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Local Commentaries

The Full Moon

If you live around this area, you certainly cannot have missed the beautiful full moon that has been present for the last few nights. Thanks to John Stehlin, the meteorologist for WICU television, I learned that this moon is called the “Hunter’s Moon”. It was actually a Super Moon this ...

Past Pain Can Mean Lengthy Healing Process

This is the third installment. We had an introduction to my client “Clara.” She is married to Allen, and we got a glimpse of him at a couple’s session. He’s Clara’s second husband. We know something about her first marriage. She has two children from her first marriage. The girl so ...

Proposition One Has Serious Ramifications1

There is great controversy over the meaning and scope of Proposition One to amend the State Constitution. The ballot summary states that the amendment would “protect against unequal treatment based on ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, ...

Government Should Focus On Solving Basic Problems

Currently, over half of our states have so-called ‘right to work’ (RTW) laws in place. According to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI), an independent non profit think tank, anti-union RTW laws damage state economies and result in lower wages than non-RTW states. These laws restrict ...

County Taxes Are Increasing For Many

The big lie in Chautauqua County municipal budgeting was in force as the County Legislature passed its spending plan and proclaimed that the tax rate for county property taxpayers has been reduced for 2025. The adopted 2025 $301 million County budget increases spending overall by about $7 ...

Decline Of The Mainline Churches

It was announced recently that an old, established Roman Catholic Church in Jamestown — Saints Peter and Paul — would be closing its doors. That church has been here forever it seems, at least in my memory. Though the decision is being appealed, it was just one of many churches being ...