With under three weeks until Election Day, high-ranking Chautauqua County officials joined in on the blame game. It was not aimed at campaign opponents, but a much larger entity: New York state. Almost giddy, the dignitaries pointed out a recently released report by the Public Policy ...
We’re glad to see the village of Fredonia is keeping a close eye on expenses after their 54% tax hike debacle last spring. We note that sarcastically. Before the end of October, those high spending board members with an $11 million budget that keeps growing decided to bring back a retired ...
Mostly at the national level, Democrats have lost their minds. The case in point is the ballroom being constructed that led to the demolition of the East Wing of the White House, a rather undistinguished 1942 addition originally constructed to camouflage a World War II bomb shelter. In later ...
I foolishly planned a yard sale. I even hornswoggled Dear Richard into the idea. I’m an idiot. For the past three or four years, we’ve been donating our worthy goods to worthy charities. Simple. Easy. Sensible. Then one day I found a bunch of little things I don’t use and put them in a ...
A recent contract tiff shows how the town of Dunkirk continues to take advantage of a struggling city. In a recent proposal for police coverage, the city sought $39,660 – for 12 hours a week of patrols in the town. Town officials almost cried poverty. For starters, the town pays 89 cents ...
The CLCPA (Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act) was passed in 2019, and the grand electrification plans have become a power supply nightmare for New York, combined with major electric transmission and distribution rate increases that add up to huge electric costs when supply and ...