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Letters to the Editor

County board concerns

EDITOR: My concerns expressed today have to do with our county board of commissioners. Watching the board meetings on YouTube is a very stressful event for me. I cannot get to the meetings due to the time they hold them. I am not retired and work until 5:30 p.m. I wonder the reason they find ...

No annexation

EDITOR: Say no to the annexation scam. Tearing a township in half without the approval of both townships is not a move any elected official should have the right to do. An elected official would financially benefit by hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Half of the township forced ...

Line 5

EDITOR: In response to Diana Peach’s letter. Enbridge pipeline transports more than Canadian oil. That is the first point. Second, Enbridge has proposed to build a tunnel, fully encased in concrete, to protect the pipeline(s) under the Straits. They are paying for this. At the present time, ...

Missing brick work

EDITOR: I don’t know who had the bright idea to cover up the beautiful brick work at the Gladstone Great Lakes First Federal Credit Union in Gladstone, but it sure is a shame. I have admired the wonderful craftsmanship of that building since I was a kid going to see Dr. Hult when he had his ...

Gun violence

EDITOR: My last words about gun violence Thank you, Mr. Glass and Mr. Smouthers, for responding to my letter - although you accused me of emotion and limited firearm knowledge (both true), and irrelevant and ‘dishonest’ facts. I included my sources (e.g., the Violence Project) to allow ...

Annexation

EDITOR: Commissioner David Moyle Commissioner Robert Barron Commissioner Steve Viau Commissioner John Malnor Commissioner Robert Peterson Public Act 156 of 1851, MCL 46.1 et seq… authorizes the county board to consider altering township boundary lines, when “…upon application ...