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Greenland and the U.P.

EDITOR: Donald J. Trump is now in office. I have supported him in the past and will continue to do so unless he makes some boneheaded move like buying Greenland and making it a state. Greenland? Cmon man! Why would you want to waste money on another frozen wasteland (remember Alaska) like that or Canada. I mean why would you even consider something like that when you have a perfectly good, cold area with low population and speak a regional form of English not Danish or French. I am, of course, talking about our Upper Peninsula (Superior 51). Economy? Hey, we‘ve got trees for sale, ...

Michigan’s egg law

EDITOR: I just read “McBroom Leaves Out Key Details” (Jan 15) and I have a few thoughts on the subject. The first thing that jumps out at me is that Nancy Warren states “Michigan’s egg law is needed”. Later she makes a claim that the market is already going in the free direction. If the market is already taking care of the issue, why put another government mandate in place? As a consumer, I feel very strongly that the governments job is limited to making sure an egg is safe for human consumption, not limiting the type of egg I may purchase or mandating what kind of egg I ...

Burden of inflation

EDITOR: In response to January 11-12 “Inflation looms over Escanaba’s budget”. Recently our utilities were raised and raised again. We had to use less heat (turned down to get on budget plan) less water and frequent “Vinnies Boutique” for clothes, food, Budget Dollar has bargains and Culvers kids menu - even for wrinkled kids is an occasional treat. So, when the article mentioned that some of the inflation burden will be passed to the tax payers through a 3.1% change on property taxes. “No! People already cut and cut again (see above). Now, SHELTER? Our governor has a ...

The Secret of Christmas

EDITOR: Is it the present under the tree when shaking tells you nothing? Is the secret who is playing Santa this year? Whether grandma has ham or turkey? Rudolf’s true identity revealed? Christmas seems pretty straightforward: trees, gifts, visits, toys, cards, sleighs, tinsel, St. Nick, little wide-eyed kids, carols, the Birth of the King. What’s the Secret? “It’s not the glow you feel when snow appears, not the Christmas cards you’ve sent for years. Not the joyful sounds sleigh bells ring, nor the merry songs children sing. That little gift you gave on Christmas Day ...

Delta County Airport

EDITOR: With Bob Randstatler’s and Robyn Morrison’s resignations as the airport management team, the Commissioners of Delta County, exception being Commissioner Vanginhoven, have once again failed the aviation and traveling community of this county. Current and previous commissioners always viewed the airport as an afterthought. They want(ed) it to provide large airport services on a meager budget. County commissioners have allowed the non-statutory and impotent Airport Advisory Board to go through four managers and five assistant managers since May 2018! This is lunacy. When the ...

Hunting has many benefits

EDITOR: I am writing in response to the recent letter from Diana Peach which expressed her opposition to hunting. Although I personally haven’t hunted deer, I have hunted ruffed grouse and many of my friends and family hunt deer and other wild game. There are many aspects of hunting that non-hunters may not have considered. According to scientists who study animal behavior, intelligence and brain function, animals such as wild game animals don’t experience pain in the same way that humans or other primates do because they don’t have the same type of self-awareness. Their fear ...