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In Our Opinion

Are We Sure Chronic Wasting Disease Isn’t Affecting Jamestown Deer?

Anyone driving from Warren to Jamestown has likely seen a billboard on the side of Route 62 warning about Chronic Wasting Disease. The disease is a fatal, neurological illness occurring in North American cervids (members of the deer family), including white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and ...

Hochul Ending NYPA Rate Hike Is A Good First Step

Gov. Kathy Hochul did the right thing last week by pulling a proposed New York Power Authority rate increase for hydropower. The authority was asking to triple its hydropower rates from $12.88 per megawatt-hours to $33.05 per megawatt hour over four years as well as make some other changes ...

Proposing A Different Path For Preservation Ordinance

Discussions over a local preservation ordinance in Jamestown will continue next week. We’re sure the debate will continue over some of the points we’ve raised in this space over the past week. Taking a step away from what is, in our opinion, a poorly worded, overly punitive, rather ...

Democracy Wins In Defeat Of Special Election Scheduling Bill

Voters won earlier this week when a bill was removed that would have delayed holding a special election to fill a vacant seat in the U.S. House of Representatives until November. The bill was pulled from consideration - a rare move given that it was given a message of necessity that would ...

Is Declining Call Volume A Blip Or A Trend?

An interesting set of statistics was tucked inside Mayor Kim Ecklund’s State of the City address, a voluminous document The Post-Journal has been unpacking over the past several days. City police officers responded to 10.7% fewer calls in 2024 than they did in 2023, with call volume ...

Go Back To Drawing Board On Preservation Ordinance

We don’t disagree with Crystal Surdyk, city development director, that a local preservation ordinance is needed in Jamestown. We wholeheartedly disagree that the ordinance currently under discussion is needed. The reasoning is simple - it’s hard enough to redevelop derelict old ...