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Reason for fear from Minnesota

You cannot consider yourself an informed citizen and condone what this administration is allowing ICE to do in our communities. You cannot rationalize targeting states with immigrant numbers in the low 500,000’s such as Minnesota while ignoring states such as Texas with numbers over 6 million. This is the result of a president whose only “vision” is vengeance, cruelty, and greed. He is the only president in our history that has put the United States on the Human Rights Watch List. The Homeland Security funding bill is attempting to maintain ICE’s annual budget of roughly ...

‘Affordability’ needs to make sense

During the Jan. 28 meeting of the Chautauqua County Legislature, two resolutions; Resolution 18‑26 (the “Affordability Act of 2026”) and Resolution 19‑26 (Amend Senior Real Property Tax Exemption) were brought directly to the floor without having gone through the Legislature’s required committee process. Because neither item was submitted through the proper channels and neither qualified as an emergency resolution, the Legislature appropriately voted to refer both resolutions to committee. This action was not a rejection of affordability measures nor senior tax relief; it ...

Nation becoming more volatile by the day

In this month of February, when we celebrate Valentine’s Day, we think of love, and hearts. We need something to warm our hearts, especially with the winter we’ve been having. A little 5-year-old boy named Liam Ramos in his now iconic blue bunny hat captured the hearts of Americans across the country. He was taken by ICE from his home in Minneapolis along with his father to a detention center in Texas. According to the district school superintendent, “This family is following US legal parameters and has an active asylum case with no order of deportation.” When news of this ...

Trump Derangement Syndrome severe

Here we are at the first anniversary of the Trump presidency. Or the fifth, depending on how you count. ≤ ≤ ≤ Many things are striking about it. One of them is the number of his opponents with Trump Derangement Syndrome. Another is the severity of their Trump Derangement Syndrome. Is derangement a new malady among opponents of presidents standing athwart the statist agenda? No, of course not. Yet Trump Derangement Syndrome is different in both the number of his opponents who have it and in its severity. So what’s up? If those with Trump Derangement Syndrome ...

Exciting world view from the cockpit

Those were the days. Before the savagery and idiocy of 9/11, the aviation world was calmer. More relaxed. Nicer. And w-a-a-a-a-y before, when I flew as a stewardess in the ‘60s, and ‘70s, the atmosphere allowed for lots of wonderful experiences. Every flight has a designated lead flight attendant. In those days we were all women. We bid for specific positions on trips – each position has slightly different job responsibilities. I enjoyed bidding for the #1 position for a few different reasons. In my early flying days, I was airsick. A lot. I didn’t mind working the ...

Infamous blizzard came with little warning

Last week was the 49th anniversary of the “Blizzard of ‘77,” a storm that is indelibly imprinted on the memories of those of us who experienced it. It was also a weather event that unfortunately killed 23 people across Western New York. It created huge snow drifts that blocked roads and engulfed houses and with subzero temperatures that saw Buffalo Fire Department pumpers fighting fires fueled by hurricane force winds frozen in place. At the time I was the assistant manager of the Brand Names Catalog showroom at the intersection of Union and Walden in Cheektowaga. Normally I ...