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Jeremy Moule on February 21st, 2012
IRAQ TOTALS - 4,484 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 105,343 to 115,048 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to February 10.
No American casualties were reported after November 14.
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS - 1,895 US servicemen and
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Jeremy Moule on February 21st, 2012
Brockport is losing a village manager, but the county is gaining an airport director.
During a press conference this morning, County Executive Maggie Brooks announced her choice for the new director of the county airport: Michael Giardino. His permanent appointment depends on approval by the County Legislature. Republicans control the Legislature,
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Jeremy Moule on February 15th, 2012
A group of local black elected officials say that the proposed State Senate lines are a deliberate attempt to dilute the city's minority vote.
The Rochester Black Political Caucus has written Governor Andrew Cuomo (letter at right) to express its opposition to the proposed lines. They want him to veto
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Jeremy Moule on February 15th, 2012
IRAQ TOTALS - 4,484 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 105,096 to 114,786 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to February 3.
No American casualties were reported after November 14.
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS - 1,891 US servicemen
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Jeremy Moule on February 15th, 2012
Public concern about bisphenol A reached a tipping point several years ago. Cities, stores, even the Canadian government began banning or phasing out reusable water bottles and children's products that were made using the chemical.
BPA is an endocrine disruptor. Some scientists and health researchers suspect that the chemical
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Jeremy Moule on February 7th, 2012
If the proposed redistricting plans are approved, residents of Rochester's 19th Ward will share a senator with residents in suburban Buffalo.
The Senate plan hacks the neighborhood out of Republican Joe Robach's existing 56th District - a mix of urban and suburban neighborhoods - and puts the 19th Ward into
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Jeremy Moule on February 7th, 2012
IRAQ TOTALS - 4,484 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 105,096 to 114,786 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to February 3.
No American casualties were reported after November 14.
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS - 1,891 US servicemen and
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Jeremy Moule on February 3rd, 2012
Medley Centre is paid up, as far as the town, county, and East Irondequoit School District are concerned.
Developer Scott Congel met a February 1 deadline for a $355,901 payment to the Monroe County Industrial Development Agency, the town, and the school district. That was the amount owed
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Jeremy Moule on January 31st, 2012
IRAQ TOTALS - 4,484 US servicemen and servicewomen, 318 Coalition servicemen and servicewomen, and approximately 105,022 to 114,700 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to January 27.
No American casualties were reported after November 14.
AFGHANISTAN TOTALS - 1,889 US servicemen and
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Jeremy Moule on January 27th, 2012
Monroe County Assembly districts are facing changes, and residents in some towns will have new representatives if proposed maps released by a legislative task force yesterday are approved.
Here's a rundown:
Chili, Henrietta, and a question mark shaped section of the city would remain in Democrat Harry Bronson's 131st District,
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Jeremy Moule on February 22nd, 2012
Mall renovations, the construction of a for-profit college's campus, and several projects that move jobs from one local town to another: these are the latest batch of projects getting economic development subsidies from the county Industrial Development Agency.
Of the tax breaks approved by the COMIDA board yesterday, only one involved
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Jeremy Moule on February 16th, 2012
At its heart, redistricting is about representation.
State and federal laws lay out the criteria for the districts, but legislators have become masters at technical compliance of the law without meeting the intent. They're supposed to draw compact, evenly populated districts that preserve communities of interest - groupings of people who
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Jeremy Moule on February 14th, 2012
Albany's legendary dysfunction may mean independent redistricting after all, but not in the way that advocates wanted.
Yesterday, a federal judge recommended that the federal courts take over the redistricting process. The decision came as part of a voter lawsuit against the state.
Specifically, Judge Dora L. Irizarry of the US
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Jeremy Moule on February 13th, 2012
CORRECTION: The hearing starts at 11:30 a.m. A notice released by the task force contained the wrong time.
On Wednesday, you can tell state legislators what you think about the proposed state Assembly and Senate redistricting maps. The legislature's redistricting task force will hold a public hearing on the new plans
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Jeremy Moule on February 8th, 2012
There's a negotiating tactic where one side in the discussion makes an outlandish proposal, knowing full well the other side will reject it. The proposers are really interested in a different offering, which will look much more appealing to the other side in comparison.
I have to wonder if
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Jeremy Moule on February 7th, 2012
According to the League of Conservation Voters, Republican Ann Marie Buerkle has the worst environmental voting record of Rochester's House delegation. And she has the second worst record of all of New York's representatives.
Today, the organization released its environmental scorecard, which ranks Senators and House members based on their
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Jeremy Moule on February 3rd, 2012
At approximately 2 a.m. Thursday, Rochester police officers walked into Washington Square Park and asked a group of seven Occupiers for identification. That much is not in dispute.
But several other details about the evening are. Occupy Rochester and its allies say the police were harassing the protesters, but
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Jeremy Moule on February 1st, 2012
Over the last 50 years, Lake Ontario's coastal wetlands have been knocked out of balance, strangely enough, by a plan to balance lake levels.
The plan, which dates back to 1963, tries to balance the needs of hydropower facilities, commercial shipping, recreational boating, and waterside property owners. All are significantly affected
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Jeremy Moule on January 26th, 2012
A state task force released its proposed Assembly and Senate district lines today. I've only had a chance to examine the Senate districts so far, but this much is clear: Monroe County is facing some changes in its representation.
The county will be divided up among six Senate districts,
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Jeremy Moule on January 25th, 2012
President Barack Obama took a muddled approach to energy issues in last night's State of the Union address.
Obama led that part of his speech with a fact: American oil production is at the highest it's been in eight years. His administration, he said, has opened millions of new acres
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