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Biden questions

EDITOR: President Biden emerged from the basement on May 2nd to go in search of his shadow. Will Biden find his shadow? Will American families juggling routine, bills, take a breath no hang nail, survival, not living? Will special occasions be replaced? Buy a ice cream cone. Will states be deemed competent to handle abortion? Will real preventable criminal continue to play keep away with the blind bold of justice? Will Trump retain his immunity allowing Biden to keep his Corvette? Will legal Americans continue to take a back seat to illegal immigrants, oops, newcomers? Will whales ...

No respect for those who served

EDITOR: In 1967 over the most heavily defended airspace in the world, antiaircraft fire hit John McCain’s A-4E Skyhawk. Ejection broke both of his arms and a leg. Miles behind enemy lines he was imprisoned and tortured. A year after McCain was shot down his father was promoted to a senior position in the US Navy. The Vietnamese offered to free McCain. Concerned the enemy would use his release to torment other POWs, McCain refused the offer. He would not accept release until all POWs were released. He spent another 4.5 years imprisoned and tortured until all POWs were released. In ...

Board of Canvassers

EDITOR: After reading the 80 page Board of Canvassers Handbook, I was reminded of an old ad campaign, “It’s so easy, even a Caveman [Yooper] can do it.” On page 18 of the handbook, it states “the Boards exist to check the mathematical consistency of election records.” It has always been about the numbers. Three contests, three sets of candidates, three jurisdictions, three sets of voters and three sets of identical odds. That is for every vote for the loser, there were 2.64 votes for the winner, and 2.645 to 1, in contests 1 and 3. That statistical anomaly prompted the ...

Memorial Day – Freedom isn’t free

EDITOR: In March of 1994 Patty Loveless sang, “Life’s about changing, nothing ever stays the same.” Was she right? Judge Judy says, “Beauty fades, stupid is forever.” Is she right? King Solomon said, “there is nothing new under the sun!” Was he right? Movies open with a “catch scene”, attempting to “set the hook.” Many times a movie will then restart the film with a line that reads 20 years earlier. Our opening scene is May 11, 2024 when Harrison Butker gave a commencement speech at Benedictine University. He said, “Bad policies and poor leadership have ...

Form-based code education

EDITOR: Understandably and with good reason, getting anything done in government takes time. Due diligence is important. However, the citizen commissions (and more, but let’s start small) meant to guide city council fall short. Take the planning commission, for example. On their agendas for months has been form-based code (FBC). People have spoken in support of it, including Ed Legault of the Economic Development Authority. It is entirely possible that FBCs might not end up working in Escanaba, so some have suggested testing it in just a small area at first, which has worked ...

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 ...