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Letters To The Editor

City Council Should Avoid Climate Smart Communities Pledge

To The Reader’s Forum: Jamestown City Council put readers on notice that it is taking the first step to considering implementation of the New York State Climate Smart Communities pledge. Council must say NO to participating in this pledge. Here’s why. In addressing the issue of climate ...

Capitalizing On Slavery

To The Reader’s Forum: Rich Lowry’s dismissal of Hulu’s “The 1619 Project” (”No, Slavery Didn’t Create Capitalism,” 2/24/2023) as “cartoonish”—likening it to Disney—is as problematic as it is misguided. First, the episode in question doesn’t assert that American ...

Let’s Look At Thruway Authority’s Record

To The Reader’s Forum: When a bureaucracy is established, what is the first purpose, responsibility, or goal of that office? Answer: the perpetuation of that office, forever and ever, in secula seculorum. I believe that the New York State Thruway Authority is a prime example of a ...

JPD Chief: Vacancies Caused By Interest, Not JPD’s Effort

In response to Opinion article published February 11th 2023 “Jamestown Has To Think Outside The Box To Fill Vacancies in Police Department” I would like to provide some updates and facts in regards to filling police officer vacancies within the Jamestown Police Department. For one, an ...

Fast Track Of Renewable Projects Is Necessary

To The Reader’s Forum: The February 2nd letter to the Jamestown Post-Journal, “End State’s Fast Tracking of Industrial Solar, Wind Projects,” (2/2) is puzzling. The letter claims that wind and solar “are not clean energy” but instead, “industrial-sized” projects. This makes ...

Political Recommendations On A Gun Control Compromise

To The Reader’s Forum: This is a suggested solution for gun control and mass murders that both sides might be able to agree on. First of all, aside from the military and law enforcement, guns would be allowed only in specific circumstances (see below). Otherwise, anyone found in ...