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Letters to the Editor

Candidate endorsement

EDITOR: Since the recall election last May, the Delta County Commissioner meetings have improved. The new board members are respectful of each other and their constituents. The first order of business was to reinstate our local prosecuting attorney as the county’s legal representative, as ...

Smoking and politics

EDITOR: As a former smoker I find a correlation between quitting this habit and abandoning other harmful habits. Oddly, one of the most difficult things for me to get over was the fact of not smoking itself. For 16 years I was openly known as a “smoker” and fell into the category of folks ...

Political Letters

Letters to the editor pertaining to the November General Election will not be accepted after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, October 22.

Wealth and taxes

EDITOR: The top 10% of income earners pay 76% of all income taxes. Most billionaire income is unearned and is not taxed or is taxed at a lower rate. Wealth is not taxed. If you could spend $10 million every year, it would take you 100 years to spend a billion dollars. There are several ...

Political signs

EDITOR: Last night a number of yard signs were stolen in our neighborhood. The yard signs were on private property and happened to support the Harris/Walz campaign. I can only assume that the thieves were Trump supporters and were attempting to suppress any visible signs of Harris support. ...

Lead line mess

EDITOR: Well Escanaba, we’re getting new state mandated water pipes pushed into our homes. That’s the good news. Even though it’s reported that we have less lead in our drinking water then ever before, the pipes are being replaced at city’s expense, that’s part of the bad news. The ...