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People’s Focus On Health, Hygiene Didn’t Last Long

To The Reader’s Forum: One might think COVID would have made people more conscious of health and hygiene and maybe even a little more considerate in their public behavior. Apparently not. Yesterday, right in front of me, going in a local supermarket, also known as a food store, an old woman plunked her long haired dog right in the basket part of the grocery cart. I looked at once for the sanitizing sheets the store provided for COVID because I am in the habit of using that section of the cart for produce some of which I eat raw. I went right to a manager and asked if that ...

Debt Ceiling Bill Would Hurt Chautauqua County

To The Reader’s Forum: I am writing to express my dismay with Congressman Nick Langworthy’s recent vote on the so-called “Limit, Save, Grow Act.” With one vote in favor of this bill, Rep. Langworthy chose to support 22% reductions resulting in the following: Fewer Meals on Wheels for seniors and disabled residents of Chautauqua County (currently approximately 320 residents not only get fed but also get emotional support and connection to the community through this valued service); fewer outpatient services for our 5,000 veterans with the potential for local clinic closings; ...

Rail Group Ready To Step Into Airport’s Void

To The Reader’s Forum: The Empire State Passengers Association is in agreement with the Editor’s corner “County’s airport dreams discount reality,” (April 28) noting the lost opportunities from Chautauqua County spending $1 million annually on two small airports. While opinions may differ on what public use to reallocate the funds to, our statewide passenger rail advocacy organization supports additional passenger train frequencies in the Lakeshore corridor along with a future passenger stop in Chautauqua County. Our association is working with a variety of groups in the ...

Applauding The Efforts Of The Region’s Teachers

To The Reader’s Forum: Teacher Appreciation Week is Monday to May 12. Let us look at education from the teacher/student view. Education comes in many forms. It can be from a parent, sibling, friend, anyone. The learning can come by example, instruction, or quite by accident. We love to see the smile on our students’ faces as they accomplish skills. We see their skills improve by hands-on learning, practice, encouragement and increasing confidence. A look from the cafeteria adult, bus driver, secretary, assistant, custodian, and even another student can be a very positive ...

Utility Scale Solar Kills Jobs

To The Reader’s Forum: Does it matter that utility scale solar has a negative effect on the environment - destroying farmland, forests, wetland, recreational land? Does it matter that property values are driven down? Does it matter that the mining of cobalt, lithium, rare earths and copper to build solar panels and battery energy storage systems is done by slave labor in the Congo and China? (Wall Street Journal, “Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives” which documents the degradation of men, women, and children who mine solar materials). “The scale of ...

Some Proposals For Gun Control

To The Reader’s Forum: Control is a complicated word in our political discourse. Especially when we were founded on the principle of freedom from tyranny and taxes without representation. Why do we want to control issues related to transgender people and gay weddings? Or control wokeness by banning books in schools and women’s reproductive abilities but not guns? Why is control so important for some issues but not others? When did controlling how people think and behave become more important than telling the truth? The Ten Commandments don’t tell us how to think, they just ...