State lawmakers, largely Democrats, want to increase Open Meetings Law and FOIL request training requirements for local government officials. Given the recent altercation in the Chautauqua County records room involving a self-proclaimed First Amendment auditor, the training likely isn't a bad ...
To The Reader’s Forum: The Supreme Court’s vision of the constitutional legitimacy of the exercise of authority by each Branch of Government – in and by itself – unrelated to the Separation of Powers doctrine, is poorly conceived. The Constitution delineates the authority of each ...
To The Reader’s Forum: “The world goes along only one road -- the road of progress.” -Charles Kettering, American businessman, 1929. The rhetoric is everywhere: AI is an “inevitable” part of modern life, and people who question the truth of this phrase are reactionaries clinging ...
The fact that the village of Falconer received a NY Forward grant in the first place is proof that hard work does, indeed pay off. Those who have paid attention over the past couple of years know Falconer officials have done more than simply throw some paperwork in state officials’ general ...
I was thinking the other day about how all living beings are creatures of habit. I remember, as a kid, bringing the cows in for milking. We would open the back door of the barn, and most of those cows would head right for their stall. There were 30 or 40 cows, but each knew which stall was ...
The people of this district have been patient long enough. We have asked questions. We have attended meetings. We have voted. Yet the fundamental question remains unanswered: Where did the money go? Taxpayers deserve transparency, not deflection. They deserve accountability, not excuses. And ...