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Letters to the Editor

Democratic party

EDITOR: I, like some of you, have serious concerns about Donald Trump’s fitness to be president again. He talks too much about retribution for perceived wrongs. Our country has more important needs that. Mr. Trump does not have the same priorities I do. I believe he’s more concerned about ...

Directional intervention

EDITOR: Congratulations to the current federal administration. If your goal was to create an attitude of total distrust, mission accomplished. How about other readers? Do you think our country is on the right track? While being trained to be a medical first responder, I was taught the ...

Misleading headline

EDITOR: On February 29th, 2024, the Escanaba Daily Press published a completely misleading headline. It stated “77% local vote goes to Trump”. The reality is Trump received 51% of the vote. There were 6,695 votes cast, Trump received 3,590 of them. Keep in mind, Biden is basically ...

Healthcare for kids

EDITOR: Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin has stopped accepting Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Health Plan (Medicaid.) What this means for U.P. kids on UPHP who need pediatric services is a 22 hour round trip car trip to lower Michigan to receive care instead of two hours away in Appleton. ...

Firearms law

EDITOR: Sadly, it didn’t take long to see a demonstration of the impotence of Governor Whitmer’s gun storage law. A two-year-old child was killed through the negligence of her father (law or not) regarding access to a loaded firearm. Two articles in the Daily Press and other sources ...

Jail diversion

EDITOR: The Daily Press recently republished a Traverse City Record Eagle editorial titled, “Jail diversion correct the systems.” Diversion programs are more successful and less costly to taxpayers than jail and prison. Delta County is missing some diversion options that some other ...