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Opinion

Time Is Now For Community To Engage With Study

In Our Opinion

We’re sure William Schneider, Panama mayor, has many of the same concerns as the Panama residents he represents when it comes to the proposed fate of the Panama school building as a study of a possible merger of the Panama, Clymer and Sherman school districts begins. But we appreciate ...

As It Moves Into New Phase, JRC Needs To Find Right Leadership

In Our Opinion

We’ve long thought it was important to have someone whose sole focus is downtown Jamestown. So we’re encouraged by the seeming reinvigoration of the Jamestown Renaissance Corporation announced earlier this week by the non-profit’s board after six months of inactivity that began last ...

Don’t Forget What Happened On Jan. 6, 2021

Letters To The Editor

To The Reader’s Forum: As the fifth anniversary of the Trump-led attack on the U.S. Capitol goes by, along with facts of over 140 injuries to police guarding the Capitol building, the deaths of several people involved in the attack and calls for the hanging of then Vice-President Pence, ...

State Minimum Wage Increases Show State Values Work

Local Commentaries

As of January 1, New York State’s minimum wage for Upstate is $16.00 up from $15.50. New York State’s minimum wage was the same as the Federal minimum wage of $7.25 as recently as 2013, 13 years ago. Beginning in 2014, the State Legislature put in place increases in the State minimum wage ...

Nation’s Tax Unfairness Soars Under Trump

Local Commentaries

Three incredible what-ifs, one right after the other, underscore the direction of America’s tax code over the last several decades. They appear early on in the 2021 book Tax the Rich! How Lies, Loopholes and Lobbyists Make the Rich Even Richer. Shock after shock, here they come: “If you ...

China Has The Edge On Electricity

Local Commentaries

As Americans we believe that we are always the leaders when it comes to infrastructure and technology. That is not the case with electricity. China already consumes twice as much electrical energy as the United States and is way ahead of us when it comes to the efficiency and capacity of ...