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Letters to the Editor

Energy rate increases are political

EDITOR: The recent uproar over Michigan’s high electricity rates deserves real scrutiny, but not just of DTE or Consumers Energy. What’s driving our bills through the roof isn’t executive pay or lobbying. It’s a radical, top-down energy agenda being pushed by Lansing politicians and ...

Show some kindness

EDITOR: Oh my! Jamie Larsen let the old man/woman out in her article, "It looks bloody stupid." You sound as though you are an older (+50) person. Did your mother never teach you the saying: If you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all? Where is your respect for others? Where is ...

Something doesn’t seem fair

Congressman Bergman: I am sending the following to the Escanaba Daily Press as an added way to bring this concern to your attention. The Wall Street Journal and other reputable sources report that the administration’s budget bill will deny working people and their children medical care, ...

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: ...

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 ...

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 ...