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Reader Disagrees With King, Kirk Comparisons

To The Reader’s Forum Randy Elf seems to feel Charles Kirk belongs in the same category as Martin Luther King, Jr. I beg to differ. King fought for civil rights. He was against violence. Mr. Elf praises Kirk for his faith. Kirk is quoted as saying that “stoning gay people is God’s perfect Law.” Didn’t Jesus say, “Let he who is without sin cast the first stone?” Maybe I’m misunderstanding Mr. Elf’s position on this. If not, his faith is definitely not mine. Susan Ewing Jamestown

GOP Uses Inflamed Rhetoric, Too

To The Reader’s Forum: Mr. Langworthy and Mr. Borrello failed us all by not urging calm and restraint and by not withholding statements until all the facts were in regarding Charlie Kirk’s shooting death. Instead of waiting for facts and evidence they both immediately leveled politically charged accusations without knowing anything about the shooter or his motives. Mr. Langworthy came right out and accused a large group of people of murder; “The extreme Left chose today not to fight a war of ideas -- but to indulge their derangement through cold-blooded murder.” Mr. ...

Local Businesses Missing Out

To The Reader’s Forum: Sitting at the next table at a lunch restaurant here in Jamestown this week, sat a group of 6 young men. These young men were from “out of town” working at a local school doing part of a larger renovation. As a former development director for the County of Chautauqua, it reminded me of an event that I was faced with when I first took over as County Executive for a temporary period years ago. The county planned to replace all the windows in the buildings on the campus in Mayville. I was responsible to issue the bids and, with the county attorney, ...

Gas Price Grandstanding Is Nothing New

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

Appreciative Of Post-Journal’s Local Focus, Local Guest Essays

To The Reader’s Forum: I would like to commend The Post-Journal for their recent editorial, “City Zoning Code Update Coming at a Good Time” that ran in last week’s weekend edition. I live and work out-of-town now, but I always make a point to buy a copy of the PJ when I am home to stay informed of what is happening in and around Jamestown. The piece gets in depth with real substance about land use, zoning laws, vacant lot development, and neighborhood revitalization. While not the most exciting topics, those are the kind of complex issues that have profound implications ...

Congress Should Handle Tariffs, Not The President

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 any other authority or individual. Where are the “Strict Constructionists” who claim to be conservative? There is nothing in the US Constitution that gives the president the authority to raise and lower tariffs up and down at whatever whim strikes him at the moment. Trump says that letting ...