Our good friend Philbrick has a great post on Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy’s hiring of a convicted felon who was arrested for an alleged rape of a city resident while he was on the job. Philbrick rightly points out that if this was a Republican hire, it would be much more of a story  and [...]

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Have you heard of the Safelink program? It has recently been featured on channel 8 news and it has some people up in arms.
Safelink is related to the Lifeline program which was created by the FCC in 1984 to provide home phone service to low income households (read welfare recipients) at low or no cost [...]

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Well, Bob Duffy and the crew at City Hall won.  They played politics, pushed too far and now they have what they deserve — nothing.
To many, the corner of Main and Clinton will be to Bob Duffy what the Fast Ferry is to former Mayor Bill Johnson — his legacy. 
This AP story would fall into the [...]

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I’ve been reading fellow local bloggers Aaron Wicks’ and Christopher Wilmot’s Smugtown Beacon lately.  They’ve written several pieces on a number of Democrat primaries taking place in the City of Rochester and have some excellent coverage exposing the heavy handed, leadership controlled process by which Democrat candidates are nominated selected by the few bosses who [...]

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Assemblyman David Gantt pretty much runs the Democrat Party in the City of Rochester, everyone knows that.  Gantt manipulates the “democratic process” to make sure his cronies get nominations to run for elected office.  In the City, the Democrat line guarantees your success.  The real lock is getting the line, not going before voters to [...]

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Today’s D&C is quite an advertisement for living in the City of Rochester – 7% percent of all burglaries in the City of Rochester result in arrests.  That’s going to do wonders for the City’s housing values!  Can you imagine what those numbers would be if we didn’t have a former Police Chief as Mayor?
I’m afraid that the [...]

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There’s an interesting article in the D&C today about illegal dumping by a city contractor. The D&C considers itself a watchdog, yet I’m baffled nearly every day by information they don’t include in the story, which is usually easy to acquire.
Take this one for example. With just a couple clicks on my mouse, I was able to [...]

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Rochester City Councilman John Lightfoot isn’t the only person getting preferential treatment on drunken driving charges.  Lindsay Lohan’s arrest warrant was throw out by a judge.
From The Daily News:
Judge Marsha Revel said she issued the warrant after getting a letter from a court-ordered alcohol education program showing an “indication of some noncompliance.”
But “there’s no indication [...]

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We first told you about political agendas be placed above justice in the case of the gay bashing incident that didn’t happen almost one year ago.  RNews had an update on the $40 million suit filied against the City by the accused officers in the case.
From RNews:
The four Rochester police officers who were accused in a [...]

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I’m still in shock over MR Weekly Rant’s piece on Jim Lawrence’s blog post on Governor Paterson’s claim that you can’t have open budget deliberations because of the public posturing and the lack of an editorial about John Lightfoot’s desire to work on his personal life and his career.
“I want to work on me, and [...]

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