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Opinion

County Not Leading On Chautauqua Lake

Local Commentaries

We are disappointed, actually appalled, that our County Legislature and Executive did not have the courage to represent its constituents against the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (NYSDEC) ill-conceived and rushed new wetlands regulations. They took no action as ...

Too Many Feel Unwelcome In City

Local Commentaries

My husband and I and our family moved to Jamestown from Western Michigan in 1992. The Newcomers Club was active then. I went to an informational meeting about the club and asked how long would I be considered a newcomer; how long could I be in the club? I was told, “As long as you want to, ...

Congress Must Act To Stop The Abuse Of Redistricting

In Our Opinion

Florida was supposed to be the finale of this year’s race to the bottom on redistricting. Yet a cacophonous encore is now playing across the South after a Supreme Court ruling last week. The GOP started it in Texas last summer. A back-and-forth ensued, with Democrats redrawing maps in ...

Idaho Law Address Sex, Not Gender

Local Commentaries

BOISE, Idaho — Think of this. If you’re more than, say, 30 years old: ● What do you suppose the reaction would have been—from coaches and fellow pupils—when you were in high school if a boy wanted to play on a girls’ sports team? ● What do you suppose the reaction would have ...

Public, Private Sector Rift Keeps Escalating

Editor's Corner

Chautauqua County is well known for its north-south divide that has been evident for more than a century. It is a tiresome and defeatist attitude that residents in Dunkirk-Fredonia and Jamestown cannot work as one more often. In recent decades, efforts by the CHQ Chamber, the Chautauqua Sports ...

CLCPA Talks Should Include Rate Relief

In Our Opinion

We’ve gone back to the future when it comes to New York’s budget - and it’s not a good thing. Late budgets were a thing of the past for years under former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. For some of those years, Cuomo was dealing with a divided legislature that had a Republican state Senate. Gov. ...