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Rochester mayoral election
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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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Sheppard outlines his platform
At a press conference this morning promoting his campaign for Rochester mayor, County Legislator Jim Sheppard released an extensive platform that focuses on a broad range of challenges facing the city. Sheppard will face incumbent Lovely Warren and former television reporter Rachel Barnhart in a September primary. Among Sheppard’s proposed initiatives: In economic development: Sheppard […]
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The state of the neighborhoods
In this year’s November election, Rochester voters will choose the people who will manage the city and its schools for the next four years: the mayor, five of the nine members of City Council, and three of the seven members of the school board. But because voter registration and turnout in the city is so […]
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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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How much do we really care about democracy?
Do you suppose Rochester voters will do their civic duty and show up at the polls on November 5? Participation in city elections has been low for years, but I was astonished at the dismal turnout in the September primary. The people who have fessed up about not voting say they figured Tom Richards would […]
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Feedback 10/30
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ENDORSEMENT: Still the best candidate for mayor: Tom Richards
Officially, the campaign for Rochester mayor has narrowed to two candidates: City Council President Lovely Warren, who won the September Democratic primary, and Green Party candidate Alex White. Before the primary, we endorsed incumbent Tom Richards, but Warren won, handily, and she now has the backing of her party for the November 5 general election. […]
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Feedback 9/18
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The test score rage: rhetoric versus reform
Well, that gave everybody something to talk about, didn’t it? State education officials released school-district scores on standardized tests last week, and the news was awful. Only 31 percent of the state’s students met or exceeded the “proficiency” standard for math. And only 31.1 percent of them met the English standard. And among the large […]
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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 […]
