Tom Richards, who leaves office this week, has been a clear-eyed, pragmatic mayor. He understands finances, understands development, understands business, understands government. And he operates from the basis of what he thinks will work and what is possible. In many respects, he’s been a steady-as-you-go kind of mayor, continuing the solid fiscal management of the […]
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Richards: County budget includes new costs to city taxpayers
Mayor Tom Richards just issued a press release addressing what he calls “unannounced charges to city taxpayers” in the proposed 2014 county budget.
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Fewer city students will catch transfer buses downtown
New bus passes will greatly restrict the thousands of city school students who have been using the RTS system to travel freely throughout the city, said school and city officials today. Most students will only be allowed to travel to and from school. Beginning this Friday, more city students will be required to use the […]
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Schumer targets specific type of railroad tanker
In 2009, approximately 30 railroad cars per day were shipping oil or ethanol across the United States, but that figure has grown substantially over the last few years, according to Senator Chuck Schumer. Approximately 200 to 300 of the cars pass through Rochester on the CSX freight line each day, Schumer said today during a press […]
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Hemlock-Canadice’s watershed moment
The City of Rochester sold approximately 7,000 acres of land around Hemlock and Canadice lakes to the state in 2010 to make sure that the waterfronts remain safe from development. And yet the lakes are currently at the center of a controversy about gas and oil drilling. That’s because the state’s proposed plan to manage […]
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Slaughter endorses Richards; Warren responds
Rochester in on the march, says Representative Louise Slaughter, and it needs to keep Tom Richards at the helm to continue the advance.
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Survey would gauge public perception of the RPD
Rochester Mayor Tom Richards wants to hire a group out of Cornell University to study public perception of the Rochester Police Department. The legislation to pay $15,000 to Survey Research Institute for the project will be considered by City Council next month. The legislation’s wording is rather vague, saying that SRI will work with the […]
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Richards’ campaign off to a slow start
When is Mayor Tom Richards going to join this campaign? Lovely Warren, City Council president and Richards’ likely opponent in a September primary, is active on Twitter at #lovelyformayor, and Facebook. She’s making appearances and holding events; she has two scheduled for Thursday, one to talk about education and an evening fund raiser at a […]
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City budget cuts Mounted Patrol, 311 hours
But more would be invested in youth and recreation and the library system.
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New role for Rochester’s Red Shirts?
The guy hit the gas instead of the brake, sending his car smashing through the garage wall of his home in Rochester’s Grove Place neighborhood, and rupturing a gas line. He tried to call Rochester Gas and Electric — you know how much fun that can be — but then the Red Shirts showed up. […]
