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Keep our democracy safe

EDITOR: As I ride around Delta County just days before an election, I am dismayed at how few political yard signs I see. On streets where I one saw candidates for public office being visibly promoted during other election years, I now see empty lawns or a lone sign or two posted between the beginning and end of block-long rows of houses. Is this because Democrats are intimidated by the violent MAGA extremists who plotted an insurrection and the kidnapping of a governor? Is it because even within the Republican Party if you are not a MAGA supporter you are a RINO deserving of ridicule ...

Proposal 3

EDITOR: Our founders had a quaint habit of setting things down in order of importance. When Thomas Jefferson wrote about unalienable rights he put life at the top of his list. Unlike Jefferson, abortion advocates always ignore the elephant in the room, which is the life in the womb. At the recent House 108th district candidate forum, Dave Prestin (R) said Proposal 3 would effectively repeal parental consent laws on abortion, sex change operations and puberty blockers, and would allow abortion up to the moment of birth. In its official text, the proposed constitutional amendment ...

Comment on conflict of interest

EDITOR: Christine Williams who was the chairperson of the planning commission submitted a letter accusing Commissioner Robert Barron of having a conflict of interest concerning the solar ordinance. I am involved in a solar project in the St. Nicholas area. For a year and a half we dealt with the planning commission and their recommendations to the county board. The planning commission submitted a plan with three categories. Christine Williams had solar panels in the first category which were excepted from any restrictions, only had to follow local zoning. That seems like a conflict of ...

Proposal 3

EDITOR: The third proposition on the ballot this season states, “Establish new individual right to reproductive freedom, including right to make and carry out all decisions about pregnancy, such as prenatal care, childbirth, postpartum care, contraception, sterilization, abortion, miscarriage management, and infertility.” Whew — all that stuff that women already have a right to, but they slipped in that word “abortion” in the middle. It’s quite the proposition, it pretty much forbids the state to regulate abortion after fetal viability, but not prohibit if medically ...

Candidate endorsement

EDITOR: In the congressional race for Michigan’s 1st District, I support Dr. Bob Lorinser to replace Rep. Jack Bergman. Dr. Lorinser started his medical career with the Indian Health Service in New Mexico. He then worked over two decades as a family physician in Marquette, before serving for 10 years in the U.S. State Department in Pakistan. In 2020 he returned to Marquette, intending to retire. Instead, when COVID hit, he became medical director at the Marquette County Health Department. The website BergmanForCongress describes Lorinser as a “career bureaucrat.” Does that ...

Don’t be fooled

EDITOR: Are you sick of all of these misleading political ads? I know I am. Some ads are outright lies. Of course these ads are from “committees” and not a particular candidate. One ad that is getting to me is the one that says ..she voted for property tax increases... Your property tax is set and no politician can raise your property tax. Property taxes are your mileage times your taxable value. Mileages can only be changed by a vote by the taxpayers, such as school mileages, DATA mileage, sheriff mileage, college mileage and the like. Your taxable value can only change if certain ...