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10 Questions About the Security Detail
There are two big issues concerning the mayor’s security detail: Nepotism and excess. (Now there may be a third: abuse of authority. The security detail was stopped by state police going 97 miles an...
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Why Not Rochester?
Rochester is being left out in the cold. Governor Andrew Cuomo went to Onondaga County on Wednesday to award $100 million in state money for waterfront development, which includes a $50 million...
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Voice of Which Voters?
The annual Voice of the Voter Poll, a joint project by WXXI, the Democrat and Chronicle, 13WHAM News and WDKX, reveals Mayor Lovely Warren has low approval ratings. The poll found 63 percent of Monroe...
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RHA v. RBA
Adam McFadden Facebook Page Adam McFadden wasn’t the only person to question whether Bob Duffy’s appointment to the CEO position at the Rochester Business Alliance would get as much scrutiny as...
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Mayor Warren’s First Year
It’s fair to say Mayor Lovely Warren has had a rocky first year in office. Let’s take a look back at good, the bad and the ugly. The Good: – Mayor Warren Goes to Washington: The mayor established...
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The Last Rochester Speaker
James M.E. O’Grady Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle is reportedly angling to succeed Sheldon Silver as Speaker, despite publicly declaring his support for his “friend.” It’s been more than a...
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Fix Your Own Pipes?!
Governor Andrew Cuomo told Syracuse it won’t get help from the state unless it comes up with a viable plan to become economically sustainable. The mayor has been complaining about aging infrastructure,...
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Cuomo Discovers Rochester
A lot of people said Andrew Cuomo created the Buffalo Billion because he didn’t win Erie County when he ran for his first term as governor. He wanted to win over the community. The strategy was...
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The Day the City Stayed Home
Only 22 percent of voters in the City of Rochester came out on Election Day. That compares to 29 percent in 2011, the last race for county executive. That’s about 6,400 fewer voters, an astonishing...
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What to Tell Little Girls?
After Hillary Clinton’s loss, women around the country grieved. So did their young daughters. The glass ceiling held. “To all the little girls watching this, never doubt that you are powerful and...
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