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Letters to the Editor

Voters did speak on election day

EDITOR: The voters make their choices and often are proven right. In a letter to the editor published on March 6, 2023, Van Ginhoven quoted Commissioner Moyle to meet anyone wishing to discuss the county and any issue or question they may have. Her response was a perfect demonstration of ...

So disappointing

EDITOR: He said, she said. He lied, no, she did. What a fabrication, no, a white lie. A conspiracy perhaps? Evil character assassination methinks. Trickery, skullduggery, rumors, nepotism, behind the back chicanery. (Utter foolishness!) They say that “all politics is local.” Some truth ...

Delta County Code of Ethics

EDITOR : The Delta County Employee Handbook (which pertains to all those hired and elected) has an attachment titled “Code of Ethics Delta County Government”. This attachment contains roughly 3,306 words. A meta-analysis from 2019 found that English-speaking adults, on average, read 238 ...

Firearms and polling places

EDITOR: Society accepts rules and regulations in anticipation of a peaceful existence. Violations of these rules/regulations may result in disciplinary measures. Discipline, misunderstood by most, is not designed to punish, but to correct behavior. Unacceptable behavior should be clearly ...

Pair of letters

EDITOR: A pair of letters to the Editor on 2/23/23 showed an interesting contrast to problem solving. Perhaps lessons can be learned in how to confront problems either real or interpreted. Mr. Tom Grant of Escanaba had a maturely considered approach to dealing with the inevitability of U.P. ...

Be careful whom you elect

EDITOR: “Stupid is as stupid does” (Forrest Gump-1994) This quote seems to aptly describe the Escanaba City Council along with the Delta County Board of Commissioners. City council: It’s not enough that we’re known as the drug capital of the U.P. and “Methanaba” and now you have ...