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A sacred right or a sacred cow?

EDITOR: Michigan’s new clean energy legislation was adopted last November and makes Michigan a national leader in using solar and wind to transition our state away from fossil fuels to create electricity. The new law pits local zoning officials against local landowners who want to place clean solar and wind on their land. According to Citizens for Local Choice, “local zoning control is a sacred right enjoyed by local units.” Really? If that were true, vital public services like highways, telephone, internet, and electricity could be stopped by local zoning boards. Thank goodness ...

Gun laws

EDITOR : This letter is for all (yes… all) Michigan firearms owners. House Bills (passed by both House and Senate) 4138, 42, 43 go into effect February 13. Of course, the stated rationale is “safety for children”… again. Some highlights: Storage - New Law Requires… their firearms either stored in a locked box or locked container or kept unloaded and locked with a trigger lock; Purchase or Transfer… obtain a license before they can purchase a rifle or long gun, and means that background checks will be required for all gun purchases. Those who already own rifles will not ...

Free community college

EDITOR: This may seem contrary, but regarding free community college (CC) is counterproductive to a successful society. If you have a mortgage, auto loan, credit card, etc. you have “skin in the game of life”. You place a value beyond dollars in what those items can provide for you. Continuing possession requires you to act in a responsible fashion lest the quality of your life suffer. There is no free lunch… you have to pay. Having taught in a CC for 20 years (one of my “side-hustles”) it became obvious that the students who were responsible for their education excelled, ...

Patrol the border

EDITOR: It doesn’t seem like a lot of people in this area or in the U.P., in general, care about what is happening to this country. 302,000 illegals crossed the southern border just last month! Take Green Bay and triple that. Every month. The Biden people say it’s the Republican’s fault. An Executive Order could stop it from happening. Laws are already there. We don’t need any new laws. Just allow the Boder Patrol to do it’s job — patrol the border. When I go in to Canada, I have to have ID, and an enhanced driver’s license or passport to get back into the U.S. If you are ...

Home permit predictions

EDITOR: The article that I am responding to you about is the flat market predicted for new single family home permits. This article has many good points and lots of information about how the housing market has decreased over the past couple of years. By this coming year they are expecting the housing market to decrease by 2.5% which is 13,964 permits issued. The Home Builders Association of Michigan (HBAM) stated that with higher interest rates and the delay of utility hookups are becoming an increasing problem. In my opinion I agree with the writer that there is a problem with ...

MASH

EDITOR: Found a rerun of M.A.S.H. and instantly heard “Colonel Potter… you need to sign this.” He asks… “What is it Radar?”… “Nothing sir, just sign here, here and initial here. Thank you sir.” A common scene in that show. I replaced Colonel Potter with President Biden and came up with the following. “Mr. President, sign this”… “Of course Secretary Granholm.” And we will be deprived of our modern conveniences in the name of some “Green” crap. “Mr. Biden, you need to sign this.”… “Certainly Secretary Mayorkas.” And our border gates are swung ...