http://www.lockportjournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:16:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_235101548.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_235101548.html Although party politics looked like the ultimate cause of the controversial property tax cap never making it in the Democrat-led Assembly while it did in the Republican-led Senate, it is, at its core, a bipartisan issue. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:07:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_228110620.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_228110620.html Property taxes are out of control in New York state. I live in an old farmhouse on five acres of land in rural Niagara County. Last year, I paid $2,712 in county and local taxes and another $2,910 in school taxes. Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:56:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_221135623.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_221135623.html Tim McLean was a happy-go-lucky 22-year old who was leading a normal life until it was taken away from him two weeks ago. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:26:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_214142519.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_214142519.html Back in November of 2007 I wrote a column about the fallacies of the government’s inflation statistics. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:41:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_207144055.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_207144055.html My company sells its products all over the world. The literature that goes with the goods sent overseas or to Canada are in multiple languages as they should be. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:21:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_200132059.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_200132059.html For about a half year following the acts of terrorism perpetrated on September 11, 2001, Americans were a patriotic lot. Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:44:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_193142801.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_193142801.html The Golden Spike is one of the most iconic items in American history. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:50:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_185144947.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_185144947.html If you watched any of the Tim Russert tributes of the past few weeks, no doubt you saw a montage of his back-and-forths with politicians regarding his favorite question: “will you run for president?” Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:05:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_179130503.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_179130503.html Eliot Spitzer was stupid enough to get involved with a prostitute and dumb enough to get caught. Mon, 23 Jun 2008 10:11:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_172133753.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_172133753.html When our founding fathers penned the Declaration of Independence they noted we are endowed with unalienable rights which include “…Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.” Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:07:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_165130708.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_165130708.html Over the past few years a majority of Americans have been quite disappointed with what’s happening at our Southern border. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:09:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_158140410.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_158140410.html The United States twice suffered through oil crises in the 1970s. Fri, 30 May 2008 16:08:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_151161837.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_151161837.html We live in an era of much unrest in which people fear for their security, be it socially (terror threats), economically (recession), or environmentally (global warming). Fri, 23 May 2008 11:23:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_144112436.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_144112436.html This year’s Leadership Niagara class headed off to the state capital last week to experience state government. I went along as one of coordinators. Mon, 19 May 2008 10:26:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_137150104.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/bobconfer/local_story_137150104.html It’s rare that the federal government will admit that it made a mistake. Usually, the Democrats will blame the Republicans for bad policy and vice versa.