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It looks bloody stupid

EDITOR: Well, that stupid and unnecessary project is in at Ludington Park. I can’t bring myself to call it a “nature trail”, which is what I believe Enhance Escanaba is calling it. My issue(s) with the new installation isn’t even the problem that many people have pointed out: Karen Moore’s obvious conflict of interest and blatant abuse of power. The government doesn’t work effectively anyway, so why are we mad about one City Council member pushing her own agenda to plant flowers? Except that in this case, this particular planting ruined a perfectly nice slice of the ...

Rate highs for DTE and Consumers Energy

EDITOR: In a recent article on MLIVE, it was stated the Michigan’s residential power rates are among the highest in the Midwest. Here is what they didn’t telling you. In 2024, the CEO of DTE made over 11.5 million dollars in compensation. The Vice Chairman made almost 3 million, the CFO made over 3 million and the COO made almost 3 million. Meanwhile, the CEO and COO of Consumers Energy received a compensation of almost 10.5 million dollars each. The population in Michigan in 2024 was just over 10 million people. This means that the CEO’s of these companies are making over a ...

More fear than fact

EDITOR: A recent letter warning of a “liquidation” of America’s public lands paints an alarming picture, but it’s one based more on fear than fact. The claim that the Senate budget reconciliation bill mandates the sale of 3 million acres of federal land is misleading. No such mandate exists. While Congress occasionally considers land sales as a way to offset spending, these sales are small in scope and still subject to existing laws like the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, which requires public review and environmental safeguards. It’s simply not true that there ...

More fear than fact

EDITOR: A recent letter warning of a “liquidation” of America’s public lands paints an alarming picture, but it’s one based more on fear than fact. The claim that the Senate budget reconciliation bill mandates the sale of 3 million acres of federal land is misleading. No such mandate exists. While Congress occasionally considers land sales as a way to offset spending, these sales are small in scope and still subject to existing laws like the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, which requires public review and environmental safeguards. It’s simply not true that there ...

We have a commonality

EDITOR: Delta County Unified is striving to bring civility back to political discourse and a sense of community back to our county. Whether you are a Democrat, a Republican, or an Independent, there are a few basic things we can all agree on. We all want affordable housing. We all want affordable food. We all want access to affordable healthcare. And we all want to feel safe in our communities. If we can agree on these basic premises, we have a commonality that we can begin with. We may disagree on how we achieve these goals, but we now have a starting point for a civil ...

Will we save our public lands?

EDITOR: For generations, Americans have enjoyed hunting, fishing, and camping on our public lands found in every state. We visit National Parks and Forests, Refuges, or BLM lands including the Hiawatha and Ottawa National Forests and four National Park Service sites. But buried within the current Senate budget reconciliation bill is a mandate to sell 3 million acres of BLM and Forest Service land. This land sale would occur in the next five years, and over 294.6 million acres, nearly the size of California and Texas, is eligible for sales. There are no rules on how much land can ...