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Sanctuary status

EDITOR: I attended the Delta County Commission meeting on June 6th primarily to give testimony regarding a vote on sanctuary status for the Second Amendment of the United States Constitution. Two gentlemen, both veterans and firearm owners, expressed concern that other issues may deserve the time instead of this. I wish to thank them for their service and willingness to speak on this issue. I concur that there are numerous, important issues before the commission, but I also feel that this issue deserved attention. There is no “best time” for deliberation on any issue, and I’m ...

Delta County Board meeting

EDITOR: During last night’s county commission meeting while discussing the gun sanctuary proposal Commissioner Barron went off on a tangent about mental health treatment and how it’s nothing more than a government entity that is only interested in money to keep itself going. Commissioner Barron then went on to state that we are worse of than before we started treating people who need mental health services. As a veteran who has used behavioral health services and on behalf of all the veterans who have served our country and who are using behavioral health services, shame on you ...

Recall Bob Barron

EDITOR: Dear Delta County Residents: My name is Linda Trombley- Robitaille. I was the treasurer of the Escanaba Township Board for 14 years. I am a member of “Delta County Citizens for Ethical Leadership.” It was my experience that when Mr. Bob Barron came to a meeting, asking to be put on the agenda, it was going to be about something he had in mind for his own personal gain. He did not consider the repercussions or problems his idea might cause for his neighbors. It was consistently a plan that would benefit him personally. Never once in those 14 years did he offer to lend ...

Letter response

EDITOR: Shirley Gollach’s letter of June 1, 2023 refers to me as an “equal-opportunity offender.” Shirley, if you choose to take the opportunity to be offended by facts, truth and opinions (which are not facts), free feel… your choice. After reading her letter several times (I find there are no supportable “facts”, just opinions). Lets look at a few: Commissioners are bound by federal policy to protect the privacy of persons being disciplined, terminated or in an interview process leading to decisions on hiring. This is a human resources function (been there, done that). ...

City not ready for summer

EDITOR: Spring. It’s also summer. In a little over two weeks it will be summer. Does the city know? First item: Are we not going to utilize the beach house? Second item: Kruisin’ Classics was just here. Before that, the weather had been perfect for at least 10 days, but where were the flowers? The planters were full of weeds. What happened? If the city workers (or whoever does it) was too busy or unavailable, you could have put the word out and I believe thee are enough of us to plant the flowers. I know that we could have done a couple. There are several businesses that would have ...

Annexation/solar farm – Escanaba Township

EDITIOR: The original solar farm proposal for Escanaba Township was for 1,200 acres, scaled back to 811 acres over a 25 year period. Through my research, Farmers would earn $300 - $2,000 per acre per year. I estimated on the lowest end or $300 here. 811 acres x $300 = $243,300 x 25 years = $6,082,500 total. I believe this would be for about 10 farmer’s lands. Each farmer would earn a minimum of about $608,250 total or probably more. On top of that, they will gain tax breaks for federal/Michigan tax rebates. That means they and one Delta County commissioner member will benefit well ...