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Napolitano column

EDITOR: On January 16, The Daily Press published a opinion piece by Andrew Napolitano, where Napolitano said: I have often thought that after Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson was our worst president. … Just as the 13 colonies seceded from Great Britain … individuals can reject the government, smaller subdivisions can leave larger ones, and states can leave the feds. Lincoln our worst president? I had to read the sentence multiple times to make sure I was reading it correctly. According to Napolitano, Lincoln was the worst because he opposed secession by the Confederate States of ...

Electric vehicles

EDITOR: A reply to an article in the editorial page of the Escanaba Daily Press. Steve Moore’s article on drivers giving a thumbs down to electric vehicles There is an old axiom, ‘Build a better mouse trap and the world will beat a path to your door.’ There are a number of points that I agree with in Moore’s article, first, “I’ve driven a Tesla, and they are wonderful smooth-driving vehicles” and second,”They have a problem, too, such as getting stranded with no juice in the middle of nowhere” I own a Chevy Bolt, which is a 100% electric vehicle and find that ...

Vote in your best interest

EDITOR: Recently, U.S. Representative Peter De Fazio (D-OR) introduced H.R. 8005 and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced S. 4365 entitled the Social Security Expansion Act, which affords recipients an 8.7% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) raise in their monthly payments starting in January of 2023. If you are one of the fortunate 70 million Americans who have started receiving this raise, thank the Democrats for this deserved adjustment. The House Resolution and Senate Bill were not supported by any Republican. This adjustment was enacted on the part of the Democrats to help ...

News stories

EDITOR: Why do some stories make it to national prominence while some never see the light of day? I am referencing the Idaho murders of the four college students. I have a guess, and I wish I was wrong, but after the initial story, we all saw a picture of the four. If the two young good-looking girls’ pictures had not be prominently displayed, would the national media had picked it up? Unfortunately, if it had been four less attractive students, we might not have heard about it. This has troubled me for years. I know that some of it is politically motivated. Tom Grant Escanaba

Escanaba marijuana shops

EDITOR: I’m writing in regard to not one but four marijuana shops possibly coming into Escanaba. Because of zoning laws, the city council has to approve them. Contact your councilman or attend the meetings and let them know of your displeasure. If we must have a marijuana shop here, place them away from the mall. Those who want to shop there will find it. Dorothy Olson Escanaba

Gas price increases

EDITOR: We go into Christmas week and gas is $2.64 a gallon. Not too bad. The statewide average goes down 7 cents. Then we see Krist Oil go up to $3.29. A 65 cents increase in one fell swoop. What exactly is a “fell swoop”? Anyway. Holiday and Admiral don’t follow the increase, so they come back down to $2.99. A day and a half later, everyone is at $3.19. It used to be (before the pandemic) that the gas companies had set excuses: one was the “winter blend” and the other was that phantom refinery fire. And the refinery fires always happened right before a holiday, or Fair ...