http://www.lockportjournal.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:44:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_241134325.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_241134325.html What I’m about to discuss should shock and even scare you. It’s one of those moments when you realize “I’m not really in control here; some larger force is actually in control and I’m just being allowed to exist in their world.” Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:31:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_234173149.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_234173149.html Sometimes you watch history unfold before you and other times you find out things long after the fact and connect the dots. As we’ve watched state government melt down over the past 10 months, we’ve witnessed a bit of both. Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:31:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_227133016.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/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, 07 Aug 2008 14:39:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_220143850.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_220143850.html Every week when I begin to write this article I make a concerted effort to choose a positive topic. I am impatient to begin a dialog on something we can all get behind. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:09:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_213135305.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_213135305.html Kudos to the news team at channel 2, who devoted nearly a full newscast this past Tuesday night to an interview they did with local state legislators. If you missed it check out their website at www.wgrz.com. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:48:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_206154831.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_206154831.html It was revealed this week that Governor Paterson — a democrat who took over only after Governor Spitzer resigned in what I’m now terming a hypocrisy scandal — has offered former State Senate republican Majority Leader Joe Bruno a job in his administration. Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:22:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_199181151.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_199181151.html This week I read “Mornings on Horseback,” the biography of Teddy Roosevelt’s early years written by America’s premier biographer David McCullough. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:31:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_192143258.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_192143258.html Tom Golisano is handing his political director, former Erie County Democratic Chairman Steve Pigeon, $5 million for an unprecedented political attack fund targeting the New York State Legislature. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:48:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_178154229.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_178154229.html Another major expense at the New York Power Authority — completely unrelated to the generation of power — has been uncovered by the media. Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:01:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_172010316.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_172010316.html My biggest pet peeve is that we tend to value things rather than people, when in fact people are our most valuable asset. It’s important this week that we talk about the New York Power Authority. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:04:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_164140404.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_164140404.html Life comes at you fast — so says the television commercial for a product I can’t even remember — and you’d better be prepared. Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:10:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_157161112.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_157161112.html Let’s state right off the bat that every human life matters and everyone has value in our society. Thu, 29 May 2008 14:39:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_150144032.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_150144032.html The world is flat they say — meaning that information travels at such a speed and quantity that every country is now in direct competition with every other country, no matter where on the globe you sit geographically. Fri, 23 May 2008 14:30:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_144142945.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_144142945.html Isn’t anyone willing to stand up and say enough is enough? Thu, 15 May 2008 16:39:00 +0000 http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_136163837.html http://www.lockportjournal.com/tomchristy/local_story_136163837.html Our great state legislature, the highest-paid and most regal in the nation, is winding down its 2008 season by putting forth as many distractions as possible.