Lockport Union-Sun & Journal Online--Opinion http://www.lockportjournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:31:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_232163105.html ROOT: Movies Versus Television http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_232163105.html I saw Tropic Thunder over the weekend and it instantly reminded me of the Mel Brooks movies I loved when I was a teenager still growing up. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:28:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_232162827.html EDITORIAL: ‘Absolute liability’ an unneeded statute http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_232162827.html Ask someone in the know about New York’s laws on liability insurance and they’ll tell you that smart people are paying for stupid people’s stupidity. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:51:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_232115119.html WHITE-WALKER: We called, somewhere along the way to Texas http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_232115119.html Admit it, some family members are just big connivers and we, like jerks, allow ourselves to be drawn into their shenanigans. Isn’t it wonderful that we’re so spineless that we reap the benefits of our own stupidity? Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:47:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_232114802.html EDITORIAL: Taste of Lockport a local triumph http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_232114802.html The annual Taste of Lockport this past weekend was a triumph that Lockport can be proud of. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:07:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_228110620.html CONFER: Teachers united against reality http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/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, 15 Aug 2008 11:01:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_228110316.html GUEST EDITORIAL: Opening up on government access http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_228110316.html Gov. David Paterson is on a roll, pushing the state Legislature to come back to Albany and deal with high property taxes and a frightening state deficit in the midst of what his administration has declared is a New York recession. Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:33:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_228103242.html ERIE CANAL DISCOVERY: Fat Man in a ‘Birth’ – Marvin Rapp http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_228103242.html Last week we looked at some of the Erie Canal wisdom of Marvin Rapp, author of “Canal Water and Whiskey.” Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:29:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_228103107.html CHEERS and JEERS: So you’ve been wondering what you’re going to do Labor Day weekend — Youngstown’s Field Days has been canceled, after all http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_228103107.html So you’ve been wondering what you’re going to do Labor Day weekend — Youngstown’s Field Days has been canceled, after all. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:31:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_227133016.html CHRISTY: Corporate government at its finest http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_227133016.html There is great attention paid to urban legends. Things that people think are true, but actually turn out to be myth. One such urban legend: the constant promise from politicians to “run government like a business.” Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:28:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_227132902.html GUEST EDITORIAL: Liars won’t get forgiveness http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_227132902.html Democrats sure must be thanking their lucky stars it is not John Edwards they picked to bear their standard. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:11:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_227111154.html ROOT: Doing an about face http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_227111154.html In an attempt to get more involved in my community I am proud to announce that I applied for, and was accepted as, a volunteer for the Palace Theater. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:54:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_226145756.html VALLEY: I give you my words http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_226145756.html Before my column goes to print, I ask my wife, Kathie, to read it. Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:53:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_226145334.html EDITORIAL: Cuomo on target with pork-barrel rejections http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_226145334.html The Associated Press this week reported that state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is following up his call for pork-barrel grant reform. Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:40:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_224143932.html WHITE-WALKER: Not built like a stretcher board http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_224143932.html Here are the facts, and they stink — literally! Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:34:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_224143440.html EDITORIAL: Sometimes violent acts are warranted http://www.lockportjournal.com/opinion/local_story_224143440.html It was only Monday when we read that a 67-year-old Shawnee Road man used a hockey stick to turn away a suspected thief who was seen under the victim’s truck attempting to take a catalytic converter, but we can already say that may be the story of the week.