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

To The Reader’s Forum: In response to the In Our Opinion piece titled, “Overnight Toll-Free Trips on Thruway Worth a Try,” While the idea of removing tolls, even for a few hours overnight, may sound appealing, the truth is removing tolls on the Thruway would cut off the very ...

To The Reader’s Forum: There’s a lot of news lately about the “Epstein Files.” The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), no “liberal rag” mind you, reports that Trump’s name is in the “Epstein Files” to which Trump has sued the WSJ. Just having Trump’s name in the files does not mean ...

To The Reader’s Forum: To the recent commentator who admonished a friend to “quit calling voters you don’t agree with childish names” and in the next sentence affirmed his vote for Trump; I ask “are you serious?” There is a Wikipedia page listing all the eighth-grade names Mr. ...

To The Reader’s Forum: I wrote this letter to Rep. Langworthy. What’s the rush to get the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” passed. Surely, you could take your time to make sure the negative drawbacks of the bill could be ironed out. The obvious, big problems with the bill are 1) that ...

To The Reader’s Forum: Re: Cal Thomas, March 15, 16, 2025 column Mr. Thomas’ reaction of the reparations model offered by the Washington, DC city council is understandable. Among the proposals, many flaws, the chief one is that reparations be paid to “individuals”. Such a model is ...