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The OBSERVER’s View

CLIMATE ACT: Aggressive plan looking powerless

We’ve wondered if the state’s elected officials are listening to the different alarms raised about the likelihood of meeting the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act. Republican politicians have raised countless objections that we’d liken to your car’s warning bell ...

COUNTY Questions surround raises for legislators

It is too late for Chautauqua County legislators to talk about a pay raise for 2024. Currently, each legislator is paid $9,000 a year, or $750 a month. The legislature chairman gets an additional $8,000. The minority and majority leaders both get an additional $1,000 a year. The assistant ...

Water District had right idea with rates

It is a bit humorous that the North County Water District is taking the advice of Chautauqua County when it comes to its decision on rates. During a meeting this month, the board backed away from a 40-cent increase per 1,000 gallons used after a discussion with one of the Chautauqua County ...

SUPREME COURT: Declining case is win for democracy

The edition of The New York Times that appeared on March 29, 1960, reported on a strike by bus workers in Tampa, Fla., a former Chicago nightclub owner being found dead in a sewer, First Lady Mamie Eisenhower getting a new hair-do and former Minnesota Gov. Harold Stassen suggesting that ...

FREDONIA Jazz event grows in popularity

Jazz will be on the menu throughout the coming weekend in the village. Starting tonight, the annual Fredonia Jazz Festival that is produced by the Fredonia Jazz Society gets underway. At Domus Fare restaurant on Main Street, the Nick Finzer Quartet will play at 5:30 and again at 8 p.m. today. ...

UNITED WAY Campaign is key cog for community

Promoting partnerships has been one of the more recent missions of the United Way of Northern Chautauqua County. This effort — through dialogue and meetings — is important to the non-profits who are United Way member agencies. But with anything, having sustainability is the most important ...