made a compelling observation about the city that resonated with many voters. Her description of “two Rochesters”— a city divided by economic and political power — was one of the most important narratives of the mayoral election. Warren tapped into a sense of anger about wealth disparity. But […]
