Board should not vote from the heart
Bee Editorial
      During Monday's Town Board meeting, Board Member Deborah Bruch Bucki crossed a line that elected officials should never cross: saying their vote is based on a personal reason. Deputy Supervisor Shelly Schratz proposed a resolution that supports a request for changing a state law concerning condom...
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Spindle items
JESSICA FINCH Associate Editor
      • IMAGES OF AMHERST - Last week I received a letter from Kelley Sumner, a second grade teacher at Furry Elementary School in Sandusky, Ohio, about her project, "Picture America." She asked her students to write letters to newspapers around the United States asking that they be printe...
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With six months until election, Bloomberg, Nader still lingering
DAN MEYER Political Columnist
      They want to give voters an alternative choice. Citing their ability to provide an option that does not involve the two major political parties of our country,
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State has moral obligation to suspend gas tax
JAMES P. HAYES New York State Assembly
      An increase in the price of tolls is not the only thing that motorists have to contend with lately. Record-breaking gas prices nearing $4 a gallon are proving to be overwhelming for the majority of drivers who already struggle to pay their bills.
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Centers must adapt as baby boomers become senior citizens
MARY ELLEN WALSH Executive Director Amherst Senior Center
      The baby boomers are coming. Recently, I attended the National Conference of the American Society on Aging and National Council on Aging in Washington, D.C. The theme was the baby boom generation and how we, as providers of community services to senior citizens, must change in order to respond to ...
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