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People Of Georgia’s 14th Congressional Make Decision Who Will Occupy That Seat

To The Reader’s Forum: First, let me say that l am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I am a registered Libertarian and l have no love for either of the major parties. Your editorial of Feb. 10 criticizing Rep. Tom Reed for his failure to try to remove another elected member of the House of Representatives seems to me to be extremely misguided. Your stated premise is that Rep. Reed should base his actions on his perceived personal interests. What about his oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the United States? Who decides who represents the 14th ...

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A Call For Reed To Take Action Against Trump To The Reader’s Forum: Congressman Tom Reed is apparently considering a run for governor against Andrew Cuomo, according to news articles. It is hard to believe that a Republican living out on the Southern Tier could unseat Cuomo in our heavily Democratic state. Rather than tilting at windmills, Congressman Reed could leave his mark if he called out the former president for his role in instigating the Jan. 6 insurrection in the Capitol. That riot led to hundreds of injuries and the deaths of three policemen. Reed needs to take ...

Solar Makes No Sense, But It Makes Money

To The Reader’s Forum: Utility scale solar installations make no sense in Western New York. The energy industry standard of energy efficiency is called “Energy Returned on Energy Invested “ (ERoEI). Consider the energy expended to manufacture, transport, install and decommission utility scale solar compared to the amount of electricity New York solar can produce. As Documented by Forbes Magazine, industrial solar at this latitude falls below the “economically viable threshold”. Industrial solar is rated at four compared to nuclear at 75 on a Forbes ERoEI graph showing ...

Catholic Charities Thanks Its Supporters

To The Reader’s Forum: Over the past year, 14,522 neighbors in need of all ages throughout Chautauqua County were served by the seven programs Catholic Charities offers here. We provided basic emergency assistance, including support for food and resources for housing. Our licensed counselors offered counseling services for all ages. We worked with more than 60 domestic violence offenders for systemic social change in a coordinated community response. WIC, which aims to safeguard the health of low-income women, infants and children up to age 5 who are at nutrition risk, served ...

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We Should Cherish, Embrace Free Press To The Reader’s Forum: For two of the years while working as a university professor I had as my work-study student, a young man who was majoring in journalism. He was far and away the best student worker I ever had. I often read his papers and he read mine. I treated him as a junior colleague. One thing I remember about him was his propensity to check every fact in his stories, combing over every detail, making sure it was correct before turning a paper in for a grade. There are rules against making stuff up. A real journalist can get in a ...

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Please Thank Caring Funeral Directors To The Reader’s Forum: I want to commend The Post-Journal for drawing our attention to the important service that funeral homes are providing in midst of this pandemic (in this past Sunday edition, “A Somber Result”). We are collectively grieving numerous material and immaterial losses this year during this global pandemic—especially those families who have lost a loved one. In the midst of this loss, it is easy to neglect our frontline caretakers. We have cheered on medical professionals and others who have tended to us. ...