A reader responding to my column last week – “The State of the Union in the Age of Trump” – concluded that I’ve abandoned hope. And in doing that, wrote Phillip Miner, I’ve failed in my responsibility to encourage readers to fight back. Actually, I haven’t abandoned hope, although I’m certainly discouraged. But I appreciate […]
Rochester Democratic Party
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For Dems, a wealth of candidates
This year is a particularly significant election year for the City of Rochester, with the mayor’s office, more than half the seats on City Council, and three of the seven school board seats on the ballot. This year is also significant because of the large number of candidates: three for mayor, 13 for City Council, […]
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Choosing a mayor in a challenging time
For anyone who follows Rochester politics, there was little doubt that City Council President Lovely Warren would run for mayor. The only question was when. Last week we found out: it’s now. And so we will have incumbent Tom Richards, a 69-year-old white male lawyer and former corporate executive, and Warren, a 35-year-old African-American woman […]
