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N • Deer culling
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P • Here to stay
The Syracuse Common Council introduced legislation that could affect the city’s ability to implement a culling program for deer overpopulation. Page 3
The Palace Theatre will host the first sneak peek preview of a documentary about former NBA player Jim Tucker and his life with Alzheimer’s. Page 9
S • Rolled on
Forty years ago, 25-year-old Nick Saban was an assistant coach with Syracuse football. Now, he’s one of the best coaches in all of college football. Page 16
on campus
100 people affected by mumps SU has confirmed 34 cases of the mumps since August outbreak By Jordan Muller asst. news editor
STEPHANIE MINER, Syracuse’s outgoing mayor, discussed her time leading City Hall in a farewell address at Syracuse University’s Maxwell Auditorium on Friday. She’s held office for eight years. codie yan staff photographer
Fighting spirit
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner reflects on strengths, weaknesses as her term comes to a close By Delaney Van Wey senior staff writer
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or some, a government position is just a title. For Stephanie Miner, that title became an identity. In January, when the new mayor takes over leading the city of Syracuse, “Mayor Miner” will become Stephanie again, although a different Stephanie than she was before. She’s a
better listener with more diverse experiences, but the first woman mayor of Syracuse will always remain a fighter for the underdogs. “When you represent people who were born with two strikes against them, you understand how good public policy is for them and how easy it is for them to be taken advantage of by the system,” Miner said. “I did not want to be a silent conspirator in allowing that to happen.”
That fighting spirit is both Miner’s greatest strength and greatest weakness, her colleagues say. Marty Masterpole, the city’s auditor who has known Miner for 16 years, said sometimes she comes on too strong. In 2013, Miner wrote an op-ed in The New York Times criticizing New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo, which led to a breakdown in their relationship and see miner page 6
The mumps outbreak at Syracuse University has affected more than 100 people since it began at the end of August, according to the university’s health services office. In the last two months, SU confirmed 34 members of the community contracted the disease. Another 73 have probable cases. In addition to the 107 SU community members with confirmed or probable mumps cases, there have been two probable cases in Onondaga County outside the campus community — one with a link to SU and one with no known connection to the university, according to the Onondaga County Health Department. Students with confirmed or probable cases are being isolated from campus for up to five days. All students who have contracted the mumps have been properly vaccinated. The university began distributing a third dose of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to student-athletes on Oct. 24 and to the undergraduate population on Oct. 26. The university hosted an additional mumps clinic Wednesday. A Centers for Disease Control advisory board recommended last week that people exposed to a mumps outbreak receive a third dose of the MMR vaccine. jmulle01@syr.edu @jordanmuller18
syracuse mayoral race 2017
Perez Williams leads Walsh in October campaign fundraising By Jordan Muller asst. news editor
Democratic candidate Juanita Perez Williams narrowly topped independent Ben Walsh in campaign contributions raised during the first three weeks of October, according to the latest New York State Board of Elections financial disclosures. Between Oct. 3 and Oct. 23, Perez Williams’ campaign raised just more than $76,000. Walsh raised about $74,000 in the same time period. Walsh, though, continues to lead all four candidates in total campaign contributions collected.
Since the beginning of his campaign, the independent candidate has raised about $440,000. Perez Williams has received more than $255,000 in donations. Outgoing Mayor Stephanie Miner, during her 2009 bid for office, raised nearly $685,000 by the end of her campaign. Republican Laura Lavine received about $5,700 in the first three weeks of October, per financial disclosures. She’s collected roughly $115,000 since launching her candidacy, and about $45,000 of that total has come from herself or family members. The Vote Green Syracuse com-
mittee, which splits its funds between Green Party candidate Howie Hawkins and three Common Council candidates, got about $1,600 in contributions between Oct. 3 and Oct. 23. The committee has received just under $10,000 in donations since the beginning of the campaign. Hawkins receives about a quarter of the money raised by the Vote Green Syracuse committee, he said last month. Walsh, on Oct. 23, had about $135,000 left to spend in the final weeks of the mayoral campaign. Perez Williams’ campaign had just under $50,000 available, Lavine had
about $10,000 and Hawkins’ committee had roughly $2,700. The day after the Democratic primary, Walsh began pouring money into media advertisements. In the first three weeks of October, Walsh spent about $37,000 on TV and radio ads. Since mid-September, his campaign has spent more than $115,000 on TV, radio and social media ads. Perez Williams’ campaign spent just over $45,000 on TV and radio ads between Oct. 3 and Oct. 23, expenditure reports show. She also spent more than $22,000 on a campaignconsulting company called GBA Strategies that is based in Washington, D.C.
It is unclear what services the campaign sought from the company, but expenditures labeled by the Board of Elections can include “pollster fees, telephones and voter lists.” Perez Williams’ campaign also spent $3,700 on “Puerto Rico relief” last month, records show. Lavine used $3,000 of about $7,000 she spent in the first three weeks of October on a consulting company in New Jersey. About half of the $2,100 Hawkins’ committee used in October was spent on a video production company. jmulle01@syr.edu @jordanmuller18