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    <author><![CDATA[Bob S]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Most of the discussion about improving urban areas focuses on various government "economic development" programs, whether they be tax breaks, outright grants, or periodic "master plans" drawn up by people who will never implement them because they don't have the money. All of these efforts have long track records of failure.
        
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      <![CDATA[There is no vision for Rochester. Residents are seen as revenue-makers (red-light cameras, parking fees, etc) while out-of-town developers and big projects are seen as our "saviors".
        
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      <![CDATA[@ Ms. Powell - Your insights on the inner workings of the RCSD are much appreciated. Thank you.<br>
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I'm by no means an expert on education or on the RCSD, but I do know that (fairly or unfairly) it's generally believed that the RCSD does not do an adequate job of educating and preparing students for the future (obviously there are exceptions).
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Willa Powell]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Tom Richards wrote “Before we can put one book on a library shelf or one cop on a beat, the entire property-tax levy has been exhausted by the cost of pensions and the state-mandated $119.1 million payment to the City School District.”<br>
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Once again, I must admonish our colleagues at City Hall to stop misrepresenting the facts. For 95 years, the state has required that the big cities collect property taxes “on behalf of” their school districts.
        
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      <![CDATA[Mayor Richards, it seems, looks at our city from a different perspective than most Mayors. In Providence, for example, their Mayor had a quality of life oriented plan for redevelopment of the urban core.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Brian Milburn]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[And there is an ongoing migration of Americans (particularly Generation Y Americans) to dense urban centers, which goes to show further the particular importance of paying attention to services in the City. Cities, after all, are our future and are here to stay.
        
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    <author><![CDATA[Jason Olshefsky]]></author>
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      <![CDATA[Funny how this drain on property taxes is never blamed on Richards' giving a free ride to new construction leading to further abandoning of existing space (e.g. Culver Road Armory drew businesses from downtown), and how corporate chains get red-carpet treatment while local business owners are crippled by exclusively supplying tax revenue, and suffering bureaucratic abuse (e.g. the secret 24-hour permit for 7-11 on Monroe versus the aggressive, illegal restricting of hours at Obsessions Bar and Grill).<br>
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And what's that about his pet project of getting rid of the one-way Clinton and St. Paul streets downtown? One-way traffic creates additional pedestrian safety, and the parallel design affords efficient transit.
        
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