Editor, OBSERVER: The recent commentary “Mixed messages on ‘best’ COVID practices” (Jan. 29) needs to be challenged. The writer makes the comment “The COVID vaccine does not prevent infection or transmission.” This is true but it is incomplete. The function of a vaccine is to ...

Editor, OBSERVER: I would like to comment on the article in the OBSERVER concerning Sen. George Borrello’s legislation (5,8026) that would eliminate the “duty to retreat” clause from New York self- defense statutes (Feb. 3). Sen. Borrello is spot-on! Our right to self-defense should ...

Editor, OBSERVER: As the public aspect of state redistricting starts to wind down, the League of Women Voters of Chautauqua County shifts its focus to local redistricting. In particular, our league calls attention to the recent passage of bill S.5160-B / A.229-C, a bill setting solid ...

Editor, OBSERVER: Let’s deal in straight talk. The only reason Republican politicians are kissing up to President Donald Trump is because of their precious re-election. They want to maintain their privileged lifestyle, and their positions of power. Many are living in an alternate universe, ...

Editor, OBSERVER: Welcome to 2022, better known as the year we all can hopefully have a better year than last year. Yet again, some things just never change, such as playing politics, especially when it comes to the village of Fredonia. Last summer, the Fredonia chief of police announced his ...

Editor, OBSERVER: On Dec. 11, an OBSERVER article was headlined “Gone from the Wind,” which claimed that in October, Assemblyman Andrew Goodell and Sen. George Borrello “proposed legislation to create a state requirement that wind and solar companies provide the state Office of ...