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A mother’s heart

EDITOR: How did the term “politically correct” get started? How awful a phrase. The ugliness that shrouds politics and the thirst for power that is attached to politics cannot be defined as anything good. You could even argue that politics has become an ever-growing evil. Mothers Day was recently celebrated. You would get no argument from most people that Mothers Day could be celebrated every day. Is their anything in all of creation so wonderful as a mother? I would argue there is nothing in the world that can compare to the love a mother has for their children. Webster’s ...

Delta County Board

EDITOR: Having chaired a planning commission and zoning board of appeals downstate, I can identify with the county commissioners and their work. You’re not in it to make friends, you are in it to make decisions. Not always popular. Decisions can be made either quickly or properly, with quickly usually ending in a revisitation of the case at hand. Deliberation takes time if an appropriate result is to be expected. Case in point was the dismissal of a county employee. Since this involved an “at will” employee it, as well as any disciplinary measures are appropriately handled ...

Delta Conservation District election

EDITOR: If you’ve been following the Delta County Commission meetings the last six months you know that the Delta Conservation District and it’s CEO Rory Mattson have been talked about on a regular basis. Now is the time you can have some input on who sits on that board. There are two seats up this year. You can vote in person between now and June 21t at the Conservation District office at Pioneer Trail Park Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. with proper ID. You can also call 906-553-7700 and they will send you a ballot. In the past this election was posted in a very ...

No to annexation proposal

EDITOR: At recent Escanaba Township and Cornell Township board meetings many residents from both townships voiced their strong opposition to the annexation proposal (as recently published in the Daily Press) and promoted and supported by Delta County Board Commissioner Robert Barron. In fact, both township boards are opposed to that proposal. Additionally, over 130 residents who originally signed the petition (proposal) have now requested, in writing, to have their names removed because most feel that the extent of the proposal (removing nearly 50%, 19,000 acres from Escanaba ...

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 into Cornell includes four members on the township boards. It would eliminate an elected clerk, a zoning administrator, and two other positions. One of them is me. I have a “No Industrial Solar” sign on my property as many did, or do, since 2019. I have been vocal with concerns for the ...

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 it beneficial to hold the meetings at 5:00/5:15 p.m. when people are just leaving work. I am a licensed mental health therapist and watching a meeting creates emotional confusion, chaos and invalidation of personhood in the viewer. The chairman of the board’s most recent post about prayer ...