To the Readers' Forum:
I have just finished reading the wonderful talking point news release from Rep. Brian Higgins, D, announcing the just-passed-midnight, make-us-look-good, do-nothing piece of legisation called the ''Comprehensive American Energy Security and Consumer Protection Act.''
Boy, I'm impressed. The only thing I can see in the release are the talking points Tax, Tax, Tax. Call it what you may, it's still a tax. Corporations don't pay taxes, those costs are passed to the consumer. For some of the Cool-aiders, that's us. It gives $$$$$ to alternative energy, wind, corn, tides ect. Don't see anything for nuclear.
The back page of the bill prohibits almost all off shore drilling where the it is most accessible. Considering over 60 percent of Americans want more drilling where the oil and natural gas is. What a shame.
Oh well, at least we got $3 million for a train station with no trains to be used as a bus stop for buses that need government $$ to survive. How sad.
Jerome Adams
Bemus Point