We’ve discussed the pros and cons of government consolidation on RT before.  Pros would be potentially lower cost of government (and taxes), cons would be potentially less responsiveness to your local needs.

Tom Golisano gave a speech recently to the Rochester Rotary Club where he pushed for consolidation:

Golisano, in his talk, said one first step has to be merging some local government bodies as proof there can be tax savings as a result. “I don’t understand why we need a village manager and village government in the village of Pittsford,” rather than merging the village and town, he said.

I had also heard that he was going to be funding studies on metro consolidation in the Rochester area, but I haven’t been able to find it in the news.  Anyone else hear about this?

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