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Chautauqua Lake Board Of Education Thanks Those Working Hard

To The Reader’s Forum: It is often said that in times of tragedy, in times of hardships and in times of uncertainty, when you stop and look, what you will find are your helpers. In June of 2020, Chautauqua Lake Central School set up a team of over forty people who were presented with the daunting task of creating a reopening plan for school, during an uncertain pandemic. This team was comprised of the district leadership team, faculty, staff, community members, board members and students who all shined as our communities “helpers” in these uncertain times. Not only did this team ...

To The Reader’s Forum: On Friday, December 11th, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a motion by the attorney general of Texas — backed by 17 other Republican state attorneys general, 126 Republican congressional members, and Donald Trump — for permission to file a lawsuit to overturn the election results in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The Court’s order denying the motion reads as follows: “The State of Texas’s motion for leave to file a bill of complaint is denied for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution. Texas has not demonstrated a ...

Is There More We Could Be Doing About Mental Health Struggles?

To The Reader’s Forum: Mental health has been evolving in the recent years. We know a lot more on mental illness than we used to. But is there more we could be doing to help? Crime and mental health can have a close connection to themselves. When we really start to think about why someone behaved the way they did maybe we could have prevented it. Would the proper treatment from a young age and equal opportunity changed things? A stable environment could do so much for someone. Jails and prisons unfortunately have held many people trying to recover from mental illnesses. These ...

CARTS Information Is Somewhat Misleading

To The Reader’s Forum: In the article that appeared in this paper titled “CARTS Announces Plan To Acquire Downtown Hub” I believe there is some misleading information. Let’s not rewrite history. Brad Bentley is quoted “CARTS has never had a place to call it’s own in downtown Jamestown.” This is just not true. The train station was given several million dollars in Department of Transportation taxpayer money when it was restored. The grant specifically designated the newly refurbished train station was to be used as the hub for transportation downtown. That included CARTS. ...

As The Court Decides In California V. Texas

To The Reader’s Forum: On Tuesday, November 10th, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments, in a case entitled California v. Texas, to determine whether the repeal of the tax penalty for noncompliance with the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) renders the individual mandate unconstitutional and, if so, whether that means the entire ACA is unconstitutional. In National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) v. Sebelius, 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate was constitutional as a legitimate exercise of congress’s Taxing Power. The ...

City Should Team With Other Municipalities

To The Reader’s Forum: I’m a retiree of the city of Jamestown. As a union officer I negotiated a lot of our insurance. The city at one time played all five unions against each other negotiating insurance. I formed a coalition in the early 1970’s of all five unions and we negotiated insurance as one unit — Police Department Kendall Club, Fire Department Morton Club, AFSCME, CSEA and Jamestown General Hospital nurses. Ombudsman Sam Nalbone was the city’s negotiator. We made great strides in our coverage. It was my idea a couple of years later that Sam Nalbone investigate going ...