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PLA On Bills Stadium Project Is Good For Taxpayers

To The Reader’s Forum: The Project Labor Agreement for the new Buffalo Bills stadium is good for the taxpayers of New York State. The $1.4 billion construction plan that will include a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) guarantees highly skilled union trained workers will only be hired with a promise that the best construction practices will be carried out to ensure a high-quality stadium build. Further, the yet to be signed PLA promises a timely supply of workers and a no strike guarantee. The cost of the stadium will be the same with non-union workers, who will likely be trained ...

Solutions To High Gas Prices Are Flimsy

To The Reader’s Forum: My question: If most people “Stand With Ukraine”, why are some of those same people complaining about the price of gasoline? Even if that person does not “Stand With Ukraine”, speculation in the oil industry, artificial supply issues, projected change in gasoline mixtures, nature-caused interruptions, and actual supply issues caused by war drive the price of oil (and gasoline) upward. This is a proven combination of explanations for gas prices to rise that simply occurs. People should be used to those explanations by now. I certainly don’t like ...

Democrats Need To Reciprocate Bipartisanship

To The Reader’s Forum: John D’Agostino’s article about Claudia Tenney as a potential successor for Tom Reed contained an interesting comment: “She...seemed to lack...something the current district Rep. Tom Reed took pride in while previously heading the Problem Solvers Caucus: finding common ground.” Yes, Mr. Reed definitely referred to this caucus in all his political mailings, and it seemed to be his only claim to fame as our representative. I voted for Mr. Reed (mainly because his opponents were always extremists for the socialist agenda), but I was not always ...

What Has Happened To The GOP?

To The Reader’s Forum: This article is written with sadness. For many of my ancestors supported the Republican Party ever since the days of Lincoln. What has happened to the GOP? We need a strong conservative party and a strong liberal party! Both parties should present their views forcibly, with civility and transparency. Everyone should be willing to work together. A turning point has been reached! Recently the Republican National Committee described the January 6th attack on our nation’s Capital Building as “legitimate political discourse.” Absurd poppycock! The ...

COVID Is A Medical Issue, Not A Political One

To The Reader’s Forum: I sure wish I could understand some people’s refusal to get vaccinated against the Covid-19 virus. None of the rationale for refusal stands up to any scrutiny. Regardless of where Covid originated, the world is affected, thus it’s called a pandemic. It’s a medical issue, not a political one. Therefore, if you refuse a proven vaccine, and/or masks for political reasons you apparently don’t understand a pandemic at all. There are only a few ways to medically deal with a pandemic caused by an airborne virus - masks, vaccines, treatments and distancing, ...

Garbage Collection Must Factor In Seniors’ Needs

According to the 2021 census by the United States Census Bureau about 20% of the City of Jamestown’s residents were 65 years of age and older. Many of them women and many single women. Our total population, reported by the Bureau, was around 19,800 residents. That leaves us with around 3,960 residents who might be considered elderly. That figure does not include the disabled under the age of 65 who may have limited mobility, nor does it represent the population over the age of 65 who are not capable of physical tasks. There has been some discussion about the recent decision by BPU ...