http://www.niagara-gazette.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Mon, 12 May 2008 18:09:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_133181008.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_133181008.html Do you ever wonder why most people never find their real niche in life? Sure wish I could tell you, but I really don’t know. Mon, 12 May 2008 18:08:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_133180901.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_133180901.html May marks the 35th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s historic “Ich bin ein Berliner” speech delivered in the shadows of the Berlin Wall at the height of the Cold War. Mon, 12 May 2008 18:07:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_133180742.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_133180742.html We need to change the Lewiston-Porter School Board. The May 20 election would be a great time to start. Voting for Ed Waller and Bob Weller would be great change for Lewiston-Porter. Sun, 11 May 2008 00:23:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_132002414.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_132002414.html Sun, 11 May 2008 00:22:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_132002303.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_132002303.html Fri, 09 May 2008 20:00:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_130200121.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_130200121.html If all dictionaries were pictures-only with no definitions at all, then her picture would be in all of them next to the word Grandma. Fri, 09 May 2008 19:59:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_130200015.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_130200015.html For a while there late last week we were getting visions of mayors past as a rift between the City of Niagara Falls and the Niagara County SPCA widened into a stoppage of service. Fri, 09 May 2008 19:57:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_130195849.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_130195849.html No child in our nation should go without health insurance. Yet, nationwide there are 9 million uninsured children. In New York state, 415,000 children do not have health insurance and in Niagara County alone 4,000 children are uninsured. Fri, 09 May 2008 19:54:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_130195647.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_130195647.html First let me say that I’ve been saying for years that if you want good people in City Hall, you have to pay them a good salary, but there is something very wrong with what’s going on now. If it’s not illegal, it sure looks unethical. Wed, 07 May 2008 18:39:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_128184036.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_128184036.html Several days after the most coveted event in thoroughbred racing, the Kentucky Derby, countless people are still talking about Eight Belles, the horse that finished second. Wed, 07 May 2008 18:38:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_128183925.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_128183925.html The problem with solving the problem of brownfields in Niagara Falls is one of out of sight, out of mind. Wed, 07 May 2008 18:37:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_128183804.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_128183804.html I was disappointed to hear that Bob Laub has chosen not to run for re-election to the Lewiston-Porter school board this year. Wed, 07 May 2008 18:36:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_128183659.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_128183659.html There have been a lot of ads in the paper lately sponsored by Chemical Waste Management. The ads claim that CWM preserves the environment and is a good corporate citizen. Wed, 07 May 2008 11:38:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_127213646.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_127213646.html An upcoming wedding anniversary started the thought process in motion. When one writes two newspaper columns per week, the thought process in almost always in operation. Tue, 06 May 2008 21:34:00 +0000 http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_127213443.html http://www.niagara-gazette.com/opinion/local_story_127213443.html Pork isn’t the other white meat in New York if you’ve got a Democratic state senator or a Republican assemblyman.