Given the state of our national and state political discourse, one could almost see how Gov. Andrew Cuomo for dismissing calls for a third party review of the state’s handling of COVID-19 in nursing homes as a partisan tripe hunt. The governor is wrong, though. A thorough accounting is ...
Politics often seems to be an all-or-nothing contest — even when the American people are those who will get nothing. Whatever happened to common-sense compromise? When did putting off a battle in order to help the people survive a war become a bad idea? Talks among Republicans and ...
New York’s byzantine system of government was designed for an age ruled by the horse and buggy or, at best, proximity to a rail line. Word spread slowly when our system of town and village governments was designed. Not everyone was involved in civic life, and those who were involved ...
A pat on the back to Mayor Eddie Sundquist and the Jamestown City Council, under the direction of Council President Tony Dolce, R-Ward 2, for making more information about council meetings available to the public. In the past, agendas for council meetings were kept fairly short and ...
For years Chautauqua County residents have been hearing about the importance of technology jobs as the next wave of economic development in our county. The news, first reported by Buffalo Business First, that several Chautauqua County sites are being considered by Amazon for a distribution ...
Giving Americans a month less to respond to the 2020 Census may be the most ridiculous proposal to come out of Washington this year. The idea should be discarded. Original plans for the Census called for an Oct. 31 deadline for people to respond to it with information about themselves and ...