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Line Dividing Good, Evil Cuts Through Us

Line Dividing Good, Evil Cuts Through Us To The Reader’s Forum: Thankfully, Sunday’s Post-Journal put Sheriff Quattrone’s excellent editorial piece on constitutional law enforcement policies adjacent to Gavin MacFadyen’s misguided piece saying we must rebuild our law enforcement structure by requiring more education of our police and even licenses to work in law enforcement. When has more education improved the morality of a profession? Yes, we have some bad police officers. But crooked lawyers are admitted to the bar. Dishonest doctors pass their board exams. Incompetent ...

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A Nation Without Boundaries Is A Swamp To The Reader’s Forum: As we celebrate July Fourth, let us remember the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence. They believed in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. During this whole process they acknowledged their dependence upon God, who is the source of those things. They were willing to lose their lives, fortunes and sacred honor for the sake of this country. When news of their Declaration reached New York City by July 9, 1776, it started a riot! While hundreds of British naval ships were in the New York ...

Face Mask Policies Are Not Being Enforced

To The Reader’s Forum: I am writing to express my displeasure concerning your enforcement, or I should say lack of enforcement, in regards to having shoppers wearing face masks. Your have large signs at each entrance to your store that state: “Face coverings are required per posted local/state order and exclusions while you shop.” From what I see, this is not being enforced. In talking with several of your associates, the answer I get when I enquire as to why there are shoppers not wearing masks, is that 1. The company does not want to address this as they are afraid of ...

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Back The Blue And Stand Against Racism To The Reader’s Forum: I would like to applaud Tom Tarpley for his editorial in the PJ of June 27 - 28, 2020. He made so many valid points about why every Village, Town, City and County needs a police Department. This talk of de funding police departments is very scary to say the least. Defunding our police departments is not the answer to what transpired in Minneapolis. I have buried three loved ones who worked in law enforcement — two husbands and a brother. My husband who died in 1977 was the District Attorney of Chautauqua County at ...

Trump Labels Obama The ‘Worst’ President

To The Reader’s Forum: Donald J. Trump last week labeled former President Barack Obama our “worst president.” That baseless accusation was apparently based on General Flynn, a convicted liar, was “unmasked” by President Obama, when in fact Flynn had never been “masked” by anyone at any time. The label “worst president” is a most serious accusation and I envision several examples of what may qualify a president as “worst.” I think that a president who mimics a disabled reporter may qualify. A president who disrespects a Gold Star mother and father may ...

County Election Inspectors Worked For A Successful Election Day

To The Reader’s Forum: Volumes of complaints about Primary Election Day mismanagement are on the front page of newspapers across the entirety of New York State. We are glad to report that over 200 county election inspectors and Mayville staff worked and again brought home a successful June 23 Chautauqua County primary election. That’s not to say we had a perfect day. We never do. Anytime hundreds of workers deal with thousands of paper ballots at forty-nine different polling locations, mistakes do happen. Limiting mistakes starts with annual hands on classroom ...