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Video About McGuire Is Worth Watching

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GENESEO—Let’s pick up where we left on Labor Day weekend 2025. Rev. Jason McGuire, a former Livingston County Conservative party chair, and the current executive director of New York Families Foundation and New York Families Action, is bright, personable, cheerful, dedicated, and principled, all of which make him an effective advocate. And an effective opponent of the powers that be in New York. What did the New York attorney general’s office do? McGuire said that after a false complaint against him, the attorney general’s office investigated him and those connected to ...

Prophetic Energy Warning Beleaguers State

Editor's Corner

Public Service Commission member John B. Howard was quickly aware of the shock value that loomed for utility users following a decision made on a February 2023 afternoon. After the panel approved $6.6 billion in transmission upgrades to reduce congestion in three regions by a 4-2 vote for ...

State Gov’t Should Leave Tier 6 Alone

In Our Opinion

Public employee unions are pushing hard for changes to the way pensions for government jobs are funded. If your social media feed has been flooded with calls for Tier 6 reform, here’s a primer. In 2010 former Gov. David Paterson’s Tier 5 plan rolled back pension benefit sweeteners approved by the state Legislature in the early 2000s, while in 2012 former Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed through legislation creating Tier 6 in the state pension system. Cuomo further restructured benefits, restored and increased employee shares of pension fund contributions, capped “pensionable” ...

Streets Project Should Include Fifth And Sixth

In Our Opinion

City officials are putting considerable time into the idea of safe streets - and we’re glad to see that Fifth Street residents have come before the City Council to advocate for changes in the area. “I have a concern from a resident who lives on Fifth Street, as you come off of Fairmount Street Bridge and come up over to come onto Fifth Street,” said Regina Brackman, D-Ward 3 and council president. “He’s just really saying that there seems to be a lot of accidents. He seems to be getting awakened in the middle of the night by police to see if he has camera footage.” The ...

Second Street Won’t Be As Painful This Spring

In Our Opinion

Last year at this time drivers and some businesses on Second Street were fuming - though business at tire and alignment shops was booming. It’s good to know that Second Street won’t be as big a headache early this year. The credit goes back to last year, when city officials, with the help of local state representatives Andrew Molitor and George Borrello, reached an agreement with the state to perform temporary repairs last year after Second Street began to look like the surface of the moon. That paving work took place in July, and City Council members said during last week’s ...

It’s Time For An End To CLCPA Foolishness

In Our Opinion

If you think power is expensive now, get a load of what it could look like in five years if New York Democrats don’t change their ways. According to a memo from Doreen Harris, NYSERDA president and CEO, the impact of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act could mean an additional $2.23 a gallon on top of the current prices by 2031 and fuel oil and natural gas costs could increase more than $4,000 a year. “Notwithstanding these cautions, the modeled price would lead to high burdens to New York households, especially those unable to install lower emissions ...