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Opinion

Gas Price Grandstanding Is Nothing New

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: If we all had a dollar for every politician with a failed promise to get to the bottom of inflated gas prices in Chautauqua County, we’d be able to afford gas in Chautauqua County. Bill Burk Bemus Point

Congress Should Handle Tariffs, Not The President

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: I am not a lawyer but I can read and understand simple English. The US Constitution says in Article 1, Section 8 : “The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises”. It does NOT say that Congress can delegate that power to ...

President Is Committing Economic Arson

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: Mr. Trump’s firing of Commissioner of Labor Statistics Erika McEntarfer was a dangerous overreach that damaged the credibility of federal statistical data relied on by American businesses, Wall Street, and even other countries. Trump’s impulsive move was ...

A New Approach Needed For Lake

Local Commentaries

The July 4th weekend was an “Absolute Nightmare” on Chautauqua Lake for Burtis Bay, Sherman Bay, Ellicott and Fluvanna residents as broadcast by Channel 4 WIVB Buffalo to all of Western New York. Several broadcasts followed from impenetrable weed-choked areas of the lake now designated ...

Standing In Solidarity With Canada

Local Commentaries

One of the joys of living in Western New York has been the lifelong friendship that we have had with our next door neighbor, Canada. Back in the days when I was a bit more mobile, we would take a yearly trip to Canada for a week or two of wilderness canoeing. You had only to drive a few hours ...