Mayor Lovely Warren’s campaign has called rival Democrat Jim Sheppard a “slum lord” for owning a vacant and derelict city property. Sheppard is answering that what he owned was his first home, which he says was trashed by “tenants from hell” after he was unable to sell it. Shortly after he announced his campaign last […]
Former Rochester Police Chief Jim Sheppard is running for mayor, saying the city has a leadership crisis. Speaking at the Workers United union hall, the Rochester Democrat said the city is pilotless under current Mayor Lovely Warren. Sheppard says he won’t say “rudderless,” because that’s an equipment problem. Sheppard says Mayor Lovely Warren, also a […]
It looks like a primary challenge to Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren is a done deal. Warren hasn’t announced for re-election yet, but Monroe County Legislator and former Rochester Police Chief James Sheppard appears to be about to announce that he’s in the race: Sheppard has been considering a run, as has former NY Assembly candidate […]