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Letters to the Editor

COVID-19 deaths

EDITOR: I haven’t seen reports or information on how anyone has died when COVID wasn’t involved. Suddenly in 2020 people ceased dying from heart disease, lung cancer, drug abuse, murder (except when race and cops are involved, cancer, old age, or even traffic accidents. No sir. Everyone ...

Media is not reporting news accurately

EDITOR: Are you aware of what is occurring in our country? Do you care? By means of omission the media is not reporting the news accurately. Watch three out of four television news stations back to back; each are reporting the same thing, verbatim, same script. This is not fair and unbiased ...

More people are immune to COVID than the state knows

EDITOR: The Governess of Michigan has announced a plan to “re-open” the State of Michigan based upon the percentage of persons who have been fully or partially vaccinated against the virus. This is a good plan, but the state vastly under-counts the number of people who are immune. I ...

CBO predicts annual inflation of 2% for next decade

EDITOR: In response to Mr. Blasier’s letter on May 4, I respectfully contend that his views on inflation might be suffering from the adage “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing”. Especially so, considering he predicts a 30% inflation rate. Granted, I’m no more an expert on ...

Inflation is the equivalent of a tax increase.

EDITOR: With a tax increase, the government takes more of your money, leaving you a fewer number of dollars, so you have less to spend on goods and services that you need and want. With a tax increase, the government gets more money to spend on things that the government wants, sometimes ...

Trash concerns

EDITOR: I can think of no better day to write this letter than on Earth Day, when people often volunteer their time to pick up trash along highways. However, it’s not just highways where trash dumping is a problem. Many of our rural roads in Delta County are littered with garbage, from ...