On September 20, 2013, the United Christian Leadership Ministry held a press conference denouncing the astonishing bail increase for Brenda Hardaway as well as announcing their demands.
The press conference was held at Peace Baptist Church at 6 Oregon Street.
I oppose Resolution 32 because the funneling of a combination of Gates Foundation money and tax payer dollars into a large for-profit business advising firm located outside of our community epitomizes the surrender of local school districts to privatization. I believe that the two recently added high level management efficiency positions in the district are occupied by competent and well paid individuals who can succeed in finding relevant efficiencies and savings. In terms of long term budgeting, I have confidence that our CFO and budget professionals can do this work.
Submitted by Jessica Freedman on Wed, 2013-09-18 17:58
Local residents challenging the practice of the Greece Town Board just filed their brief with the United States Supreme Court. As the brief points out, most of the people who attend Board meetings have little choice but to be there, and they face substantial pressure to participate in the prayers once they are there. The prayers, meanwhile, have almost always been explicitly Christian. The p
Brenda Hardaway sat next to her mother on Sept. 17 in the State Supreme Court waiting for her name to be called by Justice Francis A. Affronti.
When it was called shortly after 10 a.m., Hardaway didn't expect her bail to be raised to $25,000, or that she would be taken into custody at the end of the hearing with her hands pulled behind her back. She didn't expect she would be standing before the judge as the awful sinching of metal on metal resonated throughout the courtroom.
She certainly didn't expect her face to be streaming with tears as she looked to her mother. Nor did she she expect her mother, Claire Taylor, would be crying too, as she watched her daughter being taken away in handcuffs.
Green Party candidate Alex White announced a "New Deal" for Rochester NY if voters elect him mayor in November. It includes proposals to create jobs by putting local people to work, not by building buildings. White has also called for changes in law enforcement including a new Chief of Police.
Anti-semitic hate mail was sent to a woman after she spoke out about the Town of Greece opening its town board meetings with Christian prayer.
"What the Fuck is the matter with you Bitch. Stay the Hell out of your town , you Jew Bitch. Hitler should have exterminated all of you damn Jew problems, he must have missed your Jew Fucker parents," stated the letter. "Get a LIfe you divorced old whore! God, you are ugly bitch." It was signed "The Man."
Demonstrators from across the political spectrum of left to right gathered at the Liberty Pole on August 29 to demand that the US call off its plans to bomb Syria. Polls show that less than 10 percent of the US population supports such an attack. Passing cars blew their horns in support of the protesters.
The town of Greece would like us to believe that everyone is welcome at their public meetings. After all, that’s what they’ve been telling the courts. They’ve even got a civility policy.
Lewis Powell wasn't expecting the Cowboy and his lackeys to be breaking into his legally parked car on Jefferson Avenue near Iceland Park as he looked over his shoulder around 9:00PM on Tuesday, August 13, 2013. And yet, there they were. The Cowboy was rifling through Mr. Powell's car and throwing his and his wife's possessions on the ground—including Mrs. Powell's purse, while two other officers, one white, one black—both men—stood by and watched.
Submitted by SusanGalloway on Thu, 2013-08-08 22:35
In a press release, the U.S. Labor Department's OSHA announcing it has cited WalMart supercenter store no. 2859 on Chili Ave in Rochester, NY for 24 "repeated and serious" violations in workplace safety and health standards. Walmart faces a total of $365,500. The inspection was initiated as a response to a complaint.
On July 26, 2013, Benny Warr was in court before Judge Stephen T. Miller. Specifically, the judge was ruling on motions to dismiss the charges filed by Mr. Warr's attorney, Charles F. Burkwit. The two motions presented were dismissing the charges in the furtherance of justice and dismissing the charges because the informations were defective. The judge seemed to build up his ruling by reading what it meant to dismiss the charges legally.
On May 1st, 2013, Benny Warr was waiting for the bus on Jefferson Ave. when police arrived to clear the block. Doing nothing wrong, he repeated he was waiting for the bus. He was then violently thrown from his wheelchair and brutalized by officers Joseph M. Ferrigno II, Anthony R. Liberatore, and Sgt.Mitchell R. Stewart II. Mr. Warr's experience is not singular. Police brutality occurs all over the city. In response, the community screams "Enough Is Enough!" Click here for more information!
