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Opinion

Going All-Electric Is Slowing Down

Local Commentaries

Recently Ford Motor Company announced that it was canceling its plans to build a large, all-electric SUV. It is just one more indication that the push to go all-electric is slowing down. There are, of course, reasons for this—and it has to do primarily with cost and reliability issues. ...

Harris Makes Closing Argument For Trump

Local Commentaries

Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Devi Harris has made a closing argument. For the campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald John Trump. How, you ask, did Harris do this? It’s simple: By answering a single question on The View, a daytime-television talk show that isn’t ...

Mammoth Tax Hikes Have Grim Ramifications

Editor's Corner

Believe it or not, the city of Dunkirk’s 2025 budget proposal that includes an increase of its tax rate by 108% for property owners is far from the largest hike in the region within the last decade. That dubious distinction belongs to an entity that no longer exists. In a special meeting ...

Regents Eyes Shared Services – But Its Goal Is Unclear

In Our Opinion

Taxpayers should want to see the state Board of Regents’ latest push for collaboration succeed. But we fear the Regents aren’t seeing the big picture with the push announced by the Regents in September. A proposed amendment creates a new section of state Education Commissioner’s ...

DEC Shows Common Sense With Clean Truck Decision

In Our Opinion

We agree with state Sen. George Borrello, R-Sunset Bay, in his opposition to the state’s Advanced Clean Truck regulation. For starters, the requirement is bad news for a border county like southern Chautauqua County because trucking companies, if they so choose, can simply move across the ...

Incidents Show Room For Improvement Protecting Children

In Our Opinion

Twice in less than a week we were reminded that we still have a long way to go when it comes to protecting children. City police responded to one home for a report of disorderly conduct and found a residence in deplorable conditions with a 4-year-old and a 1-year-old child sleeping on a ...