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Bravo To JHS Performance Of Les Miserables

To The Reader’s Forum: Les Miserables opening night was a huge success. Jamestown can certainly exhibit student talent with this play as there are so many roles, dance steps, and costumes to address. The roles were filled very nicely and were matched equally as well with the many dancing embellishments. All of the performers were excellent. The musicians also contributed greatly to the overall picture and certainly deserved their share of the compliments especially for the endurance they exhibited. That was a lot of music! Bravo to all it was a very successful production dripping ...

Listen To God’s Executive Orders, Not The President’s

To The Reader’s Forum: The Rev. Benjamin Cremer is the author of this quote. “I have been getting a lot of questions about how to respond to the concept of [how the government should be] helping the poor theologically as a Christian. But for now, I want to just simply say nowhere in the Bible does it say that those who follow Jesus should stop the government from helping the poor and the needy. That is libertarianism and a rugged individualism, not the teachings of Jesus. To be anti-poor is to be Anti-Christ. To be anti-sick people getting health care is to be Anti-Christ. ...

Do More To Increase Safety In The City

To The Reader’s Forum: I know many residents like myself are fellow business owners in Jamestown and we are all in agreement that the state of public safety in our city is not good. I am also a homeowner downtown. Living in the city has changed tremendously. Whether I am walking to my car, or leaving work I am overly cautious because of the constant chaos around us. If you were to conduct a canvass or survey of businesses in the city I am confident that the number one issue would be crime. Now more than ever, city businesses are relying on visitors from outside the city to ...

We Are Better Than This

To The Reader’s Forum: In our county, on our roads and at our religious services, there are people we see or know whose budget is stretched tight. Maybe they’ve had one of those injuries that mean you have to find a different kind of job, or maybe they have a family member with a chronic illness. They are pregnant, or disabled, need medications or they are children. They are likely to be able to keep going because they have Medicaid. Right now, there’s a bill in front of our House of Representatives that instructs the House Energy and Commerce Committee to cut at least $880 ...

Is Gateway Lofts A Good Use Of Money?

To The Reader’s Forum: I was reading in The Post-Journal on a recent trip back home that the old Chautauqua Hardware was going to be converted into low income housing. Well as I read the article I noticed something no one has commented on and I find that odd. Yes it would be nice to help the lower income have a nice place to live, yes it would be nice to make a good use of an old building. But at $87,000,000, no, it is way to costly. Folks that’s $790,000 plus per apartment. I believe this is the kind of waste that needs to stop. Then more than likely it will become a ...

How Much To Clean Up A Mess?

To The Reader’s Forum: I was walking my dog the other morning, as I do every single morning. Halfway through the walk he stopped to do his business on a neighbor’s front lawn right next to a Trump Vance yard sign that was still on display, yeah. I’m normally a responsible person who is considerate of my neighbors and cleans up after my dog. My mother taught me well. This time, I let it lay. My neighbor, seeing the indiscretion, came out complaining and demanding I pick it up. I listened, then asked, “How much will you pay me to do it?” Confused by my reply, he ...