The speculation is over: outgoing County Executive Maggie Brooks has landed a gig as an RTS executive. Brooks has been tapped to be the transit agency’s vice president of strategic initiatives, a move that’ll probably come as a surprise to few. RTS officials recently created the position to better connect and work with regional groups, […]
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Where’s Maggie Brooks going?
Maggie Brooks has been a fixture in county government for two decades, acting as Monroe County executive for the last 12 years and before that, county clerk. But in just a couple of months, term limits will force her from office. But Brooks says she isn’t going away — and no one expects her to […]
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Feedback 3/4
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Comptroller’s report details state authorities’ payrolls
This post has been corrected. State-created public authorities have about 104,000 employees that they pay just under $7 billion — $762 million of which is overtime pay, says a new report from the state Comptroller’s Office. The report is hardly a rebuke of the spending; it’s mostly a straightforward account of staff salaries, overtime pay, […]
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Bus station build starts Monday
Construction on Rochester’s new, $50 million transit station begins on Monday, October 8, said Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority officials at a press conference yesterday afternoon. “We’re thrilled to finally get started,” said RGRTA’s Jim Redmond. The enclosed, one-story facility will be located on Mortimer Street, spanning the block between South Clinton Avenue and St. […]
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In the dark
Peter Tautfest, a well-known European journalist who died this past winter, was truly a man of the world. He was born in Berlin, grew up in Chicago, was educated in Texas, and served as a foreign correspondent in Washington. His paper was Germany’s most interesting daily, Die Tageszeitung, which not long ago helped disclose US […]
