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Opinion

Airport: County flying without a plan

The OBSERVER’s View

County legislator Bob Scudder asks a good question – what is the county’s plan for the Chautauqua County Airports? “What frustrates me personally is we do these studies and then we put the studies away and we move on,” Scudder said during a recent legislature committee meeting. “It ...

Don’t drink in what water ‘experts’ say

Commentary

At a recent village board meeting there was much talk about listening to experts. The public has been listening to experts with regard to Fredonia’s water for quite some time. Here is a recap of what the experts have done and said. In 2016, village taxpayers paid for an expert study by ...

Coming up …

Commentary

MONDAY, JULY 28 Cattaraugus County Fair 501 Erie St., Little Valley. Gates open at 8 a.m., vendors usually at 11 a.m., midway 1 p.m. Grandstand event Demolition Derby at 7 p.m. For details, see www.carrarauguscofair.com Kaleida, Brooks-TLC Hospital annual golf outing Shorewood Country ...

DUNKIRK: Challenge reveals government power

The OBSERVER’s View

“You can’t fight City Hall” was a common cry from the past when a decision went against citizens of a local municipality. But that might be a current sentiment of Dunkirk resident Ryan Reading. Within the last month, the OBSERVER has done a pair of articles regarding his angst and ...

Carnivals of the past: Showcase of strange loses luster

Commentary

“Freaks,” produced in 1932 by Tod Browning, is a movie about a traveling circus. It is a work of fiction, but features real people with various disabilities, malformities, and other abnormal conditions. They were misfits, aberrations, even abominations by some standards of the time. But ...

Democracy keeps dripping away

Commentary

Once again I lead with stories of Starvation in Gaza. An adult can live 50 to 60 days without food. The Israelis’ have allowed very little food into Gaza and people are dying of starvation. Hundreds of Palestinian people have been shot while trying to get food from the Gaza Humanitarian ...