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Westfield Finalist In Competition, Wow

To The Reader’s Forum: The League of Women Voters of Chautauqua County commends Social Studies teacher and moderator Greg Birner and his awesome team for their major and impressive accomplishment in the state-wide ”We the People” competition. The League is thrilled to recognize these outstanding students as they study the Constitution. this is vital to keeping democracy strong. We commend Westfield Academy and Central School for supporting the students’ efforts, and for creating an environment where this learning can thrive. We wish the team continued success in the ...

Funeral Home Thankful For A ‘Job Well Done’

To The Reader’s Forum: The nearly universal response to the loss of the beautiful trees on Third Street was grief, disappointment and for some, anger. The difficult decision made by city leaders and arborist Dan Stone must have been made easier knowing that Jamestown has a well-trained team at the Parks and Recreation Department who were tasked with this unenviable project. Having a front row seat, we watched as 2 crews cut down these 100-year-old, diseased giants. It was like a well-rehearsed choreographed dance. When team members were moving, equipment was not and vice versa. ...

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Stopping Political Violence In America To The Reader’s Forum: As a sociologist, I want to understand the origins of the kind of political violence we all saw in the mob that broke into our capitol building. I was shocked by an opinion survey reported on NPR radio on Feb. 11. The report noted that a national opinion poll found that 39% of Republicans justify political violence. More specifically, they agreed with the proposition that, ”If elected leaders will not protect America, the people must do it themselves, even if it requires violent actions”. Other opinion polls confirm ...

People Of Georgia’s 14th Congressional Make Decision Who Will Occupy That Seat

To The Reader’s Forum: First, let me say that l am neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I am a registered Libertarian and l have no love for either of the major parties. Your editorial of Feb. 10 criticizing Rep. Tom Reed for his failure to try to remove another elected member of the House of Representatives seems to me to be extremely misguided. Your stated premise is that Rep. Reed should base his actions on his perceived personal interests. What about his oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the United States? Who decides who represents the 14th ...

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A Call For Reed To Take Action Against Trump To The Reader’s Forum: Congressman Tom Reed is apparently considering a run for governor against Andrew Cuomo, according to news articles. It is hard to believe that a Republican living out on the Southern Tier could unseat Cuomo in our heavily Democratic state. Rather than tilting at windmills, Congressman Reed could leave his mark if he called out the former president for his role in instigating the Jan. 6 insurrection in the Capitol. That riot led to hundreds of injuries and the deaths of three policemen. Reed needs to take ...

Solar Makes No Sense, But It Makes Money

To The Reader’s Forum: Utility scale solar installations make no sense in Western New York. The energy industry standard of energy efficiency is called “Energy Returned on Energy Invested “ (ERoEI). Consider the energy expended to manufacture, transport, install and decommission utility scale solar compared to the amount of electricity New York solar can produce. As Documented by Forbes Magazine, industrial solar at this latitude falls below the “economically viable threshold”. Industrial solar is rated at four compared to nuclear at 75 on a Forbes ERoEI graph showing ...