‘Prime’ numbers A couple Monroe County towns fired their leaders last week. In Chili, incumbent supervisor Steve Hendershott lost to County Legislator Tracy Logel in the Republican primary, 1,207 to 815. Hendershott goes on to the general election on the Conservative and Independence lines, but insists he won’t campaign. Likewise, Channing Philbrick lost […]
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Judge twice for yourself
The old quiz show What’s My Line might speak to this year’s race for two City Court judgeships. In the run-up to the September 9 primary, the official candidates list has eight lines; after the primary (which is only for registered Democrats to choose their party’s two candidates) there will be seven lines for […]
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Primarily personalities?
Too many Monroe County residents may view the town of Hamlin as an appendage to popular Hamlin Beach State Park. True, the park and the Lake Ontario shoreline in general are vital to this west-side community, as to the whole region. But Hamlin has its own special character — still largely rural — and […]
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Penfield: two for super
The town of Penfield is used to challenges. In recent years, for example, there have been floods in the Panorama Valley that made a temporary mess of some homes and businesses — and, some say, highlighted the problems of inappropriate development in a floodplain. (Federal, state, and local officials are on the case.) […]
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Primary time in the puppet regime
It’s a shame former Conservative Party candidate Daniel Mahony moved to Connecticut earlier this month, thereby disqualifying himself from the race for lieutenant governor. If his running mate, Rochester businessman Tom Golisano, won the governorship and subsequently abdicated to, say, goal tend for the Buffalo Sabres, Mahony would make a great Guv. He’s got one […]
