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Letters to the Editor

A conundrum

EDITOR: The American Heritage Dictionary defines a conundrum as a “problem admitting of no satisfactory solution, [or] a difficult and complicated problem, [or, a] riddle in which a fanciful question is answered by a pun.” One of these problems is “lost” money in the thousands. So ...

Signs, signs, everywhere

EDITOR: I understand that there is a sign ordinance in Escanaba. We were contacted because someone that wanted to put a lighted sign up less than a block away. Someone in the area took it upon themselves to try and get this sign request not approved. North Lincoln Road across from Travelodge. ...

Election fraud

EDITOR: Recently, Republican efforts to severely restrict voter access to the polls in Michigan hit a major snag — election fraud. Tens of thousands of signatures collected on petitions supporting the “Secure MI Vote” referendum were collected by the same group as those found by the ...

Safety of children

EDITOR: Your June 1st edition carried a most moving letter by Brianna Ecklid regarding the deterioration of safety of our children now face. I agree with her analogy regarding the possibility of attack from the USSR back in the 1960s. I recall, while living in northern Ohio, we would drive to ...

Protecting schools

EDITOR: This latest and horrible school shooting cannot become the ‘new normal’ for life in this country. I’m not one who thinks ‘taking the guns away’ will solve it. I will point out that President Biden said in his grief stricken speech that “nobody needs and assault rifle, the ...

Amish road sign thieves

EDITOR: Someone who knows Someone who took those signs. Someone who isn’t returning the signs or isn’t telling who took them is breaking the law. I don’t imagine someone from downstate came up here to get a few signs. And it’s a shame my neighbors would think of performing a hate ...