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Thinking Out Loud Councilman Adam McFadden I’ve no ced that too many of our black and la no elected offi cials sponsor Addresses CRB Issues too many forums for social services which I know are greatly essen al in our [h p://www.minorityreporter.net/fullstory.php?id=1173] communi es; however, why not sponsor forums rela ng to “self-suffi ciency and self-business development, including how to obtain business grants and loans. We need to start building our own economic and business infrastructure and it I have a great respect for Adam but was he Drunk ? To state many of the things is not going to be done with social services.... We need a strategy of BALANCE in that he has here I have ques ons and I wonder if he were threatened like wade our communi es. Norwood was in response to the civilian review board. Things he’s said in this content does not make sense and Rochester needed that review board many ~Alberto O. Cappas, Pres., The EducaƟ onal Pledge” years ago and s ll does . He was quick to men on the Emily good situa on yet forgot about another African American local poli cian namely Willie Ligh oot who was abused and arrested by police offi cers and many at city hall are quick to forget that incident and sweep it under the rug and i’m not impressed at all by Adams and Lovely warrens transparency on the issue; sorry Adam , get it Ci zens Disappointed Over Lack of together because if these cops can do what they have to a black offi cial just think how they see average people of the community. And, all of the people who were “Independence” of Proposed CRB killed by the “south come north mentality crew”, I was around and these cops [News Story: h p://www.minorityreporter.net/fullstory.php?id=1162] would not permit a black cop to murder those of their communi es.
~Don Frazier Dispropor onately the RPD has to work in neighborhoods that have accepted crime as a way of life. This makes policing dicey. I just wish that we ci zens would police ourselves and join the police in correc ng abborrent crime and violence that some mes makes it daun ng for police to do their job without incident. I Let Minority Reporter applaud the new proposed process as a start to get to the core of the problem; ci zens don’t report and follow through on complaints on offi cers. A much more accountable process is being off ered here with points of oversight as the process fl ows through the chart of CRB Agreement. My hope is that this will yield jus ce Help You Grow Your in ma ers where police overstep their authority. Good job by the Councilman and Police Chief and all of the community input off ered to get to this. Remember “ci zen,” do your job to report crimes in our neighborhoods and unethical police Business! offi cers who bend their authority against good ci zens. ~Hanif Abdul-Wahid 888.792.9303
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NY Sneaker Store Shoo ng Case Goes to Grand Jury
A grand jury will hear the case against shoe store about 4 a.m. two weeks a man accused of gunning down a ago to buy a new pair of $220 Nike 19-year-old as he waited outside a Foamposites. suburban Rochester store for a new pair of sneakers. Police say McKenzie-Smith and another man, 19-year-old William WHEC-TV in Rochester reports that Wilkins, accosted people in the line 21-year-old Kesean McKenzie-Smith’s and demanded cash at gunpoint. They case was waived to a grand jury on say the pair stole cash and property Friday. from several people before shoo ng Bradley. McKenzie-Smith of Rochester was charged last Tuesday with second- Source: AP degree murder and a empted robbery in connec on with the killing of Montre Bradley.
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Son of Monroe County GOP Chairman Pleads Not Guilty to Grand Larceny
Bill Reilich’s son was arraigned in falsifying business records and off ering unemployment benefi ts from June treatment for a gambling addic on. Rochester City Court last week. a false instrument. 2009 un l January 2010 while s ll working. He is due back in court in October. The son of Monroe County GOP Reilich Jr. who works at the Greater Chairman, William Reilich Jr. plead Rochester Interna onal Airport Reilich’s a orney said his client has not guilty to charges of grand larceny, is accused of claiming $7,700 in paid all the money back and is in
Kodak to Cut 1,000 More Employees This Year as it Tries to Exit Bankruptcy
NEW YORK — Kodak is reshuffl ing Chief Financial Offi cer Antoine e P. some execu ves and con nuing to cut McCorvey are leaving their posts. jobs as the pioneering photography company tries to emerge from Rebecca A. Roof, a managing director bankruptcy protec on. of AlixPartners, the company’s restructuring advisory fi rm, will Eastman Kodak Co. said it cut become interim CFO. approximately 2,700 employees worldwide since the beginning of the Roof has served in similar capaci es for year, and plans to eliminate roughly other companies that have emerged 1,000 more by 2012’s end. Annual from Chapter 11 restructurings. Kodak savings from these cuts should reach said she has experience in reducing about $330 million, the company said overhead costs, implemen ng cost Monday in a regulatory fi ling. reduc on programs, managing liquidity and raising capital, and Kodak’s workforce peaked in 1988 at execu ng asset sales, which the nearly 150,000 employees. But the company iden fi ed as “cri cal areas of company couldn’t keep up with the focus” as it restructures. shi to digital photo technology over the past decade and with compe on A er reorganiza on, Kodak will have from Japanese companies such as three business segments: Digital Canon. Prin ng and Enterprise; Graphics, Entertainment and Commercial “We recognize that we must Films; and a new unit that includes signifi cantly and expedi ously two businesses for sale, Personalized reduce our current cost structure, Imaging and Document Imaging. The which is designed for a much larger, company said last month that it was pocket video cameras and digital that cost just 15 cents a roll, Kodak more diversifi ed set of businesses,” looking to sell those two businesses. picture frames as it tries to reshape its made hobby photography aff ordable Chairman and CEO Antonio Perez said business. for many people. Its Kodachrome fi lm, in a statement. Rochester-based Kodak expects to exit introduced in 1935, became the fi rst bankruptcy some me in 2013. The Kodak was founded in 1880. It commercially successful amateur color The company also said Monday company said earlier this year that it introduced the iconic Brownie camera fi lm. that President Philip J. Faraci and would stop making digital cameras, in 1900. Selling for $1 and using fi lm 5 :: WWW.MINORITYREPORTER.NET - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17 - 23, 2012
Woman Dies in Western NY House Fire, Children Safe ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- A woman has the fi re was reported just before 2:30 in the home were away at the me. Authori es haven’t released the died in a fi re that destroyed a house in a.m. Sunday on the city’s west side. woman’s name. western New York. Firefi ghters reported fl ames They say the woman was found dead throughout the 2 1/2 story house The cause of the fi re is under Rochester fi re offi cials tell local media in the house. Four children who lived when they arrived. inves ga on. Monroe County, NY, Jail Guard Charged With Rape
Authori es say a Rochester-area jail He’s charged with felony rape and sheriff ’s offi ce and district a orney Source: AP guard has been charged with raping misdemeanor counts of a criminal began when other depu es reported two female inmates and sexually sex act, sex abuse, patronizing a inappropriate use of a work computer abusing others. pros tute and offi cial misconduct. The by Wilson. indictment says the incidents, except The Monroe County District A orney the pros tu on charge, happened at He turned himself in Friday and was says 41-year-old Greece resident the jail. released on bail. Wilson is due back Robert Wilson has pleaded not guilty in court Sept. 24. His lawyer did not to a 23-count indictment. Wilson has been a sheriff ’s deputy return a call seeking comment. for 17 years. An inves ga on by the More Than 100 Airport Workers In Rochester, Buff alo Losing Jobs More than 100 jobs will be cut at off 51 workers at the Greater Rochester Regional Elite in August told employees the airports in Rochester and Buff alo Interna onal Airport by the end of the na onwide that the company would when a Delta Air Lines subsidiary that year. The Minneapolis-based company close by the end of the year, reportedly provides services for regional carriers also will eliminate 63 customer service because of high overhead costs and shuts down. and ground-handling jobs at the the loss of contracts. Buff alo Niagara Interna onal Airport. Regional Elite Airline Services will lay
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3 Caught Via GPS Admit Robbing Upstate NY Bank
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Authori es say The Erie County District A orney’s Cheektowaga on June 8. Police followed the signal to Freeman’s a GPS tracking device led police to the offi ce says 24-year-old Antoine e Buff alo home. western New York home of a bank Freeman, 22-year-old Porche Allen Police say the trio wore surgical masks robber. and 21-year-old Darian Allen Jr., all and ordered customers and employees All face 3 1/2 to 15 years in prison of Buff alo, pleaded guilty Monday. to lie on the fl oor before making off when they’re sentenced in January. Now she and two other suspects have They admit robbing a Bank of America with an unspecifi ed amount of money pleaded guilty. branch at gunpoint in the suburb of that contained a tracking device.
Douglass Statue Bill Clears Congress, Sent to Obama (TriceEdneyWire.com) - A seven-foot and a dis nguished Republican,” Del. state status for what is regarded as a tall bronze statue of aboli onist and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) said territory. Lungren, chairman of the Black orator Frederick Douglass is a er the measure cleared the House House Administra on Commi ee, likely to soon join a bust and a statue Sept. 10. agreed to a compromise that will of two other African American icons in allow D.C. and other territories to be the U.S. Capitol thanks to a measure Placement of the Douglass statue represented by a single statue each. that cleared Congress Sept. 12 and was had been blocked by a law limi ng sent to the White House for President Statuary Hall placement to state- “It’s of great importance to the Obama’s signature. commissioned pieces. The District of residents of the District who are in a Columbia is not a state, therefore the constant struggle to be both perceived The president is expected to sign statue commissioned by the city of and acknowledged as the full and the bill to allow the Douglass statue Douglass was not allowed, un l the equal American ci zens that we are,” to be placed in the Capitol, ending a bill sponsored by Rep. Dan Lungren Norton said of the ac on, according to long-standing insult to D.C. residents, (R-Calif.) in the House and Sen. Charles the New York Times. who have been denied statuary Schumer (D-N.Y.) in the Senate cleared representa on there. the move. Currently only aboli onist Sojourner Truth and civil rights leader Mar n “For the residents of the District, Lungren and other House Republicans Luther King Jr. are the only Blacks Douglass was fi rst and foremost a had complained earlier that allowing fi gures among the 180 statues and AboliƟ onist Frederick Douglass circa 1874. D.C. resident, the fi rst Recorder of a D.C.-commissioned statue in the busts represen ng the 50 states. COURTESY PHOTO: Wikimedia Deeds for the District of Columbia, Capitol would be recogni on of “Fire Up!” Democra c Conven oneers Aiming to Inspire Voters to the Polls
By Hazel Trice Edney high hopes of recreated the same The Obama speech was the crescendo challenges that have built up over since of ac vism and responsibility. of a week of an cipa on for what decades. It will require common eff ort CHARLOTTE, N.C. (TriceEdneyWire. he and other key speakers would and shared responsibility, and the kind com) – Now that President Barack “When all is said and done -- when say about his fi rst presiden al term of bold, persistent experimenta on Obama and other Democra c Na onal you pick up that ballot to vote -- you that brought as many successes as it that Franklin Roosevelt pursued during Conven on speakers have made their will face the clearest choice of any did unfi nished business. On the one the only crisis worse than this one,” he cases for why they insist Americans me in a genera on. Over the next hand, speakers boasted that “General said of what is known as the “Great must move “Forward” in its re-elec on few years, big decisions will be made Motors is alive and Osama Bin Laden Depression” of the 1930s. “But know of him as president, the challenge of in Washington on jobs, the economy, is dead.” They also illuminated the this, America -- our problems can be ac vists across the na on will be to taxes and defi cits, energy, educa on, fact that Pell educa onal grants have solved. Our challenges can be met. take the momentum to the polls Nov. war and peace -- decisions that will doubled and that America now has a The path we off er may be harder, but it 6. have a huge impact on our lives and na onal health care plan. But, on the leads to a be er place. And I’m asking on our children’s lives for decades key issue of what some have called you to choose that future.” Op mism among Democrats to come,” President Obama said in a “jobs, jobs, jobs” even the President con nues to permeate the na on speech that was less soaring and much himself admi ed he had oversold his It was no doubt that by the end of a er an exuberant conven on, packed more grounded that the one given on ability to turn the economy completely the President’s speech - coupled with to the ra ers with more than 30,000 Mile High Mountain in Denver four around in just four years. the words of keynoters First Lady people and millions more watching years ago. “And on every issue, the Michelle Obama on Tuesday and by television and the Internet. From choice you face won’t just be between “Now, I won’t pretend the path I’m President Bill Clinton on Wednesday chants of “Four more years!” to “Fired two candidates or two par es. It will off ering is quick or easy. I never have. – the electorate had grown to a new up, ready to go!” which is reminiscent be a choice between two diff erent You didn’t elect me to tell you what you level of enthusiasm by the end of the of the NAACP war cry, delegates le paths for America, a choice between wanted to hear. You elected me to tell conven on. Spontaneous outbursts Charlo e donning Obama T-shirts and two fundamentally diff erent visions you the truth,” the President said to of “Fired up! Ready to go!” could be carrying placards under their arms. for the future.” applause. “And the truth is it will take heard even as people departed the Back to the communi es they go with more than a few years for us to solve arena and headed back to their hotels
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“Fire Up!” ... from previous page to pack. elec on a lot be er. He inherited woes. Though Republicans spent account in God’s bank. The tough days a deeply damaged economy, put a their weeklong conven on in Tampa our na on faced may have caused us “The most important ques on is, what fl oor under the crash, began the long making light of these themes, that great pain, but they must not and will kind of country do you want to live in? hard road to recovery, and laid the hope remained very much alive at the not cause us to lose our hope. If you want a ‘you’re-on-your-own, founda on for a more modern, more Democra c Conven on. winner-take-all society,’ you should well-balanced economy that will “Hope fi lls the holes of my frustra on support the Republican cket. If you produce millions of good new jobs, “Hope on!” Shouted an excited in my heart. Hope inspires me to want a country of shared prosperity vibrant new businesses, and lots of Emanuel Cleaver, chairman of the believe that any day now, we will and shared responsibility -- a we’re- new wealth for the innovators.” Congressional Black Caucus, speaking catch up to the ideals put forth by all-in-this-together society -- you to an excited crowd on Wednesday our na on’s founding fathers. Hope should vote for Barack Obama and Mrs. Obama, who introduced the evening. “We are driven by hope,” said is the mo va on that empowers the Joe Biden,” said former President Bill President as “the love of my life” on Cleaver, who is also a preacher. unemployed, enabling them to get Clinton in a s rring address in which Thursday had also wowed the crowd out of bed every single morning with he clearly compared the leadership on Tuesday. Telling the crowd “We He con nued, “President Barack unbounded enthusiasm as they look style of President Obama to that of his must work like never before!” she Obama has been lampooned for for work. It is our hope and faith that opponent Mi Romney. established a sense of urgency and speaking of hope; hope for a be er move us to ac on. It is our hope and euphoria in a tone that communicated America. I want to encourage him and faith that reminds us to pray and also Clinton con nued, “In Tampa, the love for her husband and belief in the all of us to con nue to hope for an affi rms that we must move our feet. Republican argument against the change that is s ll possible under his America that remembers, recognizes, It is our hope that tells us our la er President’s re-elec on was pre y leadership. and fervently protects its greatness… days will be greater than the former. It simple: We le him a total mess, he Yes, President Obama! Con nue to is our hope that instructs us to march hasn’t fi nished cleaning it up yet, so Four years ago, the President spoke have hope. Con nue to speak of hope on!” fi re him and put us back in…I like the highly of hope and change for an to the American people, because it is argument for President Obama’s re- America that was mired in economic impossible for hope to overdraw its WHY IT MATTERS: Health Care
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
America’s health care system is unsustainable. It’s not one problem, but three combined: high cost, uneven quality and millions uninsured. Major changes will keep coming. Every family will be aff ected. ___ Where they stand: President Barack Obama’s health care law will extend coverage to 30 million uninsured and keep the basic design of Medicare and Medicaid the same. It’s not clear how well his approach will control costs for taxpayers, families and businesses. Mi Romney would repeal Obama’s health care overhaul; what parts he’d replace have yet to be spelled out. Romney would revamp Medicare, nudging future re rees toward private insurance plans, and he would turn Medicaid over to the straining your budget, if you are having companies won’t be able to turn the programs, and cost control through states. problems ge ng medical a en on sick away, and most Americans will be market compe on, not price you need, or if you are concerned required to have coverage. se ng by federal offi cials. They ___ that one day you might fi nd yourself oppose mandates on businesses and in either predicament, choices ma er. The law puts the onus for controlling individuals. They want to borrow a Why it ma ers: But whatever your personal health or costs on the hospital industry, the page from 401(k) pension plans and insurance situa on, deeper na onal medical profession, drug companies shi people away from open-ended America has world-class hospitals and debt aff ects the economy and in some and other service providers. Obama medical benefi ts, instead providing doctors, and cu ng-edge research way your own standard of living, or wants to shi Medicare away from a fi xed amount for basic health labs. But we spend far more than any at least that of the next genera on. If paying for sheer numbers of tests and insurance. If you’ve got a pre-exis ng other advanced country, we’re not the government has to spend more on procedures to a system that rewards medical condi on, you could join a much healthier, and s ll leave millions health care, that comes at the expense quality care. He would also keep a high-risk insurance pool. Republicans uninsured. In an aging society, we have of more debt, cuts in something else strong federal hand in the Medicaid would also limit medical malprac ce no reliable system for long-term care. or higher taxes. program for low-income and disabled awards, which researchers say drive Costs keep growing faster than the people. up health care costs, and they would economy, unsustainable for federal Obama’s health care law would grow put more restric ons on abor on. and state governments, employers of the government’s presence in medical The risk of expanding government- every size, and average folks as well. care, but employers and individuals subsidized coverage: Health costs Romney’s approach would rein in would con nue to play a major part. could take off , ea ng up an ever- the growth of federal health care The 2012 elec on off ers a choice Many uninsured middle-class people increasing share of the economy, and costs, helping to bring down the between two poli cal leaders who’d will get fi nancial help to buy private eventually destabilizing the system. budget defi cit. The risk: more people take the na on on very diff erent paths. insurance in new compe ve markets. uninsured, possible erosion of Low-income people will be covered The Republican answer is to favor coverage for low-income people and If health care costs are already through expanded Medicaid. Insurance private insurance over government poten al cost shi s. 8 :: WWW.MINORITYREPORTER.NET - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17 - 23, 2012 YOUNG PEOPLE PRAYING OVER ROCHESTER Several hundred people — Using social media like facebook and twitter mostly youth — came “up the couple have been able to connect with from under the Roc” to pray hundreds of people in the local Rochester for the city of Rochester area with a likeminded desire to unite in Saturday. prayer. “I’m still in amazement at how people The group gathered at Liberty Pole Way in gathered by the hundreds to intercede for downtown Rochester where they prayed Rochester NY. The presence of God was and sang contemporary worship songs. so evident that at one point even the small They then walked down Main Street to children began to weep,” notes Amanda State Street and back to Liberty Pole Way on a facebook post after the event. “Some stopping for prayer intermittently. parents where so baffl ed as to why their children just began to cry for no reason “We called it ‘Up from Under the Roc’ and when they would ask “why are u because Christians have been hiding in the crying?” the children had no response and community for too long. It’s time we came continued to weep! It gives me chillz even out the closet and proclaim the good news now just writing this cuz it was very clear of Jesus Christ,” explained organizer David that those babies felt the presence of the Williams. Almighty! Im honored and so grateful to God to have been able to be a part of such Williams, a Christian Rapper who goes by a historical moment for Rochester and for the name D-Will, says in 2007 God gave the Kingdom of God…” him a vision to unite Christians in the community. “I was thinking to myself, like The couple plans to do more to connect why me, nobody knows me, I didn’t grow the Christian community in prayer for up in church; but at the end of the day I just the city. “It doesn’t matter what race or had to be obedient.” denomination… if you’re a man of God you should be down with MOG,” said Williams. Williams, 28, and his wife Amanda started a ministry called “MOG” which stands for “Man of God” and “WOG” which stands for “Woman of God”.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS in a conference call. of outsourcing jobs to China while their autos and auto parts sectors. The running the private equity fi rm Bain U.S. says the prac ce puts American WASHINGTON (AP) — Appealing to rust One recent line of cri cism from Capital. parts manufacturers at a compe ve belt voters, President Barack Obama Romney appears to have brought a disadvantage and encourages the announced a new trade enforcement quick response from Obama, with “Ohio, you can’t stand up to China outsourcing of produc on to China. ac on against China on Monday. the White House announcing a move when all you’ve done is send them Republican challenger Mi Romney to stop Chinese subsidies of its auto our jobs,” Obama said. “You can talk a Jobs in the U.S. auto parts sector shook up his campaign strategy in an industry — four days a er Romney good game, or you can play one. And dropped by roughly half between eff ort to stop momentum from shi ing launched an adver sing campaign my experience has been waking up 2001 and 2010, while U.S. imports of to the incumbent. accusing the president of allowing every single day doing everything I can auto parts from China have increased American manufacturing jobs to be to give American workers a fair shot in seven-fold, according to the Obama Romney’s change in strategy comes lost to the Asian power. the global economy.” administra on. as Republicans openly fret about the state of their nominee’s campaign The issue hits home among working Romney responded in a statement The administra on is also escala ng and press him to give voters a clearer class voters in manufacturing swing accusing Obama of ignoring China for another case it brought against China sense of how he would govern. states such as Ohio, where Obama too long. The Republican promised to at the WTO in July that accuses China Former Republican Party Chairman has gained recently in polls and was take ac ons from his fi rst day in offi ce of imposing unfair du es on more than Ed Gillespie, who is taking an elevated tou ng his new ac on Monday at to help U.S. businesses compete. $3 billion in exports of U.S. autos. The role in shaping a new message, says stops in Cincinna and Columbus. The du es cover more than 80 percent of Romney will be off ering more specifi cs White House says more than 850,000 “Campaign-season trade cases may American auto exports to China, said on how he would lead the country out jobs in the state are related to the auto sound good on the stump, but it is too the offi cials, who requested anonymity of what he calls a failed status quo industry. li le, too late for American businesses because they were not authorized to under Obama’s leadership. and middle class families,” Romney discuss publicly details of the trade In excerpts prepared for delivery and said. “President Obama’s credibility on ac on before the president announces “We are very much looking forward to released by his campaign, Obama this issue has long since vanished.” it. talking about the future proposals and said his administra on has brought how the future will be be er under a more trade cases against China in Campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said The cases stem from the Interagency Romney-Ryan administra on than the one term than President George W. it takes “a special kind of chutzpah” for Trade Enforcement Center Obama last four years,” Gillespie told reporters Bush did in two and accused Romney Romney to cri cize Obama on China set up earlier this year to target with his record at Bain. unfair prac ces around the world, par cularly in China. Opinion polls since the poli cal ǥ Ǩ conven ons show not only that Obama Obama and Romney began trading D8 is leading in the key swing states, but barbs on China late last week. )85 1=9 overall race remains narrowly divided. China. In his weekly podcast Saturday ?>:E>3D9?> ͷͶͼ ǡ Romney said that “in 2008, candidate G9D8D85 Romney on Monday was targe ng his Obama promised to take China ‘to the 5 1 C D ? 6 economic message to Hispanics, a key mat.’ But since then, he’s let China run $EB!14I ĆįIJİĞġĢČīĠĩIJġĢİ ĆĥĞĭĩĢıĬģćĦijĦīĢĐĢįĠĶĞı vo ng bloc with whom Obama enjoys all over us.” ?6D85 ēĐĆĢĩĢğįĞıĦĬīĬģıĥĢċĬĩĶĖĞĠįĦģĦĠĢĬģıĥĢ an advantage. The Obama campaign '?C1BI'?C1BI released an online video riffi ng on Obama countered with a TV spot ĐĞİİĈīįĬĩĩĪĢīıČīıĬ the “Extreme Makeover” television focused on its claims that Romney ıĥĢąįĬĴīĖĠĞĭIJĩĞį show, mocking Romney for trying to outsourced jobs to China while ĕĢĠĦıĞıĦĬīĬģıĥĢ win over Hispanics even though the working in the private sector. His Obama campaign says the Republican campaign also released a new Web ĕĬİĞįĶ wants to cut educa on and health care video Saturday in which Obama ąĢīĢġĦĠıĦĬī programs that would help them. deputy campaign manager Stephanie ĬģıĥĢĐĬİı Cu er said Romney holds investments “Many Hispanics have sacrifi ced in Chinese companies. ąĩĢİİĢġ greatly to help build our country and ĖĞĠįĞĪĢīı our economy, and to leave for their Romney’s campaign piled on Monday ĆįĬĴīĦīĤĬģ children a brighter future,” Romney with two new spots: one outlining his said in excerpts released before his plan for job crea on and the other ĉįĢĢĕĬİĞįĦĢİ ĖĠĞĭIJĩĞįİ ıĥĢČĪĞĤĢĬģ speech to the U.S. Hispanic Chamber assailing Obama for a growing na onal ıĥĢąĩĢİİĢġęĦįĤĦīĐĞįĶ of Commerce in Los Angeles. “Today, debt. those sacrifi ces are being squandered ͵ͳͷǤ͵ͷǤͺ͵ͷ by a president who cannot stop ___ ͵Ͳ )DPLO\5RVDU\5DGLR spending.” ǯ Associated Press writers Ken 32%R[8WLFD Romney said his test on federal Thomas in Los Angeles, Kasie Hunt in 1HZ The views expressed on our opinion pages are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the position or viewpoint of Minority Reporter. STRAIGHT…NO CHASER God Don’t Like Ugly Hold on, my belt background got it? the poor community. I had to send for David Gan ’s shoes the just got tangled in Oh yeah, I don’t think John Ligh oot One who walks the walk and talks the talk morning a er the elec on to get the mud the rope that David or Jose Cruz have enough intelligence like David Gan does not get punished, on them cleaned off . The mud acquired by Gan ’s opponents between them to comprehend how they they get rewarded. He comes with an the stomping into the ground he gave you hung themselves were used by cowards. I suspect the key army and stands protected. to the tune of 70 percent of the vote. with. players in the background were the former “beige” mayor and his sidekick the former The real enemy does not look like David But, I had to fi rst pry open both of your My spanking will crime czar. Gan . Did you get that message? Since mouths to remove the shoes. It was a not hurt as much you are so concerned and want to serve diffi cult task because David Gan and as the real spanking You know the one who used to lock up your community why don’t you go a er company had inserted his foot so far in (70 percent of the black men for a living. I think if John or the real enemy? The real enemy to poor you, you had both acquired a taste for GLORIA WINSTON vote!) that was Jose had a crea ve thought individually folks these days are white men who call shoe leather. AL-SARAG delivered by the their brain would explode. I suspected all themselves Republicans. people. They spoke along they were tag team, didn’t you? The untruths and mud you a empted to loudly and clearly Why don’t you challenge them? Are you throw at him made you deserving of the on primary day in Rochester. They were following the lead of those who scared or are you bought and paid for? whipping you took. I will bet neither one It looks like it is the will of the people to have never had any true respect for the Or is it because you fi nd it easier to beat of you, to date, has had enough class to return 71-year- old Assemblyman David accomplishments of any black man in this up on your own? Both of you should be call David and congratulate him. F. Gan to his seat in Albany. It looks to community, unless it was them. However, somewhere hanging your head in shame me like the words spoken by one of his what none of the aforemen oned get is for being so ignorant. Both of you need Assuming the both of you have had some opponents calling for the replacement of who the real enemy is. They are clueless. to revisit history and remind yourself how spiritual training, surely the phrase “what “old people” came back to haunt him. What Jose Cruz and John Ligh oot don’t got where you are. John Ligh oot, you are you do to the least of my Brother you do It looks to me like both opponents got understand, spiritually, is you can’t hurt, res ng on your family name, period. In my to me” means something to you today. I buried by an avalanche of votes. It looks tamper with or cause the demise of opinion you have done nothing on record repeat, if this elec on taught you anything to me like the community wanted David anyone doing God’s work. but soil their name. And, if you had won it should be that David F. Gan is not the Gan ’s detractors to know they had his you would probably ask to be driven to enemy. Those who do not help the poor back. Ever since I have known David F. Gan and Albany. are the enemy. Go challenge them the especially since he has been an elected next me you need something to do other The message in the overwhelming 70 offi cial he has done nothing but serve poor Jose Cruz, there is no excuse for you to than be a pawn. percent of the vote says it all. I wonder if people. He is a champion for those locked come a er David a er all the support he “they” got it? out, abused and o mes forgo en. He has given you and your people in the past. Stop being the examples that those is the only state legislator who has been Fellas, the bo om line is you were out- suff ering with a lack of intelligence I am wondering if their key advisers and constant and consistent in making sure worked, and out-ranked. The next me you portray. Stop reminding this community arm chair strategist(s) who lay in the resources from Albany fi nd their way into decide to run for poli cal offi ce make sure that undiagnosed mental health issues you come ask permission. Keep in mind, are running rampant. Stop being pawns. as I have said before, my leader, David F. The next me you have an agenda make Gan will leave offi ce when he wants to, sure it is yours and not one that cowards not before. Neither of you were close to manipulated you into furthering for being qualifi ed to remove him from offi ce. them. Make sure your agenda has more Voters are obviously not stupid. You are community-oriented as opposed to novices. You haven’t completed basic personal. Make sure you take the me to training but think you are qualifi ed to learn who the real enemy is, and it is not command a ba lefi eld. your Brother. Am I gloa ng? You betcha! The Holy Spirit spoke. You were/are Well 70 percent of the vote should have engaged in spi ritual warfare. David been a wake up call and a reminder of Gan can’t lose with the stuff he uses. who and what you were up against, a real When engaged in spiritual warfare your winner. David Gan is real general, who weapon of choice must fi rst be truth. earned his starts as well as the right to be Lies, innuendo, and gossip never have and called sir. never will defeat God’s children. Consider yourself spanked, because you know you If I am being hard on you I certainly mean deserve the bea ng you took. Surely you to. Both of you need to be glad this is a both spent enough me in church to family newspaper or I would tell you in recognize that God don’t like ugly. certain terms laden with profanity what I really think about you being used like the pawns you are. ------Gloria Winston Al-Sarag is a Community Activist, Writer, Communicator, Political Activist. She is a native Roches- You not only lost, you got beat down to the terian and has been involved with numerous community ground. orgainzations in Rochester. Contact Gloria at: [email protected] 14 :: WWW.MINORITYREPORTER.NET - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17 - 23, 2012 The views expressed on our opinion pages are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the position or viewpoint of Minority Reporter. Murder, Drugs and Pros tu on Con nue to Plague a Neighborhood near $35 Million Sahlen’s Stadium As Rochester said: “I fi nd that very strange. You was in essence just a small walkway na ve, and gold The stadium is really nothing more would presume that a poli cian would to the Stadium gates, “Abby Wambach medal winning than a playground in the middle of not want to take that much money Way.” U.S. Olympic the hood for mostly whites from the from them, because he would worry soccer player suburbs and surrounding coun es. about these kinds of stories.” Then, accompanied by my cameraman, Abby Wambach I approached Mayor Richards, who was ge ng a The City of Rochester, most recently Below is a breakdown of who received clearly had no idea that he was about sidewalk named under the leadership of Mayor Thomas what from the Rochester Rhinos and to hit with the million dollar ques on. a er her at Richards, has clearly abandoned this their former owner Frank DuRoss. Sahlen’s Stadium; neighborhood where many good, hard (No ce the amount Michael Nozzolio As I got close to the Mayor, I saw and before her working families with young children received compared to everyone else.) Darryl Porter, assistant to the Mayor, team played live. who said to me: “Not a chance.” when DAVY VARA against Costa - New York State Senator Michael I told him I was seeking a comment Rica on Saturday, And the $35 million stadium has done Nozzolio (R) $ 36,275 from the Mayor about the fact that Sept. 1, pros tutes were turning tricks absolutely nothing to improve the - New York State Assemblyman Joseph years later, except for reconstruc on just behind the stadium, on Lyell crime, drug and pros tu on infested Morelle (D) $ 4,450 of a few roads leading to the stadium, Avenue. neighborhood surrounding it. - New York State Senator James Alesi the stadium in no way has improved (R) $3,600 the neighborhood. And, exactly one week before millions A neighborhood, which New York State - New York State Senator George watched the soccer match live on NBC, Senator Michael F. Nozzolio (R, C, IP Maziarz (R) “Mayor Richards! Mayor Richards!” I 27-year-old Joshua Groat was shot, 54th Senate District), almost fi ve years $3,500 had to repeat before he turned around. beaten to death and then le to die in ago, promised would be “improved” - New York State Assemblyman David a used car lot on the corner of Whitney by the construc on of the stadium. Gan (D) $3,050 Then I asked the mayor what has been Street and Lyell Avenue. (Rochester Rhinos soccer team hired a done to improve the neighborhood, In fact, Nozzolio, who refused to do lobbyist with es to Gan ) and as promised years ago, how has Joshua Groat’s murder is not the an on- camera interview, told the - New York State Senator Joseph the stadium in any way improved the only homicide to occur near Sahlen’s Rochester news media “Because of Robach (R) $1,550 neighborhood? Stadium recently. Paetec Park, it is reported there is - New York State Assemblyman David now a poten al new investor in the Koon (D) $625 Then, City of Rochester Spokesman In fact, at least two more murders took Rochester Rhinos who is prepared - New York State Assemblywoman Gary Walker, rushed over, and tried place within the last several months. to spend millions of dollars of his Susan John (D) $625 to stop the mayor from answering my own money to keep professional - New York State Assemblyman Bill ques on. On May 15, Paul Awuol, who had soccer in Rochester and improve the Reilich (R) $200 moved to Rochester from Sudan in surrounding neighborhood.” - New York State Assemblyman Brian The whole thing was caught on video, 2003 in search of a be er life, was Kolb (R) $200 and I assure you it was just like the gunned down on Smith and Broad Nozzolio wasn’t alone. There were Master Card television commercials – streets, less than 500 feet from the countless poli cians cheerleading priceless. stadium. on the sidelines pushing for the So, given the fact that it’s been years construc on of Paetec Park. since Nozzolio, Robach and other As expected, in true poli cian form, Exactly two weeks later, on May 29, poli cians made their “backroom Richards gave me some non-specifi c Robert Vinson, 25, was gunned down Among them, state Senator Joseph E. deals” and money exchanged hands reply before telling me “I can’t answer near Smith and Saxton streets. Robach, as well as state Assemblyman – and promises that a decaying crime- any more ques ons.” David Gan . ridden neighborhood would benefi t On Whitney Street, across from the from the building of a $35 million And then Richards, Rochester’s used car lot where Joshua Groat was Which is why, it should be of no stadium were broken – millionaire mayor, a man who used murdered, stands a red brick, gu ed surprise that Nozzolio, Robach, I decided to head down to the ribbon to be the CEO of Rochester Gas out, abandoned factory building which Gan , and others received campaign cu ng ceremony at Sahlen’s Stadium and Electric, a man who took a $10 drug users and pros tutes use to do contribu ons (a.k.a. legal kick backs) on Aug. 31. Million dollar buyout while hundreds their dirty deeds. from former Rochester Rhinos owner of hard working RG&E employees Frank DuRoss. And there they were Rochester Mayor received layoff s, and a man who Boarded up houses line the streets According to a story fi rst appearing Thomas Richards, along with City clearly could care less about a crime where young children play, and vacant on the 13WHAM website in Feb. Councilwoman Carla Palumbo, and ridden, drug infested, pros tu on lots where houses once stood, are 2008, Nozzolio received more than 44 another very familiar face, New York fi lled neighborhood surrounding a $35 li ered with empty crack cocaine percent of all poli cal contribu ons State Senator Joseph E. Robach. million stadium, walked into a stadium baggies and heroine syringes. made by Frank DuRoss and the Rhinos which was touted would “improve the to Rochester area lawmakers, poli cal All lined up in front of a City of surrounding neighborhood.” And in the middle of all this, sits the party commi ees, and the former Rochester offi cial seal backdrop. City of Rochester’s $35 million soccer governor between 2000 and 2007. And so, as millions watched live on stadium. I waited un l Richards, then Abby NBC as the US women’s Olympic gold Michael Nozzolio got more in Wambach said a few words, including medal soccer team beat Costa Rica, Originally named Paetec Park, the contribu ons than all the other Wambach making a comment that the they had no idea that our poli cians, stadium, home to the Rochester legislators who got dona ons from City of Rochester next me should including Mayor Thomas Richards Rhinos soccer team, sits in the middle DuRoss combined. name an actual street a er her, which don’t care about the people living just of one of the most dilapidated, poor, I thought was a bit strange and I outside the stadium’s gates. and crime-ridden neighborhoods in In the story Syracuse University Poli cal wondered if it was a low blow to the Rochester. Science Professor Jeff rey Stonecash mayor and the city for naming what 15 :: WWW.MINORITYREPORTER.NET - WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 17 - 23, 2012 The views expressed on our opinion pages are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the position or viewpoint of Minority Reporter. Rapper Tweets about Driving Drunk, then Dies a Few Minutes Later A rapper who wide open my partners looking at me have been pounded into his head by nega ve cultural infl uences. This is thought that to see if my eyes open cause I’ve been the violent music that he listens to and why so many posi ve and produc ve it was fun to drankin, and I’ve been smokin and recites every single day of his life. You young people are murdered each year brag on Twi er fl ying down 285 but I’m focused” can’t hear lyrics like “Shoot the n*gga by other men who have nothing to about drinking in the face” every day from the age of lose. All of us are aff ected. and driving died The transla on of the lyrics is that 6 and not expect it to have some kind shortly a er he’s bragging about ge ng behind of impact. We must stop pretending that these sending his last the wheel while being high and musical infl uences are just harmless tweet. The drunk. This is yet another example of Destruc ve and irresponsible entertainment, because they are tweet by the how commercialized hip-hop culture decisions like the ones men oned not. When a young person does rapper “Inkyy” teaches black men how to kill one above are eff ec vely chickens coming something stupid, many of them were DR. BOYCE was YOLO, which another. Fueled by billions of dollars home to roost, a er we’ve spent taught to behave that way. Any good WATKINS means “You in corporate money, destruc ve ar sts 20 years feeding young black men a psychologist would tell you that, when only live once.” are given interna onal pla orms that steady diet of psychological poison. it comes to our psychological intake, It appears that his sudden death promote a lifestyle of violence, drug/ As a result, you are almost as likely to you are what you eat. Unfortunately, confi rms his expecta on…he’s only alcohol abuse, sexual irresponsibility see a 21-year old with sagging pants our kids are being fed the Grim Reaper. going to live and die one me. and ignorance. Then, we sit back and and a blunt in his mouth as you are wonder why black men are more likely to see that man in a suit on his way ------The California rapper hit a wall in to die than anyone else, especially at to work. Of course not every black Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Ontario, Canada, killing all passengers the hands of another black man. male is sucked in by the poison, but Your Black World CoaliƟ on. in the car. Inkyy, whose real name is too many of them are, and most of us Ervin McKinness, was just 21 years old Anyone who somehow looks the must navigate through a world where when the incident took place. I would other way as this culture con nues other men are aff ected by these expect that he had promising career, to destroy our young men is simply since most brothers in California aren’t delusional. The recent murder of driving around Canada in the middle the rapper Lil Jojo in Chicago, right of the night. a er making a music video where Do you work for a company? nearly every teenager had an assault The tweet was sent at 1:19 am EST weapon, shows what commercialized Belong to an organization or association? on September 2 and stated “Drunk hip hop music is doing to the black af going 120 dri ing corners #F***It. community. I remain a huge fan of YOLO.” hip hop, but the sh*t that con nues to be spit out by major corpora ons If so, you may His last tweet was “Driving twee ng like Interscope Records (who gave us sipping the cup f*** yolo I’m turning Chief Keef) is something that most of it up.” us cannot respect or appreciate. qualify for You can’t put all of this on Inkyy, since This young man did not have to die. police say that another rapper may But then again, Nicole Price’s 65-year special group have been driving the car. 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