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Letters to the Editor

Danger from invasive species

EDITOR: Michigan’s sportsman and conservationists agree that invasive species are a threat to the health of the Great Lakes. Bi-partisan legislation has been passed for many years to control these problems and keep the lakes healthy for future generations. That has been money well spent. ...

Giveaway programs

EDITOR: Insanity, is the only term I can use to describe the program that will take effect March 1st of this year. The program is called Rx Kids and was described in the Daily Press on February 21, 2025 edition. The article was titles UP Program Gives Cash to Parents of Newborns. The latest ...

Is American exceptionalism gone?

EDITOR: As a kid, I loved Scouts. I proudly wore the khaki uniform and carried the American flag at community events. I was proud that in WW II my father fought against the imperial Japanese and my uncle fought against Hitler. In high school, I had the life-changing experience of being an ...

Town hall meetings should be encouraged

EDITOR: Note from the author: As I went to submit this letter I noticed there have been similar submissions, including the most recent “Town hall meeting set - with or without Bergman.” While continued public calls for a town hall meeting may seem redundant, it is a sign of growing ...

Town hall meeting

EDITOR: As I have been mentioned in two LTEs, I would like to respond. James Hogge (who didn’t find it necessary to indicate he is Rep Bergman’s Communications Director) and Michael Glass attempted to make false accusations about the citizen-led Townhall in Escanaba on March 6. Mr. ...

A repeat of history

EDITOR: My father, and all four of his brothers, chased and fought Nazis all over Europe in the first half of the 1940s. My dad shared much of what he saw while in that fight. To his dying day he could not understand how humans could conduct such atrocities on other humans as he saw during ...