Spending CDBG money on colored lights under the North Main Street railroad viaduct sounded like a good idea for about five minutes of last week’s City Council meeting. Actually, it doesn’t sound good even then. But the project looks even worse when you consider the types of projects ...

Tim Jackson, Jamestown police chief and public safety director, is making the argument for police consolidation even if he doesn’t know it yet. Jackson wants the Jamestown Police Department to offer a $10,000 incentive to attract trained, certified police officers from other departments. ...

It really is amazing the New York State Thruway needs to raise tolls next year. Only two years ago, the Authority was eliminating jobs left and right when it was getting rid of the booths. By going to E-Z Pass, they were saving millions of dollars by reducing worker costs and benefits for the ...

It’s a bit disingenuous to say Jamestown is only borrowing $6.9 million for a slew of capital projects. As city resident Doug Champ correctly pointed out, the cost to city taxpayers between now and the bond’s pay-off date of December 2048 is actually more than $12 million when you ...

The people of New Mexico — and, we fear, the people of the United States — owe Albuquerque Police Chief Harold Medina a debt of gratitude. Medina has stated unequivocally that his department will not enforce an unconstitutional “emergency order” by Michelle Lujan Grisham, the governor ...

State Sen. George Borrello is turning into the litigious lawmaker all of a sudden. Twice in the span of three days it was Borrello’s legal arguments making news instead of his often fiery speeches on the Senate floor. On September 14 you could find Borrello sitting in a Rochester courtroom ...