Want to know why the largest north county governments have been run so poorly in recent years? All one had to do was read the coverage of this week’s Finance Committee meeting in the city of Dunkirk. Staff writer M.J. Stafford summed it up well in one paragraph: “For the first time in ...
On June 24, New York came frighteningly close to a blackout. A brutal heatwave forced air conditioners into overdrive, and the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) declared an “Energy Warning.” That’s not a minor notice, it means our grid reserves were so low that officials were ...
Local commentators recently claimed that President Donald Trump’s general 10% tariff constituted a sales tax on consumers. That would be true if tariffs directly affected consumers, but the point of a tariff is to affect the behavior of producers and governments, not consumers. Trump’s ...
CHAUTAUQUA — Let’s pick up where we left off 13 weeks ago. “When this columnist was in elementary school, it was common for children from Christian families to ask each other where they went to church. “Almost all such children and their families did so regularly, not just when the ...
Near the entrance of the fourth floor conference room of The Post-Journal offices in Jamestown, framed front pages of historical significance line the walls. Some of those editions include the notable battles of World War II, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and a 1969 edition ...
Video released last month by state Attorney General Letitia James of an officer-involved shooting in Mina earlier this year is graphic, disturbing and not for the faint of heart. It’s also an unfortunately real depiction of police work here in Chautauqua County, particularly when officers ...