Tag Archives: Tom Richards
NEWS BLOG: Richards on the Malgieri, Ansbrow hires
BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN For Rochester Mayor Tom Richards, it may be a case of be careful what you wish for. Richards said in an interview today that he encouraged Rochester schools Superintendent Bolgen Vargas to find a high-quality person to manage the district’s finances so Vargas could concentrate on other things. Richards said he […]
NEWS BLOG: Does it matter if a minority recruit comes from the city?
BY CHRISTINE CARRIE FIEN While most everyone has been celebrating the indisputably good news that minority participation in the Rochester Police Department is up, I remembered a fact I learned not long ago: that many, if not most, of the RPD’s minority recruits traditionally come from the suburbs, not the city. That’s true of the […]
Richards: Kodak not in a position to make deal with MCC
[UPDATED 4:05 p.m.] MCC President Anne Kress responded to Mayor Tom Richards’ comments with this statement: “The Kodak bankruptcy does not change the fact that the recommended site for MCC’s new downtown campus is the best location for our students, taxpayers and College. We are confident that by following the prescribed bankruptcy process the project can […]
