Open government advocate calls for transparency in filling Cambria Supervisor post
Paul Wolf, the head of the New York Coalition For Open Government, sent an email to members of the Cambria Town Board on Monday calling on the group to use…
GUEST VIEW: After 50 Years, New York’s Freedom of Information Law Needs Urgent Reform
New York was one of the last states in the nation to pass such a Freedom of Information Law. Assembly Member John Terry from Syracuse first introduced the Freedom of…
AMHERST TIMES: What The People of Amherst Want to Have In Amherst’s Central Park
By James Tricoli AMHERST TIMES There finally was a light. Supervisor Kulpa held a meeting last evening where the people of Amherst sat at tables and wrote down what they…
AMHERST TIMES: Albany Passed a Bill Last Week Hhich Requires All IDA’s in NYS To Video Record All Of their meetings.
AMHERST TIMES Albany passed a bill last week which requires all IDA’s in NYS to video record all of their meetings. https://www.bizjournals.com/albany/news/2019/08/27/new-york-ida-video-livestream-upload-meetings.html So now it will be easier to track…
TRICOLI: Why is local GOP leadership silent on this week’s carnage?
By James Tricoli AMHERST TIMES There hasn’t been one word from State Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy about the murderous massacres which occurred over this past weekend. Every Republican official kept…
TRICOLI: Mr. Zellner, Are You Ever Going to ‘Fess Up’ to the Truth?
By James Tricoli AMHERST TIMES I have called Mr. Zellner six times without him being available to talk. I have sent him e-mails requesting a sit down with me to…
TRICOLI: The public should have come to Monday night’s Town Board meeting
by James Tricoli AMHERST TIMES Monday night I attended our Town Board meeting which ran late into the evening. I spoke about the need to stop raw sewage from coming…
TRICOLI: Langworthy the New York State Republican Leader Has a Chance to REALLY Lead
By James Tricoli AMHERST TIMES What if Trump said, “Let them starve to death,” would the Republicans still stay silent? Did you know there was a concentration camp for children?…
TRICOLI: Can Kellyanne Find Her Conscience If She Can Visualize Herself in the Same Cages Where Immigrants Are Suffering?
by James Tricoli AMHERST TIMES Kellyanne Conway is a disgrace to every mother, grandmother, sister and aunt who came to America because of fear of being killed or treated like…
AMHERST TIMES: Editorial: A Billionaire From New York City Learns a Lesson
by James Tricoli AMHERST TIMES Al Capone “We will create zero new investments. We will create zero new jobs.” these were the words of New York billionaire John A. Catsimatidis.…