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County Should Pursue Airport Marketing Study

To The Reader’s Forum: I am encouraged that the county is talking about a marketing study regarding air service at the Jamestown airport. For years, the tail has wagged the dog ..... getting proposals from airlines about what they wanted to do and where they wanted to fly. It sounds like we are finally talking about asking our flying customers where they want to make connections to, and asking airlines to make proposals to our preferred destination. Then our leaders can decide whether it makes sense or not, using the proper information. Vince Joy Jamestown

Fenton History Center, Museum Is A Local Gem

To The Reader’s Forum: I hope Jamestown folks realize what precious gems you have in the Fenton Museum and History Center. In November, I visited both while staying with friends in Jamestown, where my dad and grandfather grew up. I was looking for information about my great-grandfather’s service in the Civil War, but I couldn’t recall his Army unit. Norman Carlson, Collections Manager, was just amazing. His encyclopedic knowledge of the History Center’s collection got me right to the record of my ancestor in the 49th NY Volunteer Regiment, including finding a regimental ...

GOP Leaders Should Support Hochul’s Clean Energy Plans

To The Reader’s Forum: “Area leaders applaud Hochul on mental health, not energy” (Jamestown Post-Journal, 1/11) suggests limited bipartisan cooperation is possible in Albany. What’s surprising, though, especially in light of the almost constant barrage of climate disasters faced by New York State since Hurricane Sandy, is the GOP leaders’ intransigence regarding Governor Hochul’s commitment to a clean energy economy transition. Even more surprising are the two reasons offered for opposing the Governor’s energy plans. First is the implied claim that only those who heat ...

Hochul Offered A Commision, We Needed A Commitment

To The Reader’s Forum: As the leader of a multi-state long term senior care community in an industry that is fighting for survival, I approach every day with hope and optimism. I had both those feelings as I sat down to listen to Governor Hochul’s State of the State Address. I needed to hear commitment. I left with a commission. I needed to hear a commitment to increase Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing homes by 20%. It’s been 15 years since New York State raised the daily Medicaid rate to account for inflation, despite a 42% increase over that timeframe. That’s ...

Leonard Pitts Provided A Welcome View

To The Reader’s Forum: I don’t know when Leonard Pitts wrote his “retirement” column, which appeared in the P-J on 12/24/22. I have found his opinions to be unique and a great addition to the regular opinion columns appearing in the P-J. His perspective on the unresolved issues affecting Americans (e.g., human rights, democracy, gun violence, the misinformation crisis and more”) will be missed. His reference to Carol Burnett’s signature “sign-off” and his final question to his readers, “Isn’t it amazing how fast the years go”, was exactly why I found him unique. ...

The Media May Be Doing Its Job On Hunter Biden Laptop Story

To The Reader’s Forum: Today’s P-J had an opinion piece that put the “media” on what I’ll call a “hit list” over their alleged failure to give prominence to “Hunter Biden’s laptop” and alleged FBI interference in the 2020 election. Thus, the “media” should be perceived to be a “threat”. So, what is the hoopla about? It’s about the factual nature of the laptop and not what information the laptop contained and, therefore, the impact. The writer admits so much by lamenting that “the news media shows little or no interest” in what the laptop COULD ...