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Water issues no splash at SUNY

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Fredonians and students alike can agree on one thing: something must be done about the water. As a member of both camps, I see a connecting thread between us. We all have a right to safe drinking water and we’re wasting time and money with our current infrastructure. The boil water advisories are hostile to all of us and in the words of Mayor Michael Ferguson, “this community would be a ghost town if we don't stop this”. We’re being shortchanged and our community — locals and students — doesn’t have to take it. We have faced the 10th boil water advisory in the last ...

The OBSERVER’s View: Put end to raises for legislators

The OBSERVER’s View

The idea of automatic cost-of-living-adjustments for Chautauqua County legislators is, and frankly always was, a bad idea. We weren’t in favor of legislators receiving a 64% increase in pay in 2024. While that was the first raise in county lawmakers’ pay in about 20 years. A $5,700 raise doesn’t look like much until you realize it equaled a nearly $110,000 increase to the county budget. Now, next year, legislators are set to receive another pay increase tied to inflation. Can all the county residents who work two jobs raise their hands if their part-time employer have ...

Eyes bigger than stomach? Take a pill

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The Dyson Airwrap is $749.99. The Netflix you want, without ads, with all of the content recorded in Ultra HD, costs $26.99. SKIMS just collab’d with Nike, and the collection just dropped, and it’s hot, and it’ll run you $129 (plus shipping and handling) for a pair of leggings with a 29-inch inseam.  It’s not required that you buy any of these things (even though everyone has it/that/them, from your circle of real-life friends to the one in your phone), but it certainly doesn’t hurt. Overconsumption doesn’t stop at ...

Eyes bigger than stomach? Take a pill

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The Dyson Airwrap is $749.99. The Netflix you want, without ads, with all of the content recorded in Ultra HD, costs $26.99. SKIMS just collab’d with Nike, and the collection just dropped, and it’s hot, and it’ll run you $129 (plus shipping and handling) for a pair of leggings with a 29-inch inseam.  It’s not required that you buy any of these things (even though everyone has it/that/them, from your circle of real-life friends to the one in your phone), but it certainly doesn’t hurt. Overconsumption doesn’t stop at ...

Democrats are having an election

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Editor's note: This column has been updated with a time correction for Saturday's debate. There hasn’t been much publicity about it, but the Democrats are having a Primary Election on Tuesday, June 23. Democrats are noted for being somewhat scrappy and independent-minded, so this should not be a surprise. As a matter of fact, having elections is a good thing. There are two individuals who are now vying for the Democratic nomination to run against our current Congressman in the fall election–Aaron Geis and Kevin Stocker. Since Geis is from the Southern Tier (Olean,) he might be ...

The OBSERVER’s View: Strong support seen for control board

The OBSERVER’s View

Over the last week, more than 600 observertoday.com website viewers gave us their opinion regarding “Do you favor a control board for the city of Dunkirk?” Along the lines that have been written on social media and in several discussions, the poll found an overwhelming 89.66% in favor while 10.34% against. Current council members, at the moment, have not once talked about whether they approve of this direction or not. What’s more concerning is they barely have answers when looking to 2027 on how to make ends meet. As readers may have noticed within the last six months, Dunkirk is ...