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Jeremy Moule and Tim Macaluso on November 3rd, 2010
The rumor mill seems to have gotten ahead of itself. Word was going around last week that City Council was about to sign off on an agreement to sell or transfer the city's water system to the Monroe County Water Authority. Council never got any such proposal, but there is some
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Jeremy Moule and Tim Macaluso on January 27th, 2010
The final, public version of an audit of the city school district, says that the School Board failed to establish safeguards over district finances. The state Comptroller's Office released the audit today, and Comptroller Tom DiNapoli discussed it during a 10:30 a.m. press event at the Powers Building. The audit contains
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Jeremy Moule and Tim Macaluso on November 10th, 2009
This was supposed to be the year: the Democrats were going to take control of the County Legislature, and they were going to increase their presence in the suburbs. Instead, they lost control of Irondequoit, lost a supervisor's race in Mendon, and made no gains in the Lej. The party
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Jeremy Moule and Tim Macaluso on December 15th, 2008
Watch out for that other shoe. Governor David Paterson has, for the last few months, repeated dire warnings about the state's budget problems - saying that over the next two years, there's a $15-billion hole to plug. The New York Times reports today that Paterson will balance the budget by
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Jeremy Moule and Tim Macaluso on July 31st, 2007
It hasn't been a good week for Monroe County Democrats. As they announced that they couldn't find a candidate to run against Maggie Brooks, the news broke that City Councilmember John Lightfoot, a Democrat, has been charged with felony DWI. State police arrested him the night of July 26 after
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Jeremy Moule and Tim Macaluso on May 18th, 2007
For Monroe County Republicans, this week's party convention was a time to celebrate Maggie Brooks' re-election bid. For Democrats - who are still seeking someone to oppose Brooks - the convention was a time to show unity. At last night's convention at the Unite union hall, everyone from party leaders
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Jeremy Moule and Tim Macaluso on April 23rd, 2008
Something from Maggie Brooks's State of the County address has me perplexed.Much of the speech was boilerplate: the state of the county is strong, we're working to improve the economy, we're doing some good stuff for the community, the FAIR Plan was a good idea, and so on.What caught me
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Jeremy Moule and Tim Macaluso on April 22nd, 2008
Days like Earth Day and Arbor Day are wonderful - they draw public attention to the environment and the challenges it faces. Global warming, water and air quality, and habitat all become the issues of the day.But that's also the problem: these issues take center stage for that day, and
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Jeremy Moule and Tim Macaluso on April 9th, 2008
David Petraeus, the commanding general in charge of multinational forces in Iraq, spent much of yesterday answering questions from US senators, including the three presidential candidates. Some of what was said was a rerun of Petraeus' trip to Capital Hill about a year ago, advocating the Bush Administration's troop surge,
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