Our federal government — particularly the White House — continues to fail to take the consequences of deficit spending seriously. President Biden’s approach to economic policy is, in the words of Peter Suderman of Reason magazine, “a philosophy of throwing money at programs, people, ...
It was a pleasant surprise to see family farms holding steady in Chautauqua County. That certainly wasn’t expected when the state’s performance in the Census of Agriculture was released. The census is done every five years, and the 2022 census released recently showed a loss of more than ...
County legislators will meet tonight in Mayville to discuss, amongst other things on the agenda, pay raises for the county executive, county clerk, sheriff and legislators. We’ve made a lot of arguments against these pay raises over the past couple of months. The other counties upon which ...
Last week, Conduit Ministries’ food truck spent a couple of hours in Brooklyn Square serving meals and providing winter clothing to those who needed it. So many people visited the truck that it ran out of supplies. There is no better sign of the need facing the Jamestown community than an ...
Confirmed shootings decreased by 25% in Jamestown in 2023 - good news for city residents who saw far too many shootings in 2022. In fact, most gun crimes have decreased from two years ago, according to the 2023 Public Safety Report given to City Council members recently. In addition to the ...
A comprehensive plan can do a lot of things. As Jamestown embarks on its first such planning effort since 1998, in our view two things are most important - rekindling excitement in the city’s future and identifying how the city and its partners will keep the comprehensive plan on ...