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Enbridge plans

EDITOR: Thank you Daily Press for your front page story regarding the US Army Corps of Engineers delaying Enbridge’s plans for the Great Lakes Oil Pipeline Tunnel proposed to run under the Straits of Mackinaw. Thank you also for publishing the front page picture in color showing the damage done to Enbridge Line 5 pipeline anchor support when an anchor from a passing ship hit this support in 2020. Since Line 5 moves 23 million gallons of oil and natural gas daily under the straits which connects Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, it is only a matter of time before a rupture occurs in ...

Delta County Commission

EDITOR: It is practically unbelievable that the Delta County Commission would vote to approve a contract that they haven’t read. How do I know they haven’t read it? Because — by their own admission and this paper’s reporting — it hasn’t been written yet! This kind of behavior is one of the worst forms of dereliction of duty and failure to uphold their oath of office. A total failure in their fiduciary duty, as well. This kind of behavior by elected officials makes the U.P. look like a third rate backwater community scaring away economic and other kinds of development. Tom ...

Voters did speak on election day

EDITOR: The voters make their choices and often are proven right. In a letter to the editor published on March 6, 2023, Van Ginhoven quoted Commissioner Moyle to meet anyone wishing to discuss the county and any issue or question they may have. Her response was a perfect demonstration of her being a large part of the problem. Van Ginhoven was very free in posting her personal evaluation of problems while openly refusing to deal with them in an honest and open conversation. I believe her fear in so doing demonstrates her real agenda, like a burglar in the night sneaking in, taking ...

So disappointing

EDITOR: He said, she said. He lied, no, she did. What a fabrication, no, a white lie. A conspiracy perhaps? Evil character assassination methinks. Trickery, skullduggery, rumors, nepotism, behind the back chicanery. (Utter foolishness!) They say that “all politics is local.” Some truth there and our county and city are where it appears to be rampant. Trump, Biden, Whitmer ---take a back seat. It all seems to go back to the GOP primary when Cedar River hopeful Dave Prestin won the District primary. Rumors abounded about him and other candidates and attacks on family members. ...

Firearms and polling places

EDITOR: Society accepts rules and regulations in anticipation of a peaceful existence. Violations of these rules/regulations may result in disciplinary measures. Discipline, misunderstood by most, is not designed to punish, but to correct behavior. Unacceptable behavior should be clearly denoted and consequences as clearly understood. Instances in which one’s behavior inadvertently breaches rules/regulations, discipline should be applied “softly”. Recently passed HB4127/28 prevent anyone, including legally permitted carriers of firearms, from being “…Inside a polling place ...

Delta County Code of Ethics

EDITOR : The Delta County Employee Handbook (which pertains to all those hired and elected) has an attachment titled “Code of Ethics Delta County Government”. This attachment contains roughly 3,306 words. A meta-analysis from 2019 found that English-speaking adults, on average, read 238 words per minute when reading silently (Brysbaert, 2019). Based on that study, it should take almost 14 minutes to read through the county’s code of ethics. I highly suggest members of the board of commissioners and any other persons elected or hired by and within the county to find 14 minutes ...