We are all in a rapidly sinking ship. I hope to write a cohesive piece, but so many concerns for our country and all of us Americans are swirling around in my head right now, that attaching them to this analogy may help to address them. I feel like I am one of the ones who are out on the ...
In the town of Chautauqua, outside of the village of Mayville on Route 430 where I reside, we are happy to have the most highly police patrolled area in the county. With Sheriff headquarters located very nearby, multiple Sheriff and other police cruisers drive by my home many times per ...
We are deeply concerned about the misrepresentations surrounding decisions by a federal judge, James E. Boasberg, chief judge of the U.S. District Court for Washington, D.C. To be clear, Judge Boasberg has not ruled that criminal immigrants or violent immigrants cannot be deported. What ...
Another domino fell in the continuing saga of Chautauqua County municipal sustainability this week. During the Fredonia Village Board meeting, a budget proposal for the 2025-26 fiscal year noted a potential 55% tax increase. In a different era, that massive figure would be tough to fathom. ...
Two years ago, Chautauqua County chose not to make any changes to its County-Wide Shared Services Initiative. We disagreed with the decision at the time, in part because the need to find ways to streamline the provision of government services should never rest. We couldn’t agree more, ...
At the height of the 2024 Christmas season a premeditated murder carried out in cold blood occurred in New York City. The victim was not chosen because of whom he was but for what he represented. In this case the nation’s health insurance business. The murder approached the victim from the ...