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City Legislators Didn’t Represent Jamestown’s Interests Well Last Week

To The Reader's Forum: According to the national organization "Gun Violence Archive" there have been at least 2,182 mass shootings in America since 2013, or at least roughly .65 per day. Others may disagree whether that number constitutes "a fact of life these days", but I feel that a mass shooting that averages at least every other day meets that definition. Meaningful gun control, in my opinion, would include actions that attempt to prevent mass shootings and other gun violence from occurring. A recent letter pointed out that New York state has made some progress on gun issues, ...

City Legislators Didn’t Represent Jamestown’s Interests Well Last Week

To The Reader’s Forum: The county legislators representing the City of Jamestown have again shown that they are either asleep at the switch, at best, or just don’t care about the people who sent them to Mayville. The County Legislature voted on Wednesday to change the formula for disability insurance without any input from the two cities and one village who will pay the bulk of the increase. Once again, the social club masquerading as elected public officials in Mayville changed a long-standing policy without discussing its ramifications with any municipalities, but ...

Borrello Plan Would Discourage New Voter Registrations In Too Many Communities

To The Reader’s Forum: NY57 Senator George Borrello’s failed “Voter Registration Integrity Act” proposal is part and parcel of the national Republican Party’s effort to bring distrust to our national, state and local county voting processes. It is truly unpatriotic to attack our system of voting that works. If you believe former President Trump won the 2020 election, Senator Borrello’s bill is somehow speaking to you. The defeated proposal (S.1853) would have required first-time voter registration applications to include official proof from the applying voter ...

Civic Participation Is One Response To Shootings

To The Reader’s Forum: As I was starting to watch the seventh NBA game of the Bucks and Celtics, a friend called to check on me and to ask how I was feeling. This was a first for me, that someone clearly viewed my demographic characteristics as someone who may have been affected by another racial mass shooting. My response was that I am processing yet again thoughts about the lack of humanity in some of my fellow Americans, who happen to look differently than me. I then thought maybe such people need to see us as family. While we maybe are of a different gender, race, economic ...

There Was Nothing Objectionable About Randolph’s Musical

To The Reader’s Forum: I was disconcerted to read about the push back Randolph school received from some residents regarding the recent musical. It truly is the miserable few who try to ruin things for the majority. I attended the musical and saw nothing wrong with its content. Having been involved in the arts for fifty years, I know how misunderstood it often is, especially in meddling small towns. Critics should find better hobbies to occupy their time instead of attacking the hard work these kids put into their production. The real villains in this scenario are those who ...

Accepting Reality Of Mass Shootings Allows Gun Violence To Continue

To The Reader’s Forum: As long as there is no meaningful, national gun control, I will keep writing in favor of meaningful gun control. As of May 14, mass shooting has taken the lives of 10 people in Buffalo, N.Y. I will keep telling you that it’s way too late to analyze the motive of a shooter and way too late to restrict the access of a “gun nut” to a gun used solely for mass killing simply because there are no federal laws designed to prevent motive and access. Murder has already occurred. In other words, if you’re not for meaningful gun control you accept whatever ...