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Letters To The Editor

Rodeos Serve No Useful Purpose

To The Reader’s Forum: If people taking part in or attending an event — a rodeo — that glorifies animals being spurred, roped, slammed to the ground, being strapped with bucking straps, or their necks violently twisted is something to be celebrated, I think it is time to give pause. ...

Get On Board With Proposed Code Violation Tickets

To The Reader’s Forum: Come on Jamestown. In response to The Post-Journal’s recent editorial concerning the Department of Development’s new Code Violation laws, I offer the following thoughts. I am definitely in favor of the new law that a Code enforcement officer is able issue ...

Recent Article Captured The Importance Of Volunteering

To the Reader’s Forum: Thank you for sharing the recent article titled ‘New to Volunteering’. This article captured the importance of volunteering in a way that I had never thought of before. Volunteering (and even working for) a nonprofit really does remind you about what true ...

Trump Campaign Remains About Legal Issues, Not The Issues

To The Reader’s Forum: You can tell when the facts presented in the latest indictment of Donald Trump resonate with reality among his supporters. For example, Julie Kelly, a Trump apologist on Twitter simply wrote, “Btw this indictment is poorly written and nothing more than a rehash of ...

Lovin’ Our Libraries Road Trip Was A Gas For Local Residents

To the Readers’ Forum: We would like to thank the Chautauqua Cattaraugus Library System for their Lovin’ Our Libraries CCLS Road Trip running from June 1 to August 31, 2023. We have currently visited over two-thirds of the 38 libraries in the two counties. What a good time we have had, ...

Lamenting Why Area Residents Are Unhappy Misses Chance For A Happier Future

To The Reader’s Forum: “Why are Americans Not Happy?) (Larson, July 29/30, 2023) offers evidence for an unsubstantiated claim. The judge has a litany of reasons from religious participation to cable TV. Many highly religious countries are terrifying and many irreligious ones quite ...