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Bergman and Ukraine

EDITOR: Bergman did it again. Michigan’s 1st District Congressman Jack Bergman voted against HR 8035, The Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act. It seems Bergman doesn’t understand the support people have for the Ukraine in this district. The Facebook group, Yoopers for Ukraine; the Tiffany Ampe family who adopted two Ukrainian children and who helped send $100,000 in supplies to the Ukraine, (WLUC news article); Chef Chad Soyou of the Wilson Creek Cafe in Powers, Mich. who has collected for Ukrainian relief; people of Ukrainian ancestry in the western U.P. (where Jack ...

Voter forum

EDITORS NOTE — Letters to the editor pertaining to the upcoming recall election on May 7, the Delta County Board of Commissioners or related topics are no longer being accepted until after the May 7 recall election. The following letter was received before the April 25 letter deadline. ——— EDITOR: So, I popped some corn, chilled some beers and watched the Forum on the county commissioner recall. Should have brewed coffee instead. The moderators mentioned there were a large number of questions submitted, true, I know of 30 individual and specific examples which were probing, ...

Thank you for support

EDITORS NOTE — Letters to the editor pertaining to the upcoming recall election on May 7, the Delta County Board of Commissioners or related topics are no longer being accepted until after the May 7 recall election. The following letter was received before the April 25 letter deadline. ——— EDITOR: I would like to take a moment to thank all the citizens of Delta County who have supported the recall effort, which began February 7 with the firing of our very competent and well respected County Administrator, Emily DeSalvo. Thank you to Christiana Reynolds for forming the ...

Election Letters

Letters to the editor pertaining to the upcoming recall election on May 7, the Delta County Board of Commissioners or related topics are no longer being accepted until after the May 7 recall election.

Board bored

EDITOR: As many of us Delta County residents know, in May there will be a recall election for three of the members of the Delta County Board of Commissioners. Those who are not aware of the election and surrounding drama are obviously not concerned, or like me, personally trying to avoid all of the emotions, lies, facts and more that are prevalent in print, social media, news broadcasts and likely places my last century flip phone does not take me. I know very little about the controversy and maybe I should be more attentive so that I can make a wise voting choice. The anger, ...

A new putdown

EDITOR: First, it was we were in a basket of deplorables. Then we were those racist, white nationalists, then we were nazis, and the names kept coming. The latest is from that “mensa card carrying liberal, Katy Couric. Some news this morning had her with CBS News, I remember her on NBC Today. I hadn’t given her much thought for the last decade or so until Bill Maher interviewed her. Obviously, she missed the spotlight, also. Now if you are a Trump supporter, (or maybe just a conservative, I wasn’t paying that much attention) you are an “anti-intellectual” and also ...