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Dunkirk Battery Energy Storage project is another scam

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The average cost of residential electricity in New York is 29 cents to 31 cents per kilowatt hour. The average in Chautauqua County is 22 cents to 24 cents per kilowatt hour. In Pennsylvania, residential electricity costs 13 cents per kilowatt hour. Why do New York residents pay so much more? A recent article in The Post-Journal provided clues. It was titled “Blistering temps take toll on state grid.” It cited the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) dashboard indicator regarding how electricity is made in NY. It said total NY electricity produced by industrial ...

State’s data center moratorium is reasonable - for now

The OBSERVER’s View

It’s reasonable to see Gov. Kathy Hochul’s one-year moratorium on data centers as a reasonable delay in order to develop appropriate protections and guidelines in state law to govern data centers. What the governor has done is no different legally than what local towns and villages have been doing over the past year by enacting - and in some cases extending - moratoriums on wind and solar projects and on battery energy storage systems. It’s reasonable to see data centers as an emerging issue that requires a pause to manage the development appropriately. Our concern is that ...

A lesson from the fourth grade talent show

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When I was in 4th grade I had a wonderful teacher. She was young, beautiful, kind and caring. My classmates and I could never pronounce her name and we certainly couldn’t spell it. I think I could pen it correctly now but it was her maiden name and we kids often just referred to her as Miss M. It was early in Miss M’s career when she taught me. It may have even been her first year of teaching. I don’t remember the exact details of her teaching career. I do remember sitting on the carpet in her classroom in Cluster One and listening to her read to us. My classmates and I were ...

America's too many targets impact our freedoms

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Reality has a liberal bias. If we are trying to make decisions based on facts, we need to seek out the truth. Jesus said “the truth will set you free” We know there are more than two sexes. People are born with all kinds of combinations. There are people with both sets of equipment. There are people who are XXY and people who are XYY. They are a tiny minority. By saying they don’t exist President Donald Trump is saying they should be eliminated and by extension all Transgender people must have the same fate. Transgender people have always been with us. There are Roman ...

The OBSERVER's View: Moving on with Jamestown airport

The OBSERVER’s View

It should come as no surprise to anyone except the most ardent supporters of the Jamestown Airport that the federal government has once again declined to restore the airport's Essential Air Service subsidy. We noted last year that the number of passengers had decreased in the latest Essential Air Service proposal while the amount of the federal government's subsidy was projected to increase. That was hardly the best way to show the federal government that there was so much pent-up demand locally that the Jamestown airport would be able to average 10 passengers per flight and a federal ...

Why some business plans take longer than others

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Many people are caught by surprise when they suddenly see a brand-new business appear to be built and open overnight, or when an existing business is renovated or greatly expanded very quickly. This can lead to a lot of questions from those who have been following news about similar plans of other businesses that seem to take years, or decades, to come to fruition. Whether brand-new to the area or simply a new location, expansion, or renovation of an existing business, there are many reasons some projects move forward more rapidly than others, no matter where they are located. ...