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| Anatomy of a Bureaucratic Blow-Off July 28, 2010 As some residents spent the last year running for school board and considering the issue of mayoral control, other residents were engaged in something more mundane -- but important to them: trying to get the city of Rochester to respond to basic code violations in their neighborhood. The Smugtown Beacon has acquired the email correspondence between a neighborhood group and their Neighborhood Service Center coordinator, Jose Cruz. In these communications, it is clear that the "buck stops here" is not a philosophy distributed uniformly throughout the city administration. If this is how the city responds to residents asking for code enforcement, how will it treat parents concerned about their child's school? Food for thought... Read More ... Aaron E. Wicks - 1 opinion posted |

 Van White's petitions -- and residency -- will likely be challenged |
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| Let the Petition Challenges Begin! July 20, 2010 With the legal deadline passed for candidates to submit nominating petitions, we now know who is REALLY seeking office in 2010. What we do not yet know is how many of these would-be candidates will actually make it on to a September or November ballot. Inside, an interim look at who's running -- and who's not. Read More ... Aaron E. Wicks |
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