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Season 2
Deborah Oppenheimer

Look Ahead, Look Back 2001/2002

The Best of "Perfectly Clear"

Walter Shapiro

Richard Ben Cramer

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Jack Ham

Lawrence Kudlow

John Zogby

Ernie Harwell

Bill Bradley

Norman Mineta

Season 1
Debut Show - President George Bush

HUD Secretary Andrew Cuomo

New York Governor George Pataki

Nora Bredes, Director, Susan B. Anthony Center, University of Rochester

Howard Relin, Monroe County (NY) District Attorney

Jack Valenti, CEO, Motion Picture Association of America

Panel Discussion on Leadership

Panel Discussion on Religion in Politics

Panel Discussion - Election Preview

Panel Discussion - Election Review

Special Guest Garth Fagan

Sports Culture USA

2000 Election Panel Discussion

Monroe County (NY) Executive Jack Doyle

Panel Discussion - Religion in Education

Congresswoman Louise Slaughter

Year 2000 Review

Year 2001 Preview

The Inaugural

Sports 'R' Us

Julian Bond, President, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

William Johnson, Mayor, Rochester, NY

Key New York State Issues

Impact of the Arts on the Rochester Economy

Western New York's Utility and Economic State

The Week's Leading Global, National, and Local Issues

Congressman John LaFalce

Howard Relin, Monroe County (NY) District Attorney

Russia

Thomas H. Jackson, President, University of Rochester

The Holocaust

Our Children, Ourselves

Robert Pierpoint, Former CBS Television White House Correspondent

Panel Discussion - Current Issues


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Sunday, January 13 (11 a.m.)
Rochester's highest-rated local public affairs program is sponsored by the University of Rochester and Messenger-Post Newspapers.

Guest:
Joanne Giuffrida in her first formal TV interview since becoming President, Rochester School Board.

Topic:
Curt will interview Ms. Giuffrida about the crisis in the Rochester City School District. He and the panelists will then discuss:

  • How did the City School District turn a surplus into a deficit?
  • What accounts for the striking lack of oversight about District funds?
  • How does this fiscal crisis compare to other New York cities - for example, Buffalo and Syracuse?
  • What will be the effect of the financial deficit on this six-county area?
  • Can business leaders help reverse this plight? If so, how?

Panelists:

  • Gary Craig, Reporter, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
  • Kevin Doran, Anchor, WROC Television News 8 Now
  • Richard Ryan, Professor of Clinical and Social Psychology, University of Rochester

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