Even after the cameras were pulled from the public forum that was advertised as being streamed online and a constituent was denied ADA access to an ASL interpreter and constituents pleaded to reschedule the meeting Councilmember Michael Patterson, chair of the Neighborhood…

The arts community has been sounding the alarm since May of 2022 about The Rochester Downtown “Partnership” and their plans to create a BID to fund the RDDC with taxpayer money. Over 800 signatures and a petition letter that was cosigned by…

Make no mistake a yes vote on #255 is a vote to proceed with a BID, and the people of Rochester do not have enough information to give council informed consent to be taxed. Our volunteers polled Rochesterians online and went door…

REMINDER: THIS CITY BELONGS TO EVERYONE WHO LIVES, WORKS & PLAYS IN IT.The entire community must be authentically and substantially represented in the planning and implementation of community initiatives. This is not what has transpired. A BID would not have been the…

AUTHOR’S NOTE: The community deserves to have access to information about how they are governed, taxed and how their tax dollars are spent. This is our current understanding of BID structure and formation. NGL, it’s pretty dry, and full of acronyms. We…