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Nearly two-thirds of respondents to this week's Rochester Business Journal Daily Report Snap Poll say voter approval should be required on the divisive issue of mayoral control of the Rochester City School District.
Read More »Majority favors excise tax on foreign outsourced calls
More than half of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll favor an excise tax on U.S. customer service calls transferred to foreign call centers.
Read More »Majority says BP is primarily responsible for Gulf oil spill
A large majority of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say BP PLC—and not U.S. regulators—is responsible for the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. But by a margin of 60 percent to 40 percent, readers disapprove of the government’s response to the oil spill.
Read More »Majority chooses Cuomo in three potential matchups
More than half of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll would vote for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo over three potential Republican opponents in the 2010 race for governor. See dozens of comments from readers.
Read More »Majority supports offshore wind power on Lake Ontario
Three-quarters of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll support offshore wind power on Lake Ontario. See dozens of comments from readers.
Read More »Readers choose Jazz Fest as favorite summer event
Rochester offers a bounty of special events each summer, and this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll asked readers to name their favorites. The plurality of respondents to this week's poll chose the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.
Read More »Majority supports Arizona’s new statute on immigration
More than two-thirds of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll favor Arizona’s new immigration law, which makes illegal immigration criminal by defining it as trespassing.
Read More »Poll: Jobs picture has not improved here
A plurality of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say the Rochester-area jobs picture is unchanged from a year ago.
Read More »By a wide margin, readers say CEOs are paid too much
More than 80 percent of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say CEOs are paid too much.
Read More »By a wide margin, readers say CEOs are paid too much
" We see countless times how these positions are overpaid and not punished for their failures," writes one poll respondent.
Read More »Large majority wants state’s union workers to forgo raise
Nearly 90 percent of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say the state’s union workers should forgo 4 percent raises as Gov. David Paterson has asked.
Read More »Majority opposes plan to put tax on sweetened beverages
More than half of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll oppose the provision in Gov. David Paterson’s budget plan that calls for a penny-per-ounce tax on non-diet soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages.
Read More »Majority disapproves of law reforming health care system
Nearly 60 percent of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll oppose the health care reform legislation approved by the House on Sunday and signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama.
Read More »Majority favors prior approval for health insurance rate hikes
Nearly three-quarters of respondents to this week’s RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll favor a return to requiring that health insurers get prior approval from the state Insurance Department for rate increases.
Read More »Plurality chooses Brooks to replace Massa in Congress
More than a quarter of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll say Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks is their pick to replace Eric Massa as the 29th Congressional District representative.
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