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Civic Participation Is One Response To Shootings

To The Reader’s Forum: As I was starting to watch the seventh NBA game of the Bucks and Celtics, a friend called to check on me and to ask how I was feeling. This was a first for me, that someone clearly viewed my demographic characteristics as someone who may have been affected by another racial mass shooting. My response was that I am processing yet again thoughts about the lack of humanity in some of my fellow Americans, who happen to look differently than me. I then thought maybe such people need to see us as family. While we maybe are of a different gender, race, economic ...

There Was Nothing Objectionable About Randolph’s Musical

To The Reader’s Forum: I was disconcerted to read about the push back Randolph school received from some residents regarding the recent musical. It truly is the miserable few who try to ruin things for the majority. I attended the musical and saw nothing wrong with its content. Having been involved in the arts for fifty years, I know how misunderstood it often is, especially in meddling small towns. Critics should find better hobbies to occupy their time instead of attacking the hard work these kids put into their production. The real villains in this scenario are those who ...

Accepting Reality Of Mass Shootings Allows Gun Violence To Continue

To The Reader’s Forum: As long as there is no meaningful, national gun control, I will keep writing in favor of meaningful gun control. As of May 14, mass shooting has taken the lives of 10 people in Buffalo, N.Y. I will keep telling you that it’s way too late to analyze the motive of a shooter and way too late to restrict the access of a “gun nut” to a gun used solely for mass killing simply because there are no federal laws designed to prevent motive and access. Murder has already occurred. In other words, if you’re not for meaningful gun control you accept whatever ...

PLA On Bills Stadium Project Is Good For Taxpayers

To The Reader’s Forum: The Project Labor Agreement for the new Buffalo Bills stadium is good for the taxpayers of New York State. The $1.4 billion construction plan that will include a Project Labor Agreement (PLA) guarantees highly skilled union trained workers will only be hired with a promise that the best construction practices will be carried out to ensure a high-quality stadium build. Further, the yet to be signed PLA promises a timely supply of workers and a no strike guarantee. The cost of the stadium will be the same with non-union workers, who will likely be trained ...

Solutions To High Gas Prices Are Flimsy

To The Reader’s Forum: My question: If most people “Stand With Ukraine”, why are some of those same people complaining about the price of gasoline? Even if that person does not “Stand With Ukraine”, speculation in the oil industry, artificial supply issues, projected change in gasoline mixtures, nature-caused interruptions, and actual supply issues caused by war drive the price of oil (and gasoline) upward. This is a proven combination of explanations for gas prices to rise that simply occurs. People should be used to those explanations by now. I certainly don’t like ...

Democrats Need To Reciprocate Bipartisanship

To The Reader’s Forum: John D’Agostino’s article about Claudia Tenney as a potential successor for Tom Reed contained an interesting comment: “She...seemed to lack...something the current district Rep. Tom Reed took pride in while previously heading the Problem Solvers Caucus: finding common ground.” Yes, Mr. Reed definitely referred to this caucus in all his political mailings, and it seemed to be his only claim to fame as our representative. I voted for Mr. Reed (mainly because his opponents were always extremists for the socialist agenda), but I was not always ...