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Is Bergman listening?

To Congressman Bergman: Concerning attacks on unarmed boats in the Mediterranean, your office’s Oct. 23 email stated, “Congressman Bergman will continue to review the situation in light of his responsibilities in Congress and his commitment to upholding the Constitution.” Six members of Congress, veterans or former members of the intelligence community, released a video addressing military and intelligence personnel. The video reiterated the truism that no one is obligated to comply with an illegal order. The president condemned the video, stating that their statement was ...

Our children are worth more

On Jan. 6, I attended the Delta County Board of Commissioners reorganization meeting. On their agenda, under new business was the discussion regarding the position of the emergency management coordinator salary. Commissioner Kelli VanGinhoven made a motion for a salary of $72,000 for the emergency management coordinator job. Commissioners Matthew Jensen and Christine Williams of the finance committee wanted a salary of $69,000. Jensen continued pontificating for his reasons/rationality of $69,000 and in the same breath talked about all the increased responsibilities of an emergency ...

Township residents should weigh in on Master Plan

As I talk with residents of Delta County, I realize that most do not know that Delta County is upgrading their Master Plan with a total rewrite through the planning commission. Don’t get this confused with the five-year park plan that the county is completing now. Master Plans are usually written for 20-year periods with reviews every five years. Master Plans set policy, how and where to spend money, and zoning regulations. The purpose is to help communities create a vision of what they want the landscape to look like in the future. Master Plans also give guidance to the planning ...

Be wary of political mailers

Political mailers have already started arriving in the Upper Peninsula. Our household received three last week in support of a particular candidate. I was reminded by this how many people are not aware that much of the political mail they receive is not paid for by the candidate it promotes. In this case, the mailer was paid for by a national political organization funded by billionaire donors and corporate interests. It operates across the country and spends heavily to influence elections, often under names that sound local or community focused. These organizations do not represent ...

On adding Trump name to the Kennedy Center

Imagine being born in the United States some 60-plus years ago, attaining a Ph.D. from Michigan State University, retiring from the State of Michigan after decades of exemplary service, having no criminal record and then being traumatized by masked thugs while on a shopping trip simply because your skin is brown. This describes a friend of mine. Many say this is NOT who we are in the United States, but this is who we have become under the convicted felon and current occupant of the White House; a complicit, Republican-controlled Congress; and a corrupt U.S. Supreme Court. On another ...

What qualifies as scandalous behavior?

The definition of “scandal” is not just a weird story that ends up in the headlines. Rather, the true meaning of the word, as defined by the church is, “anything that is put in the path of someone trying to live a holy, moral and decent life.” If this definition is true, consider what God said about those who derail the truth with deceptive ideology, “It would be better for them if a millstone were put around their neck and they be thrown into the sea than for anyone to cause one of these little ones to stumble.” An example of authorities forcing their ideology onto those ...