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Why Is Government Dictating Anyone’s Pay?

To The Reader’s Forum: The New York state government has just decreed that farm workers will be limited to the same 40 hour work week as urban workers. The most significant dichotomy in American society has always been rural vs urban, not black vs white, male vs female, or rich vs poor. The state Democrats know nothing and care nothing about agriculture and see no reason anyone should. New York Democrats obliterated the entire petroleum industry in the state as a love gift to “green” zealots. Agriculture is the next target. This time the motive is to please labor unions. New ...

Best Way To Combat Home Heating Costs Is More Wind, Solar Power

Best Way To Combat Home Heating Costs Is More Wind, Solar Power To The Reader’s Forum: The Post-Journal devotes generous coverage to the increased costs of natural gas customers will pay this winter (”Rising Prices: Home Heating Costs to Increase” and “Sparks Fly…” 9/14). Natural gas, a fossil fuel, generates the electricity with which most New Yorkers heat their homes. It doesn’t have to be this way. Indeed, wildly fluctuating prices compel us to transition as swiftly as possible to efficient electricity generation such as heat pump technology, which uses the ground ...

Greenhurst Fire Remnants Becoming A Problem

To The Reader’s Forum: For anyone living in the Greenhurst area, the pile of rubble which used to be the Chatterbox Restaurant has become a real problem. The fire occurred several months ago. The charred remains have become, apparently, a permanent garbage dump. Not only is it unsightly, but I have to believe that this pile of junk is also becoming a home to vermin and could cause public health problems. Why hasn’t it been removed? Where is the Town in enforcing its codes? Does the State of New York have an interest as it is situated on a state highway? Does the Chautauqua ...

Faith Community Should Help The Homeless

To The Reader’s Forum: I want to commend the City Council President Tony Dolce and our Mayor Eddie Sundquist for meeting with the community to discuss Safety and Homelessness issues in Jamestown on Sept. 14. We heard that our homeless population has increased this past year from around 20-25 to over 70 mainly due to the lifting of the Covid-19 pandemic eviction moratorium. Eddie mentioned a meeting he had the night before with over 60 pastors to bring the faith community and non-profit organizations together to discuss ideas and solutions to a problem that will only get worse ...

Expand Child Tax Credit To All Low-Income Families

To The Reader’s Forum: Last year, the expanded Child Tax Credit (CTC) monthly payments put money back into the hands of American families when they needed it most, monthly bill time, and allowed families to choose how best to use it. New data proves how well it worked. The new 2021 U.S. Census Supplemental Poverty Measure report shows that the 2021 Child Tax Credit (CTC) reduced child poverty by 46 percent! In one year, the expanded CTC pushed the child poverty rate to the lowest level ever measured. But 51 senators let the CTC expansion expire last December. This data shows they ...

State Gun Laws Infringe Too Much On Law-Abiding Citizens

To The Reader’s Forum: This is an open letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul. I just read the list of where,we, the honest, hardworking, taxpaying citizens of New York state, with pistol permits are not allowed to carry handguns. Permit holders are not the problem. Look up the statistics of offenses of the thousands of permit holders for proof. These places, on the list are exactly the places that we need to be able to protect ourselves, our families, our neighbors, and other defenseless folks. You are telling me, an 85-year-old woman, my husband, a 92-year-old man, who was a special ...