What is the price for disloyalty in Steve Minarik’s Republican Party? Maybe he has you replaced as local party chair. Maybe he revokes a promised county job offer. Maybe he vows not to support your next bid for higher office. Maybe. “I want to tell you something: 12 years, being […]
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Campaigning on fear
This year’s county-executive campaign could have been about ideas, issues, and vision. It will not be. Steve Minarik’s Republican machine has seen to that. To boost Maggie Brooks’ chances against Rochester Mayor Bill Johnson, the Minarik machine has launched a campaign of fear, divisiveness, and hate. And a passel of Republican elected officials has fallen […]
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Keep up the protests
OK: We’re all on edge about the war. And people on both sides are pretty emotional. But it’s troubling to see war supporters challenging the patriotism of opponents. According to a good number of war supporters, protesters had their chance to speak before the war began. Now it’s time to shut up and support […]
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The Richards factor
Rochester Mayor Bill Johnson still won’t say whether he’ll be a candidate for County Executive in November, but he’s giving every indication that he will. And while several other Democrats hope to run, the nomination seems to be Johnson’s if he wants it. Meanwhile, the political community is awash in reports that Tom Richards, […]
