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What’s wrong with this picture?

EDITOR: There is something I don't understand. We have a southern border that seems to be wide open to anyone willing to cross a river. Drugs beyond comprehension coming into our country. Now, we are excited about seeing how many old store fronts can be filled with marijuana shops. This is nuts as far as I'm concerned, all in the name of getting a few bucks in tax revenue. When you have people from Lower Michigan and elsewhere wanting to set up shop here, that should tell you something, Marijuana sales over the counter is just the start, but what will end up being sold under the ...

No disrespect was intended

EDITOR: Dear Escanaba Football Fans, My name is Coach Dave Mathieu, and I would like to clear up a misunderstanding. After the post game handshake I directed our team away from midfield and down to the end zone where we warmed up. After the fireworks, we looked for our students and fans so we could sing our fight song to them. Singing the school song to our fans is a tradition we practice win or lose. I did not want our players to go through, or in front of the Esky players, so we went towards the stands on our end of the field. Our students came down to the end of the bleachers. ...

Candidate endorsement

EDITOR: I am writing this letter as an endorsement of incumbent candidate Theresa Nelson as Delta County Commissioner for District 3. The recent redistricting in Delta County has led to a situation where there are now two incumbent candidates opposing each other for this position. It would be a shame to lose such a beneficial member of the county commission under these circumstances. I have known Theresa Nelson personally for well over 40 years. I can attest to the fact that she is a person of great integrity and high moral character. In addition to being very trustworthy and honest, ...

Candidate endorsement

EDITOR: As a retired teacher of children with special needs and a 32-year resident of Delta County, Michigan, I have known Dave Moyle for a long time. It is my pleasure to fully endorse Dave as the most fitting candidate for Delta County Commissioner, District 4. Dave’s dedication within the workplace is something I witnessed firsthand. He has great compassion for students and families, enthusiastically and creatively supporting children with visual impairments. Beyond that, I have witnessed Dave offer his own time and knowledge to support elderly community members in need of ...

Twisting the meaning of a word

EDITOR: It seems Donald Trump’s lawyers are getting desperate. Recently, they resorted to playing a game of semantics, twisting the meaning of the word, shall, arguing that the Presidential Records Act does not require presidential records to be placed under the custody the Archives, but only suggests they may be turned over. In their opinion, the words shall and may are functionally interchangeable, so that its use in the Presidential Records Act grants permission, as if the law said a president may turn over their records, rather than that he must turn them over. If their ...

I’m not a Facist

EDITOR: On September 1, Biden read his teleprompter stuffed with divisive and hateful indictments aimed at over half our citizens. I thought, I’m not a fascist. I don’t even know a real fascist… as I listened, three areas seemed the most incongruous in his rants. He didn’t know the history of the word or of the movement and his attack was very hypocritical. First point: The Fasces is an ancient symbol, going back to the Etruscans and used widely by Imperial Rome where its bundle of bound rods with an axe head at its top symbolized power and jurisdiction. It appeared on the ...