Lockport Union-Sun & Journal Online Editorials

‘Mailing it in’ is not good enough

2012-03-02T12:12:10-05:00

The U.S. Postal Service has been mailing it in for years. It has stuck like an old postage stamp to a business model that was going nowhere fast, literally. Snail mail is still the USPS stock in trade, and it has increasingly earned its nickname. And for a poorly run operation, it certainly does cost a lot. USPS must offer competitive shipping options, guaranteed faster delivery times and overall service enhancements — or the death spiral of an American institution will continue.

OUR VIEW: Time for Mongielo to face the music

2012-01-02T23:50:00-05:00

Town of Lockport auto repair shop owner David Mongielo has gone over the line in his violation of a town sign ordinance.

OUR VIEW: At dawn of New Year, a call for civility

2012-01-02T23:47:18-05:00

Each new year brings with it an inherent hopefulness in our own lives and the larger world around us, this one in particular — if only because it isn’t 2011.

Have a safe New Year's Eve

2011-12-31T02:52:45-05:00

This isn’t the Prohibition era, and we’re not into moralizing about alcohol consumption.
We have no beef about adults having a few drinks on New Year’s Eve, as long as no one else gets hurt in the process. Your choice — hangover, no hangover. Check yes or no.
But, with one very important proviso: Don’t drink and drive.
And we’re very much against hosts of a New Year’s Eve party sending their guests out to their cars when their guests have overindulged. Especially when there are safe options to avoid behavior that risks your life and that of others you may encounter on the road.

The bus stops here

2011-12-28T18:43:09-05:00

The NFTA’s proposed cuts to local bus routes have the potential to really hurt the little guy, the rider who relies on the bus to get to work, to shop, to get to the doctor’s.
It just shouldn’t happen.

OUR VIEW: Lockport taxpayers lose again

2011-04-26T00:41:27-04:00

We find it highly inappropriate that the City of Lockport — via its development corporation — is again punishing taxpayers for renovations to 57 Canal St.

CHEERS & JEERS

2011-04-26T00:11:35-04:00

We applaud Lockport Town Court and Judge Leonard G. Tilney Jr. for recusing themselves from the driving-while-intoxicated case against local attorney Daniel E. Seaman due to conflict of interest.

OUR VIEW: Recharge N.Y. is a plus for us

2011-04-21T00:44:01-04:00

We’re encouraged that Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s visit to Niagara County this week brings a new and improved version of the Power For Jobs program to our area.

CHEERS & JEERS: The US&J’s view on the best and worst of the week

2011-04-21T00:41:26-04:00

OUR VIEW: Cleanup is up the creek

2011-04-21T00:38:35-04:00

New York state had an Eighteenmile Creek cleanup within its grasp — and now it’s trying to change horses in mid-stream. And that could leave the cleanup effort up the creek without a paddle.