Mayoral hopefuls Tom Richards and Lovely Warren will square off in their second debate today at 8 p.m. on WXXI-TV and AM 1370. Richards, the incumbent, and Warren, who is City Council president, are vying for the Democratic endorsement. If Warren wins the September 10 primary, she will face Green Party candidate Alex White in […]
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Warren gets personal in TV debate
This is a corrected version of this blog. Locally produced TV often has an unintended comedic element, and it was a bit strange to see Rochester mayoral hopefuls Tom Richards and Lovely Warren sitting side by side at News 8’s anchor desk last night. Mostly because the pair made a credible News team! duo. The […]
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Warren vs. Richards: One city, two visions
The Lovely Warren who walked to the front of the room in early May to ask her fellow Democrats to support her bid for mayor is not the same Lovely Warren who’s on the campaign trail today. There has been an observable transformation. Those first rough, nervous steps have been replaced by confident strides. Candidate […]
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ENDORSEMENT: For Rochester mayor: Tom Richards
This year’s mayoral election could be a turning point for Rochester. Like many other cities, this one faces serious, escalating problems and shrinking resources. And the candidates for mayor – incumbent Tom Richards, City Council President Lovely Warren, and Green Party candidate Alex White – offer different paths to Rochester’s future. Richards and Warren compete […]
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The test score rage: rhetoric versus reform
Well, that gave everybody something to talk about, didn’t it? State education officials released school-district scores on standardized tests last week, and the news was awful. Only 31 percent of the state’s students met or exceeded the “proficiency” standard for math. And only 31.1 percent of them met the English standard. And among the large […]
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Rochester students fare poorly on new state tests
This morning, the State Education Department released test results for grades 3-8, and the scores for the Rochester school district are shockingly low. Only 5.4 percent of city students are proficient in English and only 5 percent are proficient in math. Rochester scores are again the lowest of the state’s Big Five school district’s, with […]
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Primary focus
The petitions are in, and it looks like the City of Rochester will have Democratic primaries for mayor, City Council, and school board. The Town of Henrietta will see a Republican primary for the supervisor’s office between incumbent Michael Yudelson and current Town Board member Jack Moore. | Yudelson also has the Independence and Conservative […]
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Rochester mayoral candidates file financial disclosure forms
Candidates for public office in New York have filed their latest financial reports, and both Rochester mayoral contenders are raising money at a good clip. Incumbent Mayor Tom Richards started the year with an opening balance of $107,676. He reports contributions of $94,175 and expenses totaling $58,523.83 from the second half of January to July […]
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Election economics
City Council President and mayoral candidate Lovely Warren rolled out her economic plan last week during a press conference at her west-side headquarters. | Warren’s plan includes creating a Rochester Industrial Development Agency to guarantee jobs for city residents, pursuing social impact bonds to help deal with Rochester’s serious social problems, creating a small business […]
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Warren lays out economic vision; Richards camp responds
City Council President and mayoral candidate Lovely Warren rolled out her economic plan this morning during a press conference at her west-side headquarters.
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Ruth Scott and the rising tide
Ruth Holland Scott remembers sixth grade as a broken string of recesses. Scott’s teacher at her small, segregated school in Albion, Michigan, often slept through class, Scott says — waking only when students pestered her. “The guys would take these long poles that you used to raise and lower the windows and lift the wig […]
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Sheppard, Warren events stress dire need
Corrected version. I’ve spent some time in the West Main Street-Chili Avenue area over the last few days, first to listen to Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard talk to residents gathered at Junior’s Barber Shop & Unisex Salon on West Main, and then to observe a Lovely Warren campaign event at the Iglesia Educational Center […]
