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Opinion

Big pay hikes don’t reduce expenses

The OBSERVER’s View

Here is one more example of how the government frivolously spends your money. It happened — unsurprisingly — in the village of Fredonia that two years ago increased taxes 54% after years of overspending. In the spring, to the surprise of many, by a 3-1 vote the trustees terminated ...

Loss of seeds is food for thought

Commentary

The world of commercial seeds has reached the point in a Monopoly game when one person owns everything and everyone else is paying rent. To understand how we got here we have to understand the relationship between humans and plants through the millennia. At first, 100,000 years ago, people ...

Reconnecting the dots on Fredonia’s water

Commentary

I am responding to the commentary “Dots have been connected, don't look away” from May 16 by Andrew Ludwig in the OBSERVER. I wish to offer two new sets of dots. First, dismantle the commentary dots which are largely based on misinformation, half truths and even deception. Second, ...

Unpredictable Iran keeps U.S. on defensive

Editor's corner

Nothing is ever a certainty when dealing with Iran. Despite more than a week of waiting for an agreement with the Middle East power and nemesis, President Donald Trump’s team led by Vice President JD Vance, were in gridlock earlier this week. Iran is a master of deception. Even when it ...

Subversion exploits openness, generosity

Commentary

CHAUTAUQUA—Chautauqua Institution’s 2026 season kicks off this weekend. Among the first speakers is Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute, who addresses Advocates for Balance at Chautauqua, or ABC, at 3 p.m. Monday in the Athenaeum Hotel. * * * Before ...