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{COVER Pg 8 - 9

Obama Urges Israelis toCompromise for Peace

{LOCAL Pg 4 - 5

Joel Frater receives prestigiousaward from American Council onEducation

Slaughter, Schumer support youngaudiences arts for learning week With a $28M budget gap loomingcity announces dates for budgetforms

NCADD-RA seeking nominationsfor annual luncheon awards

{STATE Pg 5 - 6

NY would give tax credits to hirerecent veterans

Gov. Cuomo and legislativeleaders outline agreement on 2013-2014 budget

{NATIONAL Pg 12-13

Voter laws threaten political cloutfor people of color

House passes GOP budget planpromising deep cuts

{COLUMNS: Pg 14-15

All cops are not bad By gloria winston al-sarag

The tortoise was right By michael vaughn

One hundred and fty years laterwere still not free By ayesha kreutz

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Joel Frater Receives PrestigiousAward from American Council on EducationJoel Frater, PhD, was recently namedan ACE Fellow for academic year2013-14 by the American Council onEducaon (ACE).

Frater is Assistant Provost for Diversity,Middle States Accreditaon LiaisonOcer and Director of the Instutefor Engaged Learning at the Collegeat Brockport, State University of NewYork.

The announcement came yesterday byMolly Corbe Board, president of theACE.

The ACE Fellows Program, establishedin 1965, is designed to strengthen

instuons and leadership in Americanhigher educaon by idenfying andpreparing promising senior facultyand administrators for responsibleposions in college and universityadministraon, Corbe said. FiyFellows, nominated by the presidentsor chancellors of their instuons,were selected this year following arigorous applicaon process.

Most previous Fellows have advancedinto major posions in academicadministraon, noted Margarita

Bentez, interim director of ACEsEmerging Leaders Group and the ACEFellows Program. Nearly 2,000 highereducaon leaders have parcipatedin the ACE Fellows Program since itsincepon, with more than 300 Fellowshaving served as chief execuveocers of colleges or universies andmore than 1,300 having served asprovosts, vice presidents and deans.

The 2013-14 class of Fellows is atalented, diverse group, Bentez said.

As a member of the Provosts Cabinetand Presidents Advisory Council,Frater works collaboravely with alldivisions to develop and implement

strategic diversity iniaves. He is amember the Budget and Resourceand Instuonal Eecve andAccountability Commiees, CSTEP/McNair Advisory Board, and LeadershipDevelopment Program Taskforce.

I have always aspired to be a studentof higher educaon leadership,Frater said. The ACE Fellowship isan excellent opportunity for me togrow in this regard and become a keyplayer in shaping higher educaon forthe 21st century through an in-depth

invesgaon of issues such as resourcemanagement, curriculum eciencyand strategies for leveraging externalrelaonships to advance the collegecompleon agenda.

Joel is a talented individual whohas brought insight and vision to myleadership team, said Anne E. Huot,PhD, provost and vice president foracademic aairs at Brockport. TheACE experience will aord him theopportunity to delve deeply into anissue that is of concern to all of highereducaon including the College atBrockport. What he learns will helpus develop a strategic set of iniavesaimed at closing the achievement gap.

I have every condence that he willalso contribute at a high level to theACE program with his cohort.

The ACE Fellows Program combinesretreats, interacve learningopportunies, campus visits andplacement at another higher educaoninstuon to condense years ofon-the-job experience and skillsdevelopment into a single semesteror year. Each ACE Fellow will focuson an issue of concern to Brockportwhile spending the next academic year

working with a college or universitypresident and other senior ocers ata host instuon.

Frater is also President of theRochester Jamaican Organizaon, Inc.,a non-prot organizaon that providesaccess to resources to help improvethe educaonal and social condionsof individuals in Rochester, NY, andJamaica, West Indies.

Joel Frater, PhD

Slaughter, Schumer support Young

Audiences and National Young Audiences Arts for Learning Week.Congresswoman Louise Slaughterhas introduced a resoluon to theHouse of Representaves designangthe week of March 24-31 as NaonalYoung Audiences Arts for LearningWeek.

Arts educaon, comprising a richarray of disciplines is a core academicsubject and an essenal element ofa complete and balanced educaonfor all students, states the Houseresoluon, introduced by Slaughter(D-NY 25th District) co-chair of the

Congressional Arts Caucus.

The House resoluon also emphasizesthat arts educaon enables studentsto develop crical thinking andproblem solving skills which supportsacademic success naonwide aswell as personal growth outside theclassroom.

Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY) hasalso issued a Senate proclamaonsupporng Young Audiencesprograms: Young Audiences has

successfully translated its mission intoeecve programming for the vemillion children parcipang in itsinvaluable arts-in-educaon programs....With over 4,600 professionalteaching arsts Young Audiencesprovides the highest standards inarts-in-educaon programs across thecountry.

Naonal Young Audiences Arts forLearning Week will be observed acrossthe country by Young Audiencesaliates with special events, schoolacvies, long-term residencies and

performances to promote awarenessfor YAs arts-in-educaon programs.

It is esmated that more than 30,000students will be parcipang in aYoung Audiences Arts for Learningprogram during this week.

In Rochester Naonal Young AudiencesArts for Learning Week launches witha performance by Cypher Live! thesecond in a series of events showcasingspoken word, music, dance and visualarts by Cypher parcipants.

It takes place from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Friday, March 22, at Rochester Youthfor Christ, 1 Favor Street, Rochester.

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With a $28 Million Budget GapLooming City Announces Dates for Budget Forums

The Citys 2013-14 scal year budgetcurrently has a gap of nearly $28million.

City residents who want input onthe citys budget process before thebudget is presented to City Council forapproval in May, are invited to aendany of a series of Voice of the Cizenpublic forums.

We began this process with a gapof $42.7 million and have taken veryaggressive steps that include long-term, systemic budget changes to

reduce that to the current $28 million,

said Richards. That is sll a very largenumber and cung programs andservices at that level will cause pain.

We may get some help from the State,but this will depend on the outcomeof the State budget negoaons. Inany case, there will be a gap we willhave to address. The public shouldunderstand that as well as the oponsavailable to us. I value their opinion onwhich programs and services are mostimportant.

At the forums, Mayor Thomas Richards

will lay out the Citys scal situaon

and share some of the proposedcutbacks that may be included in thebudget.

Primary topics for discussion at theforums will include:* Taxes, fees and new revenues* Police and Fire Services* Pensions: Response to IncreasingExpense* Youth and Library NeighborhoodServices* Infrastructure, Public Facilies,Neighborhood Real Estate* Federal Funding Reducons and

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* Organizaonal Eciencies

The forums take place from 6 to 8 p.m.at the following dates and locaons:

March 21 - Freddie Thomas Campus,625 Scio St.

March 27 - School #1, 85 Hillside Ave.April 1 - Edgerton Community Center,41 Backus St.

April 3 - Adams Street CommunityCenter, 85 Adams St.

NCADD-RA Seeking Nominations for Annual Luncheon AwardsThe Naonal Council on Alcoholismand Drug Dependence Rochester Area,(NCADD-RA) is seeking nominaonsfor two annual awards, the CharloeHegedus Community ExcellenceAward and the Helen Guthrie Youthadvocate Award.

These awards are given in memory ofCharloe Hegedus, a former presidentof NCADD-RA Advisory Board and

Helen Guthrie, the former chair of theSocial Work Department at NazarethCollege, and a NCADD-RA AdvisoryBoard Member.

Criteria for the Charloe HegedusAward include: At least ve yearsof professional or volunteer quality

service to individuals and groups withalcohol and/or other abuse problems;demonstrate a consistently high levelof collaborave work with individualsor groups that provide prevenon,intervenon or treatment; throughprofessional and personal life, servesas role model for other professionalsor volunteers.

Criteria for the Helen Guthrie

Award include: At least ve years ofprofessional involvement with youthin the substance abuse prevenon,intervenon or treatment eld; Hasshown iniave and innovaonin impacng the lives of youth;Exemplies a healthy personal andprofessional lifestyle.

Nominaons must be received beforeApril 12, 2013. The award will bepresented at the NCADD-RA Annual

Luncheon on May 17, 2013.

To receive a nominaon form; callElaine Alvarado at (585) 719-3481.

NCADD-RA is a program of DePaul,a private not-for-prot organizaonproviding senior living residenal

services; mental health residenaland treatment programs; addiconprevenon and support programs,

vocaonal programs and aordablehousing.The organizaon was founded inRochester, New York in 1958. Theyprovide services in 18 counes acrosstwo states and serve nearly 5,000individuals each year.

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NY would give taxcredits to hire recent veteransALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The state SenatesIndependent Democrac Conferencesays the state budget will include ve-gure tax credits to employers to hirerecent veterans as a way to reduce thehigh unemployment rate of servicemembers returning from combat.

IDC spokesman Eric Soufer (SO-fer)says conference leader Sen. JeKlein, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other

legislave leaders are so far supporngthe measure in the budget, which issll being negoated.

It would provide an employer with a

$10,000 tax credit for hiring a veteranwho joined the service aer the Sept.11, 2001, terrorist aacks. Hiringa disabled veteran would draw a$15,000 tax credit.

The measure would be part of about$700 million in tax credits announcedby Senate Republican leader DeanSkelos.

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STATEGovernor Cuomo and LegislativeLeaders Outline Agreement on 2013-14 BudgetGovernor Andrew M. Cuomo, SenateMajority Coalion Co-Leaders DeanSkelos and Je Klein, and AssemblySpeaker Sheldon Silver today outlinedthe agreement on the 2013-14 Budget.

The Budget connues the statesfocus on economic growth througha series of iniaves to create jobsand grow the economy including newtax cuts for small businesses, a new$350 tax credit for every middle classfamily, major educaon investmentsand reforms, and an increase in theminimum wage to $9 per hour.

With this agreement, the Budget is ontrack to pass days before the April 1

deadline, with the potenal to be theearliest state budget since 1976 andthe rst me New York has had threeconsecuve, on-me budgets since1984.

This budget agreement puts New Yorkon track to have the third consecuveon-me, balanced, budget that holdsincreases in spending under 2 percent,while invesng in our economy tocreate jobs and cung taxes formiddle class families and smallbusinesses. This budget symbolizes the

tremendous progress that has beenmade in Albany and demonstratesthat the new New York governmentis once again working for the peopleof this state, Governor Cuomo said.Two years ago our state was facingsignicant challenges, with constantspending and tax increases chasingbusinesses and people from our stateand scandals making our governmenta joke of late night television. TodayNew York State is creang hundredsof thousands of private sector jobs,opening the doors to new smallbusinesses, cung taxes for middleclass families to their lowest rates insixty years, and making educaoninvestments and reforms like never

before. While there is sll more workto do, todays agreement shows thatNew York is on the move and is risingonce again.

Senate Majority Coalion Co-LeaderDean Skelos said, I am pleased thatwe have reached agreement on aresponsible budget that includes thelongme Senate Republican prioriesto create new jobs and cut taxes forhardworking, middle-class families.As part of this budget, we will providea $350 Family Tax Relief check to

families with children, oer incenvesto help small businesses create newjobs, and eliminate the energy taxsurcharge over the next three years,all iniaves highlighted by the SenateRepublican conference throughoutthe budget process. In the comingdays, we will complete passage of theearliest state budget in more than30 years, our third consecuve earlybudget. I thank the Governor for hisleadership, and commend our SenateFinance Commiee Chair Senator JohnDeFrancisco, my Coalion Co-LeaderSenator Je Klein, the Assemblyleadership and all of my colleagues fortheir hard work.

Senate Majority Coalion Co-Leader and Independent DemocracConference Leader Senator Jerey D.Klein said, This is the most middleclass friendly budget in a generaon.When we formed the biparsancoalion last December, we promisedlow-wage workers that we would passa major increase to the minimumwage. Today, were delivering on thatpromise and raising the minimumwage even higher than anyone thoughtpossible just three short months ago.Todays budget agreement is a hugestep-forward for families across NewYork. Were not only giving minimumwage workers the raise they deservewere pung real dollars back into the

pockets of families who really needit. For the past ve years, we havebeen asking middle class families todo more with less. Today, were nallygiving them some relief by deliveringa $350 check to every single one ofthose families. Two years ago, wecut middle class taxes to their lowestlevel in sixty years. Today, Im proudto announce that these same low taxrates on the middle class are here tostay. Im also pleased to announcethat with todays agreement, the IDC isfollowing through on its commitmentto help returning veterans ndrewarding work when they comehome. By providing a tax credit forbusinesses that hire one of our states

heroes, I know we will bring down theunacceptably high unemployment rateamong New York veterans.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silversaid, I am pleased that the Governorand the Legislature have reachedagreement on a budget that addressesthe Assembly Majoritys top priorityof raising the minimum wage,ensures the care and wellbeing of ourvulnerable populaons, smulatesjob creaon, and safeguards a soundeducaon for our children. I commendthe Governor and my colleagues in theAssembly and Senate for their hardwork and commitment to an earlybudget agreement.

Creang Jobs and Cung Taxes - KeyEconomic Development Iniaves:

A Balanced, On-me Budget thatInvests in Creang Jobs and Cuts Taxes:The Budget closes a $1.3 billion gapwith no new taxes or fees. New YorkState has not had three consecuveon-me or early budgets since 1984and has not had a budget on track topass this far before the April 1 deadlinesince 1976.

Cung Taxes for Middle Class Families:Recognizing that New Yorks taxpayershave been overtaxed for too long, theBudget includes $1.125 billion in new

tax cuts to middle class families overthree years. Families with incomesbetween $40,000 and $300,000 willbe eligible to receive a new child taxcredit of $350 per year for three years,beginning in 2014.

Tax Cuts for Small Businesses: Toprovide tax relief to New Yorks jobcreators, the Budget includes nearly$800 million in tax relief for New Yorkbusinesses over three years. With thistax relief, the Budget recognizes thatcung taxes sends a posive sign tothe private sector that New York is pro-business and helps reverse New Yorks


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JERUSALEM (AP) PresidentBarack Obama delivered animpassioned appeal Thursday for

Israel to recognize that compromisewill be necessary to achieve lasngsecurity and to take steps to reversean undertow of internaonalisolaon that is worsened byits failure to make peace withthe Palesnians. Militants againunderscored Israels vulnerability byring rockets into a southern bordertown.

Obama declared anew that Israeliexpansion of housing selementsin disputed territory only hinderschances for fruiul negoaonswith the Palesnians, but he did notsay as he has in the past that theymust be halted.

Reminding an audience of Israeliuniversity students that the UnitedStates is their countrys best friendand most important ally, Obamasaid the U.S. will never back downon its commitment to Israelsdefense, parcularly against threatssuch as the one posed by Iran and its

nuclear program.

As long as there is a United States

of America, you are not alone, hetold a packed audience of universitystudents who erupted frequentlywith applause and standing ovaonsat Jerusalems convenon center

The applause connued even asObama stressed that Israel mustmake peace with the Palesnians ifit is to ensure its survival and long-term viability as a homeland for theJewish people. Israeli occupaonof areas that the Palesnians claimfor their own state must end, andprogress toward creang thatPalesnian state will help Israelsrelaons with the rest of the world,notably in its Arab-dominated

neighborhood, he said.

Given the frustraon in theinternaonal community, Israel mustreverse an undertow of isolaon, hesaid. Whereas once Israel could feelat ease by keeping good relaonswith Arab autocrats, the revoluonssweeping the Middle East and North

Africa have made broader outreach,especially on the Palesnian issue,an imperave, he added.

Just as Israelis built a state in theirhomeland, Palesnians have a rightto be a free people in their ownland, Obama said. The Palesnianpeoples right to self-determinaonand their jusce must also berecognized. Put yourself in theirshoes, look at the world throughtheir eyes. It is not fair that aPalesnian child cannot grow up ina state of her own, living their enrelives with the presence of a foreignarmy that controls the movements... every single day.

Unlike in the past when Obamaand his top aides have demanded

that Israel halt the expansion ofselements in disputed territory, hetook a soer approach.

Sll, on his rst trip to Israel aspresident, he said its people shouldunderstand that specic acons,notably ongoing construconof Jewish housing on disputed

territory, hurt the chances forrestarng stalled peace talks withthe Palesnians, who have made a

halt to such building a demand forreturning to negoaons.

Israelis must recognize thatconnued selement acvity iscounterproducve to the cause ofpeace, and that an independentPalesne must be viable with realborders that have to be drawn, hesaid. No single step is going to eraseyears of history and propaganda,but progress with the Palesniansis a powerful way to begin, whilesidelining extremists who thrive onconict and thrive on division. Itwould make a dierence.

Earlier Thursday in the West Bank,

standing alongside PalesnianPresident Mahmoud Abbas,Obama made similar commentsand condemned the ring of tworockets on the southern Israeli townof Sderot by militants in Gaza. But,he essenally abandoned previoussupport for the Palesnian demandthat selement acvity end beforetalks resume.

Obama said the United Statesconnues to oppose selementconstrucon but said issues ofdisagreement between the twosides should not be used as anexcuse to do nothing.

If the expectaon is that we canonly have direct negoaonswhen everything is seled aheadof me, then there is no pointfor negoaons, so I think it isimportant to work through thisprocess even if there are irritantson both sides, Obama said at ajoint news conference with Abbas inRamallah.

Abbas and other Palesnian ocialssaid they would not drop thedemand, nong that much of theworld considers the selementsto be illegal and not merely animpediment to peace talks.

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concerns, Abbas told the newsconference, a marquee event duringObamas brief visit to the West Bankon the second day of his Mideast

visit. Its the duty of the Israeligovernment to stop the selementacvies to enable us to talk aboutthe issues in the negoaons.

During his rst four years inoce, Obama had sided with thePalesnians on the issue. He andhis surrogates repeatedly havedemanded that all selementacvity cease. However, when Israelreluctantly declared a 10-monthmoratorium on construcon, thePalesnians balked at returning tonegoaons unl shortly before itexpired and talks foundered shortlythereaer.

The Palesnians want a state in theWest Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem territories Israel captured in the1967 war but are ready for minoradjustments to accommodate someselements closest to Israel. Since1967, Israel has built dozens ofselements in the West Bank andEast Jerusalem that are now hometo 560,000 Israelis an increaseof 60,000 since Obama becamepresident four years ago.

Obamas comments in Ramallah

echoed those of Israeli PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu,who has repeatedly called for thePalesnians to drop precondions

for re-launching the stalled peacetalks. Obamas remarks were sureto reinforce deep skepcism amongPalesnians about whether he iswilling or able to use U.S. inuenceto push Israel on key issues.

In what appeared to be an aemptto blunt such cricism, Obama usedhis speech to the Israeli studentsto appeal to their love of freedom,respect for human rights andcommon values with Americans todo the right thing.

He oered profuse praise for Israelshistory as a haven for refugees eeingsocial and religious persecuon. He

hailed the technological innovaonsmade by Israeli sciensts andengineers

Though he made no demands ofIsrael, he made clear he was seekingtheir cooperaon and understandingas a friend, nong that it would beeasier for him to avoid anythingapproaching cricism of Israelbecause of its very strong backing inCongress and among the Americanpeople.

Polically, given the strongbiparsan support for Israel inAmerica, the easiest thing for me todo would be to put this issue aside,

just express uncondional supportfor whatever Israel decides to dothat would be the easiest policalpath. But I want you to know thatI speak to you as a friend who is

deeply concerned and commied toyour future.

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Associated Press writers Karin Laubin Ramallah and Ian Deitch and JosefFederman in Jerusalem contributedto this report.

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(TriceEdneyWire.com) - In a democracy, few rightsare as cherished as the right to vote. Yet, in theUnited States people of color, mainly Lanos,African Americans, Asians and Nave Americans,are nding that the more they demonstrate theircivic responsibility by vong, the more obstaclesthat surface designed to weaken the power of theirvotes.

Since 2008, when the naon elected its rst AfricanAmerican president, there have been numerouseorts in various states to impact ballot access.Legislatures in 19 states have ghtened idencaonrequirements for cizens who wish to vote. Manyof these new laws require cizens to show a state-issued form of photo ID.

The New York University School of Law BrennanCenter for Jusce warned in 2006 that becauseidencaon documents are not distributedequally across the populaon, voter ID laws wouldsignicantly aect voter access for people of color especially Lanos and African Americans whopossessed photo idencaon at considerably lowerrates than whites.

That predicon became reality last November. Astudy conducted immediately aer the 2012 eleconsurveyed a naonally representave sample of 1,500young people between the ages of 18 and 29 withlarge oversamples of Blacks and Lanos. Consistentwith other naonal reports, the study sponsored bythe Black Youth Project conrmed that a high voterturnout among youth. It also determined that youngpeople of colorespecially Black youthwere asked

to show idencaon when vong at considerablyhigher rates than white youth.

Even in states with no idencaon laws, 66 percentof Black youth and 55 percent of Lano youth wereasked to show ID, compared with 43 percent of whiteyouth. When nonvoters were asked to indicate thereasons why they did not vote, Black youth werethree mes as likely as white youth (17 percentcompared with 5 percent) to say that they did notvote because they lacked the proper idencaondocuments. The study provides compelling evidencethat idencaon laws are applied inconsistentlyacross racial groups, and appear to reduce turnoutdisproporonately among people of color.

In the aermath of the 2012 elecon, also underaack is the principle of one person, one vote

established in 1964 when the Supreme Court ruledin Reynolds v. Sims that legislave districts mustcontain equal numbers of cizens.

Several states, including Michigan, Pennsylvania,

Ohio and Virginia, recently considered or areconsidering measures to apporon their electoralvotes by congressional districts in place of thewinner-take-all system currently in place. Discussionsof these proposals have focused, not incorrectly, onthe implicaons for the outcomes of presidenalelecons. But these proposals are designed explicitlyto reduce the electoral inuence of cizens livingin densely populated areasprecisely those areasmore likely to contain larger proporons of peopleof colorand increase the electoral importance ofpeople living in more sparsely populated areas thattake up larger swaths of geography.

As Sen. Charles Carrico, who introduced the measurein the Virginia State Senate, explained, residents inrural areas were concerned that it didnt maerwhat they did, that more densely populated areas

were going to outvote them. Under these plans,the gerrymandering of congressional districtsensures that Black voters in states like Ohio andPennsylvania would have considerably less inuenceon the apporonment of the states electoral votes.

For instance, the 538 blog recently reported thatPresident Obama would have lost twelve of Ohios18 electoral votes had they been apporoned bycongressional district. Not only would this havedistorted the voices of Ohios voters writ large(Obama received more than 100,000 votes morethan Romney), but it also would have signicantlyweakened the inuence of Ohios Black voters. Nearlypercent of 65 percent of Black residents of Ohioare concentrated in the four congressional districts(mostly in the Cleveland area) in which Obama won.Along with weakening the polical potency of urban

voters generally, proposals to apporon ElectoralCollege votes by congressional district seriouslydevalue the votes from people of color.

This tension between individuals and geography is

also found in the debate surrounding the currentSupreme Court case Shelby County v. Holder. At issueis Secon 5 of the Vong Rights Act, which requiresstates with a history of racially discriminatoryvong pracces to receive federal clearance beforechanging electoral laws.

In oral arguments on February 27, aorney BertRein argued on behalf of Shelby County, Alabamathat this provision is an inappropriate vehicle tosort out the sovereignty of individual states. Butthe sovereignty of states should not be privilegedover the equal protecons constuonally grantedto individual cizens. Just as states like Ohio andPennsylvania should not be allowed to weigh thevotes of rural residents over votes from urban areas,neither should Alabama be excluded from provisionsdesigned to protect Alabama cizens vong rights

because Alabamas sovereignty is judged to be moreimportant than their cizens electoral voices.

Rein is right, though, on at least one point. As heand some of the conservave jusces on the Courtpointed out, the South is not uniquely raciallydiscriminatory. Schemes to apporon ElectoralCollege votes by congressional district, for instance,have been discussed mostly by states that are notrequired to receive federal preclearance. But this isnot an argument for striking down Secon 5. Indeed,any measure that limits ballot access or dilutes somegroups electoral inuence in any state ought to beopposed.

However, if states like South Carolina, Texas, Virginia,and others currently subject to Secon 5 have theirway, signicant numbers of people of color are

especially likely to feel the negave consequencesof new electoral laws. Keeping Secon 5 in place willconnue to help guard against aempts to limit theinuence of people of color on Elecon Day.


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780 JOSEPH AVENUEROCHESTER, NY

WASHINGTON (AP) The Republican-controlled House passed a tea party-avored budget plan Thursdaythat promises sharp cuts in safety-net programs for the poor and aclampdown on domesc agencies, insharp contrast to less austere plansfavored by President Barack Obamaand his Democrac allies.

The measure, similar to previous plansoered by Budget Commiee ChairmanPaul Ryan, R-Wis., demonstrates thatits possible, at least mathemacally,to balance the budget within a decadewithout raising taxes.

But its deep cuts to programs for the

poor like Medicaid and food stampsand its promise to abolish so-calledObamacare are nonstarters withthe president, who won re-eleconwhile campaigning against Ryans priorbudgets. It passed on a mostly party-line 221-207 vote.

The House measure advanced as theDemocrac Senate debated its rstbudget since the 2009 plan that helpedObama pass his health care law.

The dueling House and Senate budgetplans are anchored on oppositeends of the ideological spectrumin Washington, appealing to coreparsans in the warring pares that

are gridlocked over persistent budgetdecits. Obama is exploring thechances of forging a middle path thatblends new taxes and modest curbs togovernment benet programs.

The president has an opportunityduring this crical debate to comeforward and to help make this part ofhis legacy, like it has become part ofthe Clinton legacy: working togetheron behalf of the American people tosolve what we know is a crisis in ourcountry, said House Speaker JohnBoehner, R-Ohio. He was referringto President Bill Clintons successin working with a GOP Congress to

generate budget surpluses over 1998-2001. We cant connue to spendmoney that we dont have, Boehnersaid.

The sharp contrast over the 2014budget and beyond came as the Housecleared away last years unnishedbudget business a sweeping,government-wide funding bill to keepCabinet agencies running through the2013 budget year, which ends Sept.30.

The House passed the biparsan 2013measure by a sweeping 318-109 vote.The Senate had approved the measureon Wednesday aer easing cuts that

threatened intermient closuresof meat packing plants starng thissummer and reviving college tuiongrants for acve-duty members ofthe military. The cuts were mandatedby automac spending cuts that tookeect at the beginning of the month.

Looking to the future, Democratsand Republicans staked out divergentposions over what to do aboutspiraling federal health care costs andwhether to raise taxes to rein in sll-steep government decits.

The long-term GOP budget planauthored by Ryan, the partys failedvice presidenal nominee, oers

slashing cuts to domesc agencies,the Medicaid health care plan forthe poor and Obamacare subsidieswhile exempng the Pentagon andSocial Security beneciaries. Themeasure proposes shiing programslike Medicaid to the states but issomemes scant on details about thevery cuts it promises.

The Ryan measure revives acontroversial plan to turn theMedicare programs for the elderly intoa voucher-like system for futurebeneciaries born in 1959 or later a program in which the governmentwould subsidize the purchase of health

insurance instead of directly payinghospital and doctor bills. Crics say theidea would mean ever-spiraling out-of-pocket costs for care, but Ryan insiststhe plan would inject compeon intoa broken system.

This is an uncompromising, ideologicalapproach to our budget issues, saidtop Budget Commiee Democrat ChrisVan Hollen of Maryland. The Americanpeople voted, and they resoundinglyrejected the approach that is nowtaken, once again, for the third year ina row, in this Republican budget.

The cuts to domesc agencies likethe FBI, Border Patrol and Naonal

Instutes of Health could approach 20percent when compared with levelsagreed to as part of a hard-foughtbudget deal from the summer of 2011.That could run the already troubledappropriaons process it features12 spending bills that are supposed tobe passed by Congress each year into the ground.

Fresh from passing the 2013 wrap-up measure, the Senate was turningto a plan by new Budget Commiee

Chairman Pay Murray, D-Wash., thatwould add nearly $1 trillion in newtaxes over the coming decade in anaempt to stabilize the $16 trillion-plus naonal debt. But Murrays planwould actually increase governmentspending aer the $1.2 trillion cost ofrepealing the automac cuts, called asequester in Washington-speak. Thatmeans the net cuts to the decit wouldamount to just a few hundred billiondollars in a federal budget esmatedat $46 trillion or so over the comingdecade.

We need to tackle our decit anddebt fairly and responsibly, Murraysaid. We need to keep the promises

weve made as a naon to our seniors,our families and our communies.

At issue is the arcane process by whichCongress approves a budget. It involvesspecial legislaon, called a budgetresoluon, that sets nonbindingtargets for taxes and spending butrelies on follow-up legislaon to gointo eect.

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The thing thatbothers me mostabout cricizingany group ofpeople based ontheir profession,race or cultureis that navefolks, the oneswho fail to thinkfor themselves,

assume thecricism is directed at all who fallwithin the group.

Case in point: I think cops take theworst whippings in the media. In

support of this theory, I had a recentexperience that helped solidify thefact that all cops are not bad.

God is not nished with any of us, andthose who think they are perfect dontbreathe the same air as the rest of us.No one is perfect.

Having said all of that, allow me toshare with you the recent experiencethat brought forth the diplomacproblem-solving skills I personallywitnessed in three of Rochestersnest. Unfortunately, I did not getbadge numbers, but I was told that twoof the ocers names were Orz andA.C. Both were apparently assigned

to the west side of town where theincident occurred. The other ocer,whose name and badge number Ialso failed to secure, appeared to be aHispanic female.

At any rate, because, like many others,I am quick to call aenon to the awsof the so-called professionals who arepaid to protect and serve, or deliverquality services and fail to do so; I amalso quick to give credit where creditis due.

The drama began within minutesof arriving safely in the ROC aer a16-hour drive from the 75 degreeweather we le behind in Alabama.

I was blessed enough to have twodrivers with me. But just as my sonand I dropped o the rst driver onSeward St., my car failed to shi intogear aer we stopped. Consequently,we began tesng the fuses, suspecngthe problem was connected to myan-the system. Luckily, during the

process, my son did something andwas able to get the car into gear.

The brake lights, however, were sllout, and it was now dark, so wedecided the logical thing to do wascall a tow truck to avoid the chance ofgeng a cket.

My son found a towing companynumber accordingly, and I called. Idont recall the dispatchers name, butI told him where my car was locatedon Seward St. and explained to himthat, inially, the gears had locked andwould not shi. And that, even thoughit was drivable, I was reluctant to

drive to the Henriea dealership thatnormally services my car because I hadno brake lights.

I inquired about potenal fees beforecomming to using their services. Hetold me the at fee for towing was$65, in addion to miles that would bedetermined by the tow-truck driver.Not long aer hanging up with thedispatcher, the tow-truck driver calledto tell me he was leaving Spencerport,dropping a car on Blossom Road andwould be at my locaon within 30minutes.

In the course of the two hours my sonand I waited, I called the tow-truck

driver and listened to him lie abouthow close he was to us instead. Hedid inform me, though, that to tow mycar to the dealer would cost a total of$102.

When the tow-truck driver nallyarrived, I reminded him that I hadroadside assistance with my insurance.He said it did not maer, that I had topay him up front. He said he wouldprovide a receipt and I could then getreimbursed by my insurance company.As a result, I asked him to whom Ishould make out the check, and heinformed me they could not accept acheck. I then asked if my credit cardwould be acceptable because I had no

cash on me. He told me he would haveto check with the boss.

He went back to his truck, giving me theimpression he checked with his boss,because he then proceeded to aachmy car to his truck. Aer he got my carready to move, he then informed me

that the credit-card machine was notworking, and he would follow me to anATM machine.

Subsequently, I then got irritated andasked him why he put my car on thetruck without informing me the credit-card machine was not working. Hefailed to give me a suitable answer,and I politely informed him that I didnot like his atude or the assumponshe was making, and I asked him tounhook my car. He refused. My mindand experiences were telling me that Icalled for a tow truck from the wrongaddress on Seward St. His atudemore than suggested to me that if I

had broken down in Pisford, not onlywould my check have been acceptable,the credit-card machine would havebeen working also.

He then informed me he would notput my car down unless I paid hima minimum of $65 cash. He alsothreatened to take my car and impoundit. Clearly, it was me for me to engagethe Rochester Police Department.

The two ocers arrived in separatevehicles, and both listened intentlyto what had unfolded. The driverinformed them that he had also calledfor assistance. Aer this, in whatappeared to be a leaning toward the

policy of the tow-truck company,I then invoked Chief Jim Shepardsname, since I know crap rolls downhill.It did not maer to me whether hewas snuggled in his bed or not.

At that point, both ocers politelywalked away and, seemingly givingway to the policy, allowed the driverto leave the scene with my car, headedto the pound. My son and I followedto see where the car was being towed.The fact that we were following himapparently made the driver verynervous and, unbeknownst to my sonand me at the me, he was calling thepolice department stang that he wasbeing threatened.

Next, in an eort to lose us, no doubt,when he reached Lyell and Lake Ave.the tow driver literally ran the redlight. My son waited for the light tochange, but he himself jumped aheadof trac, causing us to be pulledover by the female cop. She was very

polite, and evidently had been givensome informaon about what hadtranspired earl ier.

But due to the fact that the tow driverhad run the red light and lied about myson poinng something at him, oneof the ocers became infuriated andwent aer him, informing me and myson, Now we will have words.

Hopefully the driver managed tosecure himself a fat cket for runningthe red light and endangering us byaempng to create a Trayvon Marnscenario. All the trappings were therefor a possibly tragic outcome, but I

credit the RPD for keeping their headscool, because I certainly hadnt evenbeen trying.

Ulmately, I went to the ATM and gotthe $102 to keep my car from beingimpounded by a rip-o arst, whoobviously only wanted cash in hispocket. The RPD then escorted us towhere the other cop was waing withthe tow truck.

Boom line, we went with the RPDto the dealership as inially intendedbut my sense of highway robberyprevailed. My car arrived safely, but Isll felt violated and robbed. Thus, itis my intent to cauon the public and

my readers as to what I perceive to beunscrupulous business pracces byTowBusters.

I do not have the tow drivers namebut I do have his DOT number, ifinterested. You already know I willbe subming a formal complaintregarding the incident, and I hope heloses his license.

In the end, right dont wrong nobody,and one should always know theiraudience before violang them. But,thankfully, restored to me was thefaith I usually have in law enforcement,faith that reminded me that all copsarent bad.

Minister Franklin FlorenceIbishopdavis-

All Cops Are Not Bad

----------------------------------GloriaWinstonAl-SaragisaCommunityActivist,Writer,Communicator,PoliticalActivist.SheisanativeRoches-terianandhasbeeninvolvedwithnumerouscommunityorgainzationsinRochester.ContactGloriaat:[email protected]


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If youre old

school likeme you mightremember thestory of thetortoise andthe hare.

In this story thehare, a rabbit,was very fastand was a

shoe-in to win the race against themuch slower tortoise, a turtle.

However, that did not bother thetortoise.

He kept a slow and steady pace.

The hare got cocky and ended uplosing the race to a much sloweropponent.

The great lesson of this story is;slow and steady wins the race.

This theme has been resonang inmy heart over the last few weeks,and I know that, in the congregaonthat I pastor, I will be sharing fromthis topic for some weeks to come.Those that are reading this arclenow will get a glimpse of what I willbe sharing in the near future withthe church.

Over-and-over again in life we see

that things that are worth doingtakes me and energy. There is no

shortcut to success.

However, in todays fast-pacedsociety we tend to want everythingright now. We do not want toexpend the me or the energy toget the success; instead we willdegrade others that have donewhat it takes to succeed.

The protests that began a few yearsago against the so-called one-percenters were horrible displaysof people who have no clue of whatit takes to be successful!

A very troubling trend in our societyis this noon of class warfare whichconnues to be perpetrated by the

Democrac Party.It is shocking that people actuallybelieve there should be a limit onhow much someone can makeor how wealthy they can be, inAmerica!

The people who tend to have theloudest voices in this arena arethose who have not done what ittakes to succeed.

When one does what it takes tosucceed, they realize that theirsuccess has come with tremendoussacrice.

They have had to sacrice sleep,money, family me, play me, etc.

in order to succeed. They took the

slow and steady pace in order tobecome what they have become.

We, as a naon, must resist atall costs, the noon to becomesocialisc. When those who haveworked very hard and sacricedvery much have the fruits oftheir success taken away by thegovernment and given to peoplewho have not or do not want towork hard or sacrice much itlowers the bar and steals movaonfor everyone. It weakens the enresystem.

In America, folks have theopportunity go to college, earn a

degree, get a well-paying job andconnue to excel in their chosenelds.Why hate on someone that hasdone that?I have seen that my life has beentruly blessed, but it has comethrough prayer and hard work.God has orchestrated my steps,but never once did God comedown and take a test for me, domy homework, go to class for me,or be my stand-in for an interview.I had to work hard to get what Godhas given to me and placed on theinside of me.

It is my belief that every person

has a God-given gi inside of themand that they are full of purpose

and potenal. Unfortunately, many

people do not want to developtheir gi. They want the quick x,like a junkie that wants the quickhigh. They want success fast or themoney that comes from successwithout the eort. It just does notwork like that.

Our society has started to feel pityfor folks with this mentality.

What I recommend is that we puta book in their hands and teachthem how to fend for themselves.We must take the way of thetortoise; it builds strength, stamina,appreciaon, wisdom, and othervirtues.

Quick xes only bring limitedenjoyment, but never anysustainment.

If we are to remain the worldsonly super power, we have to stopencouraging folks to be lazy.

Instead, we need to reward, andtalk up hard work and sacrice.We need to put those folks ona pedestal and let them be theexample that folks can look up to.

One hundredand y yearsago in theEmancipationProclamation,P r e s i d e n tA b r a h a mLincoln wrote:All persons heldas slaves withinsaid designated

states, andparts of states,are, and henceforward shall be free.

At the same me, we must concludethat not all of black America has trulyreceived the message. I highlight theword person for a reason. Acceptancethat we, as black people, are personsis the key to realizing our emancipaon.Ive heard much talk about the three-hs clause in the Constuon.It doesnt maer much whenconsidering all that happened to thosewho werent considered to be wholepersons, simply because of their race.

By dening black people as less thana person, those in charge of thedenion enslaved, raped, whipped,segregated, lynched and burned thoseconsidered to be less than a person.

It was Charles Darwins cousin FrancisGalton who was considered the Fatherof Eugenics. He used Darwins theorythat man evolved from monkeys toargue that the black man was closerin evoluon to a monkey than to aperson.

This Eugenicist argument, thatsome arent persons, was used bythe Nazis in the exterminaon of

thirteen million people in the deathcamps. We normally hear about thesix million Jews, but that is becausethe Jews know enough to claim theirdead. There were also seven millionnon-Jews exterminated as well. Theywere Chrisans, blacks, handicapped,gypsies, homosexuals and others whowerent considered persons.

Since no one claimed them, fewremember or even know about theirdeaths.

In America, during the last forty years,over y million unborn babies havebeen killed in aboron because theyare not considered persons. Blacks

represent only 14 percent of thepopulaon, but we represent over 30percent of those aborted.

In 86 years, the KKK lynched almost3,500 blacks, about the same number

of black babies whose lives are takenevery three days by aboron.

Aboron is the leading cause of deathin black people. Aboron kills moreblacks than violence, heart disease,cancer, accidents and AIDS, combined.

This is why we see the FrederickDouglass Foundaon, as the place ofhope, and so far 30 city pastors are

supporng things like the RochesterBlack Personhood Iniave. (hp://www.aminotachild.com/).

We seek to instuonalize thedenion of a person as Gods uniqueDNA signature created in the womband infused with a soul that will begiven everlasng life.

We talk all the me about black-on-black violence. We hear about it somuch that too many dont even care.Blacks are gunning down blacks allover the country, but no one cares.

Much of this has to do with the factthat weve been programmed to think

of blacks as less than a person bythose who didnt want to take on thenancial burden of freeing the slaves.

Once freed, blacks were no longerproperty. They were considered

liabilies.Aboron is just another tool in theEugenicists belt to get us to kill eachother o. But, if we dene ourselvesas persons, equal in the eyes of God tothose of every other race, then we canonce and for all free ourselves fromthe bondage of bad ideologies.The government pays Planned

Parenthood a million dollars a day tokill black babies in the womb and thensays, Youre welcome black folks, asif all the black folks actually have areason to say thank you.Well change the culture as soon as wechange the way we dene ourselves.Its me to claim our dead, lest they beforgoen.

In celebrang the 150th anniversaryof the Emancipaon Proclamaon,perhaps we could celebrate byagain speaking up for those whosepersonhood has been denied.

Only by acknowledging that the leastof us are actually persons will we truly

be emancipated.

One Hundred and Fifty Years Later Were Still Not Free

SOMETHING TO tHInKABOUT

The Tortoise Was Right

C. MICHAEL VAUGHN

AYESHA KREUT


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