Editor:

I’m not overly religious but after our election debacle – I pray to God.

I pray to  God will buffer the damage the president-elect plans to wreak on our invaluable democracy.

I pray to God that at least some of the people now in and soon to be in power will help to temper the president-elect’s narcissism and vitriol.

I pray to God that those who truly have our best interests at heart will have the courage and dedication to stand up against the tyrant.

And mostly pray to God that those who chose bombast and empty promises over truth and honest effort will open their eyes, open their ears, open their hearts and especially open their minds to observe, absorb, assimilate and correlate the reality of what happens over the next two years.

We then may have the collected strength to wrest Congress out of his clutches in 2026 and limit the damage he can do in the last two years.

I deeply pray to God.

Bruce Kirby

Albion

Editor:

So former President Trump will occupy the Oval Office again. What could possibly be wrong with that? Here is a pathological lying narcissistic who has openly said he will go after his political opponents and anyone who has openly criticized him.

Plans to pardon insurrectionists and will surely seek to have all lawsuits against him dropped at the same time pardoning himself from any convictions. His advisors and cabinet will be boot-licking lackeys who will refuse to stand up to his craziness.

During his first term at least some of his cabinet and advisors tried to rein him in only to be fired or quit out of frustration. He has indicated he would put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of health and human services. A man who is a vaccination denier and said a worm ate part of his brain, sounds like a real good candidate or a real nut job you decide.

In a way to repay the millions of dollars in support he plans make Elon Musk some sort of enterprise guru in the administration. Sounds like another “concept of a plan.”

He and his turncoat  VP will likely leave Ukraine out to dry while sucking up to his buddy Putin. He will give Israel a free pass for ongoing conflict and destruction in its efforts to defeat an enemy that can’t be defeated militarily all the while creating a new generation of enemies to Israel.

Wants to have a mass deportation which virtually every economist said would be bad for the economy.

What could be worse that all that? How about having control of all three levels of government? He has the executive branch by election. He has the right wing Supreme Court by his three appointees and other far-right judges who already gave him broad immunity for his actions while in office.

Now it looks like the House and Senate will be in the Republican majority. He just won the Trifecta! Looks like he really can be a dictator on day one. It’s been said “be careful for what you ask as you may get it.”

James Fraser, Colonel, USAF retired

Batavia

Editor:

Fact – February, 2024: Within just 48 hours after the release of a long-awaited bi-partisan immigration bill (written in part by Oklahoma Conservative and Republican Senator, James Lankford) – Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (who had previously endorsed and heavily promoted the bill), knifed the deal at the bequest of Donald Trump and left it for dead.

Trump even bragged about killing the border security package, saying, “I think we killed it. I think it’s dead!”

The truth is that the “bad” border bill (according to Trump) was actually quite good. Although not perfect, the bill posed a substantial improvement for border security almost immediately. It was not bad for those looking to stop the flow of illegal drugs. It was not bad for those working to solve the asylum problem. It was not bad for the border patrol, since it included many more officers and enhanced security.

In my opinion, it’s reassuring to believe that had the immigration bill not been personally sabotaged strictly for political gain by Donald Trump, Congresswoman Tenney (like many Republicans who actually do care about border security) might have supported it. I find it incredibly sad that solely because of Donald Trump, she was denied the opportunity to fully demonstrate her obvious commitment in this area.

Even so, thanks to her letter, I can sleep better knowing she’s truly sincere and has NY’s back when it comes to protecting our borders and is not just another opportunistic, hypocritical GOP hack.

Tom Graham

Rochester

Editor:

We would like to remind the voters that Susan Howard did not just win the Republican Primary and take it easy and skate to victory in November. She has been out at all the events since June, talking to people and working hard for your vote on election day.

She will work hard on day one as the new district attorney. That work ethic we believe will no doubt carry into her new administration performing the many duties required as she forms a fair but tough on criminals’ era in Orleans County. Law and order and the safety of the citizens are of first importance.

The Conservative Party Committee was with her from the beginning with their endorsement when the Republican Party went in a different direction. We would be honored if you cast your vote for Susan on Row C the Conservative Party line.

New York State is a beautiful state but run by the most sinister corrupt Democrat Party machine in human history. We are dead last at everything and people are fleeing this state in record numbers for Red States that welcome and respect them.

US Democrat Senator Kristin Gillibrand’s voting record has been 100% with Biden-Harris and has voted to not only destroy New York but the entire country suffers when she votes. We have a chance this election to change that. Please vote for Republican and Conservative Party-endorsed Michael Sapraicone for US Senate. President Trump endorsed, Mike will bring common sense policy to our failed state and upside down federal Senate Chamber.

Number one question: Are you better of than you were four years ago? My guess is the answer for way to many is no. Biden-Harris have destroyed hopes and dreams and put the majority in poverty and ruin.

Instead of uniting and governing for the people they have ruled over us like tyrants. Never forget what they did to us during the pandemic and never forget the rivers of blood that have on their hands with this illegal migrant invasion, the deaths it has caused on purpose by violence and drug overdoses of loved ones.

The puppet Harris-Walz administration if given another four years will take everything you have from you. Everything. By 2030 you will own nothing. No farms, no home, no property. Everything will be owned by Black Rock, Vanguard and the Central Banks. You will rent from them. You will own nothing. The plans are real. The implementation will be done by the United Nations.

Donald J. Trump with his team of America first businessmen have promised to end the inflation and end this globalist takeover of our sovereign country the United States of America. His promise to usher in, in the next four years the most prosperous and the most productive country in our history for all.

A “Golden Age” Trumps history from his past presidency is one of promises made promises kept. Please choose freedom over tyranny. Save America and vote for Trump-Vance on the Conservative Party line.

You gun owners need to get off you rear ends and vote. Do you like having to go through a background check to buy ammunition? The Democrats will eventually take away your guns and your bows and arrows. They will take the game out of your freezers and let it die from disease to have total control over you and all of us. Oh it will never happen you say? Did you think you would have to renew a pistol permit when it was promised for life? Did you think you would have to go through a background check to buy or sell your privately owned gun to a friend or family member?

Did you think that Democrat politicians that take the oath of office to protect and defend the constitution would hate that very document so much especially the second amendment that they would stop at nothing to disarm us for the purpose of enslaving us? Maybe in a communist country but not in the USA. They are that evil and they are coming for your guns, your ammo and your ability to protect yourself and family. They fear you therefore they need to disarm you. Get out and vote the Democrats out like your life depends on it because it does.

Please don’t forget to vote No! on Proposition 1. It is a Wolf in Sheep’s clothing. Don’t be fooled.

One more thing: The Orleans County Conservative Party did not endorse for State Supreme Court Justice Henry J. Nowak and Catherine R. Nugent-Panepinto because they are Democrats and they took the endorsement from the Working Families Party which is the Communist Party. They were cross-endorsed by the uncaring Republican and Conservative parties at the 8th Judicial convention.

A vote for them in my opinion is a vote for Democrat and Communist ideology on the bench for 14 years. Use common sense  when casting your vote. Please vote on the Conservative Party line and Make America Great Again!

On behalf of the Orleans County Conservative Party Committee,

Paul Lauricella Jr.

Orleans County Conservative Party Chairman

Editor

The ongoing catastrophe at the border is a direct result of the pro-criminal, anti-American policies of the Biden-Harris administration. Under its failed policy decisions, there has been an unprecedented spike in illegal crossings at our Northern Border, including an 846% increase in one sector alone, putting the safety of our families at risk.

Under the Biden-Harris administration, hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants, many with criminal records, have been released into the United States. As of July 2024, data shows that the Biden-Harris administration has released 425,431 convicted criminals and 222,141 individuals with pending criminal charges into the United States. Among them, 62,231 were convicted of assault; 56,533 of drug-related offenses; 14,301 of burglary; 15,811 of sexual assault; and 13,099 of homicide.

These criminal illegal immigrants are allowed to remain in our country under Kamala Harris’ border policies. The Biden-Harris administration has failed to remove 99.7% of the illegal immigrants released into the United States, contributing to the rising numbers of criminals in our neighborhoods. Many have committed heinous crimes against American citizens, such as the murders of mother-of-five Rachel Morin, college student Laken Riley, and 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray.

In Rochester, an illegal alien who had been apprehended by DHS in 2023 was released and then murdered Joselyn Jhoana Toaquiza on her birthday, later burying her in a public park. These vicious and heart wrenching acts could have been prevented with strong border policies and an end to pro-criminal bail reform practices that allow dangerous criminals to be released back into our communities. House Republicans passed the Laken Riley Act, of which I am an original co-sponsor, to ensure that illegal aliens charged with a crime remain in police custody until their cases are adjudicated. Our immigration laws must prioritize the safety of American citizens and ensure that criminals are deported.

The surge in illegal crossings at the Northern Border also poses a significant threat to our national security. Since the start of the Biden-Harris administration, 85% of individuals on the terror watchlist attempting to enter our country illegally have crossed over the Northern Border.

Needless to say, our Northern Border is under siege. More people crossed the Swanton Sector of our Northern Border in 2023 alone than in the entire period from 2012 through 2022. In fiscal year 2024, that record has already more than doubled, with 15,612 encounters reported from October to July.

To address this dangerous situation, I have introduced legislation to establish a Northern Border Coordination Center. This will enable the Department of Homeland Security to effectively implement the Northern Border Strategy, enhance training, and improve information-sharing among federal, state, local, and international partners. By doing so, we can secure the Northern Border and protect NY-24.

New Yorkers deserve a government that provides for secure borders and safe communities. I will continue to advocate for policies that protect our border, support law enforcement, and ensure the safety and prosperity of our families. We must stop the flow of dangerous criminals and terrorists into our country through the Northern Border.

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney, NY-24

Cleveland, Oswego County

Editor:

The Economist has endorsed Kamala Harris. They warn that a “second Trump term comes with unacceptable risks.”

Moody’s Analytics, which evaluates risk, performance and financial modeling, compared the economic promises of the Presidential candidates and concluded that a Trump presidency would be an economic disaster.

The Wall Street Journal’s survey of economists shows that Mr. Trump’s economic plans are more inflationary than Ms. Harris’s and would add more to the deficit, plus The Wall Street Journal’s own analysis shows that Mr. Trump’s plans would explode the national debt.

Scientific America endorsed Kamala Harris because she “offers the country better prospects, relying on science, solid evidence and the willingness to learn from experience.  She pushes policies that boost good jobs nationwide by embracing technology and clean energy. She supports education, public health and reproductive rights. She treats the climate crisis as the emergency it is and seeks to mitigate its catastrophic storms, fires and droughts.”

Republican officials view Mr. Trump as a threat to our national security. General John Kelly, former Chief of Staff to Mr. Trump, stated that Mr. Trump “has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law.”

General James Mattis, Mr. Trump’s former Secretary of Defense, stated: “His use of the Presidency to destroy trust in our election and to poison our respect for fellow citizens has been enabled by pseudo political leaders whose names will live in infamy as profiles in cowardice.”  William Barr, Mr. Trump’s former Attorney General, stated: “If he was in the White House again, he will always put his own interest and gratifying his own ego ahead of everything else, including the country’s interest.”  Mark Esper, former Secretary of Defense under Mr. Trump, “I do regard him as a threat to democracy, democracy as we know it, our institutions, our political culture, all those things that make America great and have defined us as, you know, the oldest democracy on the planet.”

I believe you already know that Mr. Trump is an egotist and a racist not just in verbal comments but in his policy choices. When North Korean leaders praised Mr. Trump he stated he fell in love with the North Korean dictator and even saluted one of their Generals while disparaging U.S. troops whose only allegiance is to the Constitution.

You know that supporting Mr. Trump will result in failed policies like his failure with Covid-19. During Mr. Trump’s administration there were refrigerator trucks outside of hospital morgues because of his failed policies.  The failure is evident in how many more Americans died because of Covid than Canadians, both in absolute numbers and in ratios of death.

Mr. Trump is a failure from the economy to healthcare to environmental disasters to national security. Mr. Trump would be a disaster for our country.  I strongly endorse Kamala Harris and encourage you to vote for her.

William Fine

Brockport

Editor:

Gaffes do occur in public and private speaking.  Some come out so badly, or give people the wrong idea, you apologize or clarify but always make sure it never happens  again. The time to put things straight passes Tuesday.

Although Democrats worry about stalling certification in places MAGA has infiltrated, it’s now time to turn to our tireless election workers both Republican and Democrat in countless precincts across the land. They have ensured for 250 +/- years that our democracy endures.

All aspects of voting, an integrally designed system of checks and cross checks most people do not bother to learn, take place under their knowledgeable and watch full eyes.

Democracy is  a beautiful thing. Ours, a beacon lighting the path for the world, is in no small measure due to their selfless contribution.  Thank you to these Patriots.

Conrad F. Cropsey

Albion

Editor:

Being somewhat of a baseball purist, I was dismayed with the New York Yankees on Wednesday evening as their inability to perform defensively at a Major League level gifted the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

But far more alarming was former President Donald Trump’s disgusting “promotional piece” which was based upon his conjured “truths,” his outright prejudice, and was a perfect portrayal as to why he is absolutely the least capable presidential candidate in American History.

The portion of it which showed Vice President Harris was so poorly produced that it appeared to have been edited by a 3rd grader. And to think, we were supposed to be impacted by this conglomeration of her computer altered words, that were obviously not contiguous, and actually made no sense in the first place. That was certainly not a true representation of her, but more so likely his vision of what he believes of her, and he wants you to think the same!

Worse yet is his continuous premeditated ignorance regarding migrants and/or immigrants, as he uses these words interchangeably and really has no idea that they are not the same. He insults their culture, race and ethnicity with absolutely vile characterizations that does nothing more than promote his evil and unfounded stereotypes and prejudice. Why, because unfortunately some see that as a strength he possesses, as opposed to further proof of his ignorance. And with that realization alone – he believes that you will vote for him!

In this case my primary concern is for the younger and possibly newer voters, and how they may be processing this newly generated mess of an electoral process. Some of you may know that I am a retired teacher who taught in your community for 15 years and during some election seasons I conducted a very unscientific study that was intended to prove or disprove that most younger voters are more effected by the political position and priorities of their parents than not.

Now, as I said it was a perfectly unscientific study and it was many years ago. But in almost all cases most student’s political views were fairly well matched to their parents or the primary caregivers of their household. Of course there were always students who were perfectly opposite of their parents (like I was in my youth), but for the most part my premise was found to be the case; most of the young people that I was teaching held political beliefs that mirrored the adults at home.

And thus I believe the challenge specific to our community today is for everyone, especially the newest voters, to be strong enough to deny his prejudice, which is presumed, unfounded, and strategic. Look at him and the way that he conducts himself; he’s constantly bombastic for no reason other than to encroach upon your conscience and good will in an effort to make you believe his lies. For he knows that if he lies often enough, and loud enough, you may believe that he must be right.

No, it actually means he is loud simply because he is disguising his own inadequacies, and at the same time promoting his belief that he has some sort of near divine authority. It has absolutely nothing to do with his capabilities to be the leader of the most powerful and influential nation in the world. But for him, and unfortunately for the sake of our community and our nation on the whole, his approach and political strategy to date has been to a degree successful. If you may be a student of history, you might recall how this had worked previously; then known as Hitler’s Generalplan Ost. Lie and divide, lie and divide, lie and divide until your followers are unquestionably in lockstep.

And so I write this with the sincere hope that our newest electorate will vote based upon their emerging intellect, and their personal growth and maturity as the newest and proudest cornerstone of our great democracy.  By your vote please tell our community, our nation and the entire world that former President Trump does not speak for me, or my hopes and dreams for this great nation; for he is not who I am, and he is certainly not who we are.

Doug Miller

Albion

Editor:

All politicians are not alike any more than all nurses, teachers and cops are.

Some people seeking office prioritize country and their constitution over political party. Some even respect the law and know the Constitution. Some can tell you what Articles One, Two and Three are about.

Kamala Harris, as a former prosecutor, knows what is contained in amendments nine and ten. She may even have an idea what the introductory clause in amendment two says and may even know what the Founders intended when they included it.

One candidate in 2024 couldn’t tell you what the above referenced articles and amendments say regardless of the consequences of not knowing.

Vladimir Putin and Elon Musk have a favorite this year for good reason. They know which candidate would be far easier to manipulate.

What message are we sending kids if we get it wrong this time? Do we really want number 45 as a role model?

Don’t ever try to say you weren’t warned if we voters screw it up in 2024.

Thank you,

Jeff Lewis – Carlton

Jim Renfrew – Clarendon

Jess Marciano – Ridgeway

Beth Wood – Barre

Kriss Sniffen – Barre

Gary Kent – Albion

Sandra Walter – Albion

Margaret Golden – Waterport

Robert Golden – Waterport

Editor:

I recently learned that the Genesee County Economic Development Center (GCEDC) has approved a proposal from a data center that wants to locate at the WNY Science and Technology Advanced Manufacturing Park (STAMP) mega industrial site.

This plan is environmentally unjust and destructive. It is also fiscally irresponsible and will undermine sustainable economic development of the region.

The 1250-acre STAMP campus is being constructed in a rural agricultural area and is surrounded by a network of public protected lands such as the Iroquois National Wildlife Refuge. The local area is home to several endangered species including the short eared owl and the northern harrier hawk and is a popular stopover point for migrating bird species, who seek out the area’s pristine waters and relative quietude.

Moreover, STAMP is being constructed on the border of the federally recognized Tonawanda Seneca Nation, whose citizens continue to hunt, fish and collect medicines on their homelands. A data center at STAMP would profoundly harm all of the beings who visit and make their homes in this area.

Data centers do not make good neighbors. The noise emitted by data centers is equal to a rock concert, with constant decibel levels between 80 dB and 120 dB. Data centers are also sources of light at night. This noise and light pollution would disrupt migration patterns of birds and drive away local wildlife, impacting subsistence practices of Tonawanda Seneca citizens and also affecting recreational hunting and fishing in the area.

Moreover, data centers are tremendous consumers of water and energy resources. They deplete and contaminate water resources, pollute the air, and strain the power grid. The proposed data center at STAMP, Project Hydroscale, would use 195 mW of electricity daily. It would also use a large quantity of water, which GCEDC proposes to siphon from the Niagara River and transport to the site in a pipeline built to carry up to 6 million gallons daily.

As GCEDC has itself admitted publicly, data centers do not fit the profile of tenants they claim to want to attract to STAMP. Importantly, because they employ a minimal, specialized workforce, they do not contribute in a significant way to local economic development. Rather, they undermine sustainable economic development by sucking up precious resources. Data centers require large plots of land and infrastructure. They are major contributors to global emissions and environmental waste that ends up in landfills due to ever-changing technology.

The lifespan of a data center is approximately 15-20 years. Their intensive resource use is not justified by their economic impact or job creation potential. Data centers represent exactly the kind of development that Western New York cannot afford.

There are already approximately 130 data centers in New York state. Many of them are located near disadvantaged communities, a designation shared by the area around STAMP. A data center at STAMP would represent a grave environmental injustice, unnecessarily waste precious energy and water resources of our Great Lakes bioregion, and negatively impact quality of life for all residents of the area.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, whose mandate is to protect our shared natural resources and shared environment, is currently considering GCEDC’s application to serve as lead agency in the SEQRA environmental review process for Project Hydroscale. This must not be allowed. The developer, GCEDC, is not capable of carrying out a rigorous and meaningful environmental review process for their own prospective tenant.

Evelyn Wackett

Wildlife Rehabilitation Specialist

Buffalo

Editor:

There has been a great deal of discussion in this forum regarding the “facts” behind making one’s decision in this year’s presidential election. As someone who misplaced his vote on Donald Trump in 2016, for me personally, it really only comes down to just a few.

FACT #1: Noon, Friday, January 20, 2017

“I, Donald John Trump, do solemnly swear, that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”

FACT #2: Saturday, December 3, 2022 – “Truth Social”

@realDonaldTrump: “A Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude ALLOWS FOR THE TERMINATION of all rules, regulations, and articles … EVEN THOSE FOUND IN THE CONSTITUTION.”

FACT #3: It is neither the Democrats nor Joe Biden’s “weaponized Department of Justice” that will ultimately bring about Donald Trump’s criminal undoing. It has been thus far, and will continue to be, the Republican witnesses, the Republican evidence, Donald Trump’s own Republican words and a jury of his peers that will take care of that for America. As my dad used to say, “If you have nothing to hide you have nothing to worry about.”

I am by no means a fan of conservative Liz Cheney or her father, but she nailed it on this one: “Republicans cannot be both loyal to Donald Trump and loyal to the Constitution.”

The Constitution of the United States IS America. If, as Donald Trump has personally expressed, that The Constitution “is allowed to be terminated” in part or whole, make no mistake – none of your concerns, none of your opinions, neither the facts, or least of which your right to banter back and forth here publicly in a free press – will ever matter again.  We’ll be fighting alright, but not in a divided, burning house – instead, to the smell of burning parchment with the words “We the People …” blackening into obscurity.

Without The Constitution, there is no America that can ever be “made great” again, by anyone, at any time – including you, your children or your children’s children. In short, it’s over.

Fool yourselves all you want. By his own words and no one else, Donald Trump is that dangerous.

Matthew 7:16 “You shall know them by their fruit.”

Tom Graham

Rochester

Graham is a member of Albion High School’s Class of 1978.

Editor:

As I was driving along the other day, I was passed by a car with a “Veteran for Trump” sticker displayed on the bumper.  Even casual observers of both past and present political campaigns are (or should be) well aware of the ex-president’s overwhelmingly negative opinions of women, people of color, the disabled, LGBTQ+ members, and the military.

By word and action, he continues to disparage our armed services members, both past and present.  He reportedly called war dead veterans “losers” and “suckers.”

He said of the late Republican Senator John McCain, who was a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War: “He’s not a war hero, he was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

Trump asked that wounded veterans be kept out of military parades because “it doesn’t look good for me,” and while visiting Arlington National Cemetery with retired Marine Corps General (and future White House chief of staff) John Kelly on Memorial Day in 2017, Trump said “I don’t get it. What was in it for them?”

Gen. Kelly’s son perished in Afghanistan in 2010 and is buried there! Knowing all this (additional examples abound), I can’t imagine anything a military person (or any person, for that matter) could say to justify his/her continued support of this candidate. Have we not learned anything?

For years now, I have tried, and tried, and tried to understand the appeal of this guy, and, failing that, have yet to hear even one person logically explain their fascination with him.  In the end, I do agree with Trump when he said “I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters.”

How sad, America . . . how sad.

Robert C. Frost

Barker (formerly of Lyndonville)

Editor:

Greetings, first I encourage all to take advantage of early voting here in Orleans County. It goes until Nov. 3 at the DMV building in Albion.

Next I see there will be two sides to the ballots. Since Orleans County likes Sharpies please look for bleed through that may spoil your vote.

As for Proposal 1, I will be voting “No,” based on my beliefs on slavery, murder and God. Dr. Alveda King makes sense. Here is some of her words to think about: “Every aborted baby is like a slave in the womb of his or her mother. The mother decides his or her fate…”

I come to the conclusion that babies are indeed slaves. Babies have a body of their own and a woman has her own body, however the unborn’s life depends 100% on the choices of their mothers. Whereas, the definition of slavery is “the status or condition of a person over whom any or all of the powers attaching to the right of ownership are exercised.” – Taken from Article 1(1) of the 1926 Slavery Convention writings.

Whereas Blacks Law Legal Dictionary reads: The legal definition of murder is the killing of a human being by a sane person with the intent to kill the victim or anyone who gets in the way, and with no legal excuse or authority.

This intent is known as malice aforethought. The Word Salad “legal excuse or authority” this is what I believe NY Proposal 1 is about and my God, Elohim, will see that I cast my vote against murder, especially the murdering of defenseless slaves of women.

We as beneficiaries of the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of NY already are equal by law. The unequalness that beneficiaries of the Constitution and the State of NY Constitution are an imaginary, a taught state of mind. Cured by repeating to one self, “Stop it,” I am created in the image of God and no man or woman is my better without my consent.

Moving on to January 6th 2021, I rest my case in the understanding of the US Congressional Record of January 6th 2021, the Constitution of the United States and US Supreme Court cases of Bush vs Gore & McPherson vs Blacker.

Then it is on to Trump. He already was in office for four years and secured peace in the Middle East, North Korea and Russia. I had more money to buy what I wanted and to do what I wanted under Trump. I laugh when the Harris & Biden crowd says Trump is a danger to democracy. Harris didn’t win a primary. I don’t think she got 1 vote.

Biden will most likely pardon his son, other family members and himself before he leaves office and that will be a mockery to justice. However the Democrats will clap and say wonderful. I will be writing saying his administration lacks the authority because the US Constitution was not followed to put him in office in the first place, and everyone knows that an unlawful act can never result in a lawful act.

Nathan Wade gave on-record supporting statements that help Trump. Look them up. When you are at it, look at the NY Court of Appeals Trump case which gives the appearance that the court may be to ruling in Trump’s favor. Read the transcripts.

How can local lawyers overlook that there was no victim in Trump’s fraud case. Statute of Limitations also ran out so laws were twisted to get Trump. Shame on the NY Government which chose to foolishly spend tax dollars railroading Trump because “Orange Man bad.”

My closing Points: NY Proposal 1 gives government more power to wield over the People and justifies murder.

Look how well New York Civil Rights Law art. II, § 4 provides protection that “A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms cannot be infringed.” This law is protecting us just great, stopping government overreach at every turn.

Then in DC, Hunter pled guilty and according to committee that had investigations, the entire Biden family made millions off US Government positions, all most likely will get a pardon.

My main issue though is with Illegals. Illegals broke US law. They can never have legal representation or a legal vote because an unlawful act can never ever result in a lawful act. I realize that government and every other human can have a different point of view than me, that’s the American way. However it’s my God given right not to give my consent.

Steve Colòn

Lyndonville

Editor:

We have read many arguments in the Orleans Hub and elsewhere about who should get our vote to be our next president, and whether or not we should support NY’s Proposition 1.  Here’s our take.

We form our position about voting in elections or making changes to our state constitution based on the truth that all of us are created equal by God.  We vote based on the premise that our human dignity is inherent and irrevocable – given to us by our Creator.

We are made in God’s image and likeness. We believe the Lord of the universe gave these words to the Prophet Jeremiah, “Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you.” (Jer 1:5)

Therefore, our pro-life Judeo-Christian position informs our vote.

Which presidential candidate was the first president to attend the Washington D.C. March for Life in-person and speak about the sanctity of life from the womb to the tomb? Donald Trump.

Which presidential candidate has a track record of appointing U.S. Supreme Court justices who saw the complete injustice of Roe v Wade and overturned it? Donald Trump.

Which presidential candidate nominated outstanding pro-life warriors to his cabinet when he was president (e.g., Ben Carson – HHS, Bill Barr – DOJ)? Donald Trump.

Which presidential candidate believes that a woman should have the right to abort the baby in her womb throughout all nine months of pregnancy? Kamala Harris.

Which presidential candidate, as a U.S. senator, voted twice against the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act which would ban late-term abortions after five months of pregnancy (in 2018 & 2020)? Kamala Harris.

Which presidential candidate, as a U.S. senator, voted twice against the Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act which would protect babies who survive failed abortions (in 2019 & 2020)? Kamala Harris.

In our book, if you can’t protect life in its most innocent and fragile state, then how can you be trusted with our lives or those of our loved ones? The Democratic Party of 2024 and its presidential and vice presidential candidates have abandoned all of their own pro-life Democrats, some of whom are our family and friends.

And what should New Yorkers do about Proposition 1? Vote No. In addition to taking away parental rights when their children are struggling with gender dysphoria, Proposition 1 also attempts to enshrine the Roe v Wade abortion protocols in the NY constitution.

In closing, we will allow Kevin Sorbo, Saint Mother Teresa of Calcutta, and a pro-life protester at a recent Kamala Harris rally to have the last words:

“Referring to abortion as ‘Healthcare’ is like referring to slavery as ‘Human Resources.’” (Kevin Sorbo)

“How can there be too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.” (Mother Teresa)

“Jesus is Lord!” (yelled by a pro-life protester at a recent Kamala Harris rally, to whom Harris replied, “Oh, you guys are at the wrong rally.”)

Jim and Paula Simon

Yates

Editor:

 Thank you to all – including Republicans taking leave of absence –  who have let me know we speak as one. Chief of Staff Gen. John Kelly has now gone public and joined us also confirming Trump is a fascist.

This letter is not a false narrative. You will read here things the Fifth Estate like Fox will not report.

Trump increasingly seems so sure he will win he is every day revealing more about his heretofore secret agenda. Ie: Dumping Ukraine. Jailing his opponents. Closing down press he does not like. Harming people. Ignoring the law. He is saying these things so he can claim a mandate to purge what he does not like.

That’s not our heritage and why so many, including Republican leaders and generals, are united in opposition.

Harris is for change but she honors our traditions, our heritage. She is not off the rails.

One will be sure we remain leader of the free world.  One is friends with dictators.

General Kelly confirms many of times Trump spoke with him and praised Hitler and Hitler’s generals who were loyal to him without regard to their oath. He wants Hitler’s authority and to use the military on Americans.

Also the NY Times did deep background showing Trump ties to Project 2025 and found of the 307 contributors, over half, are tied to Trump currently. Believe it or not but the Fifth Estate ignored that the BBC laid a trap and the head of 2025 admitted on film that Trump’s denial was a ruse.

Trump derangement syndrome is reasonable. We were used to leaders and announcers telling the truth. Now our heritage is on the line and Trump is the catalyst for a Fifth Estate of power brokers and associated news organizations which has no interest in the common good. Who in the middle class was better off due to him? It was a 1 to 2 % tax cut with more fees. Tariffs additionally  increased your costs $628.00.

Our Heritage:

Washington’s biggest fear was a vengeful, greedy and authoritarian president. Telling the truth, trying to do a good job, working in good faith with Congress, ensuring the most freedom possible for all, not using office for yourself or your friends or to harm others, and leaving gracefully are all part of our heritage.

After the Tilden-Hayes election of 1876 was marred by bad faith, ambiguities in the law were resolved. Pence followed the Constitution and those laws Jan. 6^th, 2021. He honored our laws and Trump deemed that unacceptable.

This month a complete fabrication increase the danger to people in the parts of Hurricanes areas. Also Elon Musk set up a  scheme to pay people $47 dollars for registering new Trump voters.

Trump is the catalyst.

Trump The Man:

In 1976 I started following Donald Trump’s career whenever he bought the Commodore Hotel – a third-rate hotel I used to stay in as a kid.  So much was messed up I started to follow his frequent missteps and by 2015 when he announced his candidacy I knew that he was a greedy pretender.

The Trump Type:

A friend suggested I score Trump on the Hare PCL-R test which is used in criminal law and domestic violence situations. You can easily find and score it.

As predicted by the PCL-R Trump dissembles under questioning – why he historically avoids debates and serious questions. He lies frequently and is unafraid of telling whoppers.  He gets easily bated, always paints his problems as someone else’s fault, and contradicts himself. He lies about the law and he and his pocket book always comes first.

His recent long stretches spent rambling about Arnold Palmer’s genitals or just standing there swaying to music are a different and serious issue.  Do you trust Vance?

The Fifth Estate:

Fox, the Post, the whole crew, frequently take bits and pieces of things to wave together fake story lines. Many times they lie or ignore actual news.

Did you know in Oakes Pa. Last week he talked about attacking our 12% interest rates.  They ignore the continuing pet rant, rant after saying he would pay funeral costs of some d*** Mexican (serving in our Army), Musk saying women are not capable of critical thinking. Ignoring that wages are growing fast faster than inflation. Trump and his Fifth Estate shape news to shape your mind.

In Fox’s Brett Baier interview with the VP, Baier continually put his hand out towards the Vice President to shush her mid-answer.  Then he tried interrupting. He could not put her in her place.

Indeed, Harris firmly pointed out Baier stooped to deceit by showing an incorrect and doctored tape. It left out that Trump a few seconds later again repeated  some names of Congressmen he is going to jail. He did not deny he wants that as Baier inferred.

The newest false narrative is that DOJ is trying to help illegals vote. Actually it’s illegal to purge voter rolls within 90 days of an election. Republicans are illegally purging now though they have already been checked for accuracy. DOJ is responding by enforcing those laws and refusing to cooperating by breaking the law itself. The claimed scandal is that DOJ is out to allow illegals to vote; not  that Republicans are again off the rails trying to break the Law.

(As if illegals do not stay close to the ground; DOJ prosecutes the few idiot enough to try).

Trump’s Fifth Estate leaves out real news and makes stories out of bits and pieces often very badly sourced or misconstrued.

Lincoln’s Party vs. Maga Now:

Changed since 2015:  * Lincoln’s race free heritage, * it’s position against dictators, * our proudly leading NATO, * it’s respect for Law Enforcement at all levels,  * free trade, *balanced budgets (though that has not been true for decades), * since Hoover’s debacle it ran from Tariffs, * it had respected the peaceful transfer part of power. Further both parties cooperated on ensuring accurate rolls and conducting accurate election.

A Republican label is now stamped on a fragmented and ideologically inconsistent coalition. Ideas are borrowed from fringe groups, zealots, our traditional enemies, and always mixed in is self interest. It’s off the rails.

Trump’s Carnival.  Nasty, Degrading Entertainment

Our country has been blessed by real leaders giving real speeches like: *Washington’s Farewell, * Lincoln’s Gettysburg, *Roosevelt (several), *Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace, *Kennedy’s Inaugural; *Regan’s D-Day and Berlin Wall; *Bush’s Post 9/11.

Trump rallies dependson lies and thuggish material – “lock them up”, “beat them up” “I am self made” stuff .  Importantly he is always on both sides. “Violence is bad but there were ‘nice”’ white-hooded racists marching with torches in Charlotte.’  (Trump’s father marched with the KKK in his day.)

I recommend looking up the secret speech of February 10, 1939.  As noted Trump is revealing his hidden agenda in the home stretch.

Trump ceded Syria to Russian domination, the Kurds to Turkey, and will do the same with Ukraine.

He brags  he can settle international problems because his “friends” – who give him gifts and to whom he gives gifts – fear him?! This is monumentally illogical and coded justification for claiming victory when you surrender. Remember Neville Chamberlain and how World War II started with capitulation to ensure peace.

(As expected it did not make Fox etc. that the Kremlin confirmed the inscrutable Bob Woodward. Trump indeed shipped Putin our Abbott COVID PCR  machines before our hospitals and test centers had them.)

Trump is indifferent to life.  D. Brix, head of his COVID  task force, says 30 to 40 percent of COVID deaths could have been avoided with prompt action and dissemination of information.

Trump is so arrogant he recently told a major meeting of economists and business leaders in Chicago that they did not know their math or what their own businesses needed. As so often the case Fox and the rest of the Fifth Estate ignored that.

Sadly, current polls show people now recall Trump’s Presidency more favorably than they did at the time. Memory and repetition make the memory fonder. The Fifth Estate banks on that like Hitler. Trump and the Fifth Estate  are not satisfied with controlling 50% of the news. Trump wants all news outlet praising him.

Harris’s Alleged Word Salad:

Republican House Speaker Gingrich proposed expansion of the Child Care Credit in 1994. This year when Harris proposed the same thing we hear she has no plan and is a Marxist.  Zealots will always believe she is whatever Trump says she is.

Harris’s  ”word salad” is actually explaining to voters she grew up and understands ordinary people. They can trust her.  She says she is serious about mixing proven and new ideas to benefit all. Believe her or not but at least she makes a firm commitment.

Clearly Putin will not best her, nor Iran, nor China, nor North Korea. She took down crime gangs as a prosecutor which takes brains and guts.

Harris will veto extending Trump Tax Cuts.  She supports the conservative bi-partisan  immigration plan. Bodily freedom. Price-gouging data will get looked at; long standing laws on unfair trade practices do not have to be invented.

You have heard her. Not quick answers;  good bi-partisan solutions for change. Simple but effective.

We Stand United With Patriotic Conservatives Too:

 Again, folks, thanks for the wonderful feedback. We know there is tough crowd to convince which does not understand why so many hundreds of bonafide conservative leaders and generals are taking a leave of absence from the Republican Party in 2024, 2025.

Those Republicans and generals actually know Trump. They all took the oath to our Constitution and are brave enough to put that first.

They are secure in the knowledge that there will continue to be a place for conservative Republican principles in the free, prosperous, safe, dignified society which a Harris election will ensure.

Our choice Harris: a strong optimistic woman who thrives on fixing problems once she is President.  She believes in bipartisanship, freedom and has plans to help people.   Traditional but agent for change.

Trump: A grim man who thrives on turmoil including promising a repeat of 1920s economic suicide. Off the rails he makes clear he despises lots of people, wants unrestricted power, and campaigns on who he will hurt.

Conrad F. Cropsey

Albion