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, […]
Monroe County Democratic Party
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Rochester needs real leadership
Guest commentary by mayoral candidate James Sheppard
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The risks we face in the next race for mayor
The last thing this community needs right now is major division among Rochester Democrats. But the division is there.
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Chris Lindley’s legacy: government at its best
Curious, intensely ethical, and almost intimidatingly smart, Lindley went into politics to serve the community, not himself.
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It’s politics as usual: Bill Reilich’s class act
Either the local Republican Party’s leader doesn’t believe that his Democratic counterpart is ill or he doesn’t care.
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Feedback 4/8
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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 Those first rough, nervous steps have been replaced by confident strides.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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[UPDATED] Democrats endorse Tom Richards
UPDATE#2, Wednesday, April 24, 9:30 a.m.: Monroe County Democratic Committee chair Joe Morelle sent out a press release last night, responding to the statement from Warren’s camp. His statement follows Warren’s at the end of this blog. UPDATE, Tuesday, April 23, 4:15 p.m.: Lovely Warren’s campaign has responded to the MCDC’s endorsement of Tom Richards. […]
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Metro ink – 6.7.06
GREENING THE CLASSROOMS They call themselves the “Energy Patrol.” Up and down hallways they go, looking for glaring computer screens and lights left on by forgetful classmates and teachers. Clad in their bright green T-shirts, they make up cheers and hold pep rallies to spread the word about saving energy. And while they keep it […]
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Metro ink – 5.31.06
GOD ART It was October 2004. Lex Blaakman was talking to God. Or God was talking to him through a paintbrush. He drew, he says, something wholly unfamiliar: a painting of a giant wave juxtaposed with football legend Reggie White with a heart on his forehead. Just two months later, on December 26, the tsunami […]
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Metro Ink – 12.07.05
Duffy starts his move The Duffy administration is starting to take shape — by deletion, more than by addition, at this point. Five senior City Hall administrators have been told that they won’t have a job when the new mayor takes over in January: • Community Development Commissioner Linda Stango; • Economic Development Commissioner Fashun […]
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Postmortem for a primary
It’s less than 48 hours after the Democratic primary for mayor — the party’s most contentious primary in over a decade — but you wouldn’t know that from a glance around the party’s headquarters. The furnishings are still Spartan at the spacious new digs off University Avenue, but a rack of campaign literature has already […]
