City Council may vote on a pilot curfew program later this month. If I were on City Council, I’d vote no. The motivation for the curfew (one of the motivations, anyway) may be a good one. The theory is that youths under 18 who are out on the streets late at night are likely to […]
Rochester curfew
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Metro ink – 9.8.06
WHAT’S THAT ‘WWOS’? A new public art exhibit is introducing people to a newspaper that encouraged readers to question authority and think for themselves. No, notCity. It’s the Liberal Advocate, which, along with The Reflector, was an example of 19th-century “freethought press” published in Rochester and Palmyra by Obediah Dogberry. Never heard of Dogberry? The […]
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Metro ink – 7.26.06
INSIDE, KIDS! City officials are in the final stages of writing a curfew law to get minors off the streets late at night, and they hope to put it into effect as early as August 15. This summer’s curfew — which would last about 90 days — is being considered a pilot. Under the draft […]
