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Letters To The Editor

New York State Wants You To Vote Safely

To The Reader’s Forum: As I write, there are only two and a half months before the November 3 general election. Let me emphasize it is not too early to prepare to vote! If you live in Chautauqua County, N.Y., start with the Board of Elections (BOE) office in Mayville. With a computer or ...

Readers’ Forum

Ready Or Not, The Election Is Coming To The Reader’s Forum: Ready or not the election of 2020 is coming and it promises to be rough, tough and fascinating. Neither side agrees with the other about much of anything. Both are firmly convinced they’re in the right. Whenever that happens, ...

Be More Tolerant Of Other Viewpoints

Be More Tolerant Of Other Viewpoints To The Reader’s Forum: I am writing this note to serve as a warning to all readers of The Jamestown Post-Journal, and to all free citizens for that matter, of recent calls for censorship of free speech as requested by some uninformed ...

First Amendment Is Under Fire

To The Reader’s Forum: The cancel culture is at it again! Obviously the First Amendment is under fire. If what is said or written does not agree with your viewpoint, you don’t want it allowed to be in print or said. It is funny how the left accuses the right of fascist or Nazi behavior ...

Slashing Funding For Addiction Service Is Not ‘New York Loving’

To The Reader’s Forum: Slashing funding for addiction services by twenty percent amid a surge in overdose deaths is not ‘New York Smart’ or ‘New York Loving’ or ‘New York United’, instead it is ‘New York Shortsighted’, ‘New York Heartless’, and ‘New York ...

Absolute Power In The Hands Of One Is A Threat To Democracy

To The Reader’s Forum: In just a couple of weeks children will be returning to school in New York state for in-person instruction. Restaurants have reopened and people are shopping in stores and malls. Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association are playing games on a ...