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There Are Local Consequences To Federal Cuts

Representative Langworthy manipulates the truth to lie to his constituents. In his weekly newsletter, Langworthy points out that the recently passed House budget resolution, “simply establishes a budgetary framework while instructing several House committees to find savings and make investments…” This is true. He goes on to claim that Democrats are lying that this framework is likely to result in billions of dollars in cuts to programs his constituents rely on. But this is the Republican’s lie. For a moment, let’s take Langworthy at his word that Republicans will make no ...

Electric Buses Should Be An Option, Not Required

Relative to the pending revote to purchase two electric buses and update the Bemus Bus Garage to enable its use for the same, I would offer the following. I believe that electric vehicles, including buses, could be one of the options for transporting students, but not a mandated option. What had been an initial increase in electric powered vehicles has largely stalled due to performance shortcomings, an inherent fire danger caused by the batteries, substantially higher initial cost for the busses, lack of long term data on electric bus reliability in cold climates, the possibility of ...

We Must Come Together And Clean The City Up

I know many residents like me are fellow business owners in Jamestown and we are all in agreement that the state of public safety in our city is bad. If you were to canvass or survey the businesses in the city, I am confident that the number one issue would be crime. Crime comes in many forms. The past few years we have seen the number of incidents go up- from small vandalisms like wires being cut on our patio to larger vandalisms like broken windows, to thefts and altercations. Now more than ever, city businesses are relying on visitors from outside the city to patronize our ...

Supreme Court Considers Seizure’s Reasonableness Under Fourth Amendment

Here’s a subject new to this column: The Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Before the U.S. Supreme Court in Barnes v. Felix is the issue of how one determines whether a seizure is reasonable. No matter who is due to prevail, it way understates the point to say the facts of Barnes v. Felix are nothing short of tragic and should never have happened. The facts bring frustration to mind and tears to eyes. An all-to-brief version of the beginning of the story is that on April 28, 2016, Ashtian ...

A Staple For Meals

Rice is not only a whole grain but it is easily digested. I remember my grandmother who had stomach issues choosing rice to eat. It is not only inexpensive, but it is nutritious and tasty. For those of you who are watching your food budget, you can mix rice with many things to enhance the taste. When Dick and I were married he told me the only way to eat rice was as rice pudding or rice cooked with milk. We lived on a dairy farm so milk was plentiful. I often cooked rice with milk in a double boiler with a cinnamon stick and a little sugar. I also added some extra ground cinnamon. When ...

Bullying In The White House

I thought I had seen it all with Donald Trump, but his atrocious behavior in bullying the President of Ukraine in the White House went beyond the pale. Can you imagine George Washington or Abe Lincoln, or any other President we have had, ever doing anything like this? If it were done in school, the teacher would send the student involved to the principal’s office. Actually, it was more than bullying. President Zelensky was bushwhacked between the two hammering voices of President Trump and Vice-President Vance. This was no spontaneous, unplanned event. They were out to surprise and ...