2. 2014 Predictions
Robert Duffy will not run for another
term as lieutenant governor. Will he
become chairman of Rochester
Business Alliance? Skeptical
because of ethics issues and fact he
withdrew application.
3. 2014 Predictions
Medley Centre and East
Irondequoit Central School
District end up in court. Mall
owner Scott Congel gives his
first non-ambush interview to
local media. Possible
construction starts.
4. 2014 Predictions
Lovely Warren & Joe Morelle
try in earnest to get Rochester
Broadway Theatre League to
ditch Medley for Midtown for a
new performing arts center.
5. 2014 Predictions
Mayor Lovely Warren begins
push for more charter
schools, creating friction with
RCSD Superintendent Bolgen
Vargas. She might suggest
they share school buildings.
6. 2014 Predictions
Common Core remains, but
becomes issue in reelection
campaigns of Governor
Cuomo, state lawmakers.
(Side prediction: Trump will
not run for governor.)
7. 2014 Predictions
Adam Urbanski retires.
Longtime Rochester
Teachers Association
leader won his battle with
Brizard and negotiated
new contract with Vargas.
Is there one more fight
left?
8. 2014 Predictions
Bolgen Vargas leaves his
job as head of RCSD.
Going out on limb, but he’
ll have served for a few
years, which is about
when urban
superintendents take off.
9. 2014 Predictions
Downtown Rochester
continues to improve. Twoway conversion of St. Paul
& Clinton moves ahead,
Midtown Tower work starts,
more housing comes online,
more businesses move in.