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Living wage

EDITOR: Living wage. I have heard that term a lot lately. I used to hear it years ago. I remember a few years ago, when Seattle instituted a $15 minimum wage. Less than a year later, a lot of the smaller Mom and Pop style shops were forced to close because they could not afford to stay open. Major corporations have reported that they will be forced to reduce their employment numbers in the coming months. Ford Motor Company just announced another 3,000 lay-offs. If you go to any fast food restaurant, you see a reduction of hours of operation, and the hours that the dining rooms are ...

Columnist should respect those who administer, enforce law

EDITOR: On August 22, you ran an opinion piece that began: “Former President Donald Trump will soon be indicted by a federal grand jury.” The writer, Andrew Napolitano, a former New Jersey Superior Court judge and a FOX News commentator, described the former President as “the victim of a federal government that knows no bounds and has assumed powers nowhere granted in the Constitution.” The judge also said that the FBI, CIA, DEA, NSA, and DIA “regularly break the written and moral laws, and are themselves far more dangerous to human freedom than the folks they pursue.” At ...

Escanaba doesn’t need more service jobs

EDITOR: I wish to address Tom Grant's letter 'A Little More Action Please' and Sviland's letter `Northshore Development'. Condos and hotels on the Northshore are not what will attract younger people to Escanaba. What will are jobs — jobs that pay families a living wage — not more service jobs. I have children the ages of the demographic you want to entice to stay and/or move to our town. They (as so many) have left and stayed away because the city keeps pushing Escanaba to be a tourist mecca instead of encouraging living wage employment. They all have good jobs and are actually ...

Too much time on two issues

EDITOR: You ever wonder why people get jaded and frustrated in regards to government? Take our city council - please. Between the North Shore Development and the legal pot sales, these people couldn't fight their way out of a wet paper bag with contacting two lawyers, several consultants and they, the council, wonders why their meetings are not better attended. I would not be able to keep my mouth shut. I was president of, and ran a board of directors in Waikiki. When the board had a consensus, we moved forward. A consensus/majority didn't always make everyone happy. We rarely went ...

Candidate endorsement

Editors Note: This letter was originally published in the Friday, Aug. 12 edition of the Daily Press. The name of the letter writer was inadvertently excluded in the online version of the Daily Press. The letter was not sent by any government entity or official in Ford River Township. The letter is reprinted here with the letter writer’s name — Monica Peach — included. EDITOR: Today I write to endorse Kelli Van Ginhoven, commissioner candidate for District 4 of Delta County. She is running as an Independent. She believes in the need to be as non-partisan as possible. Her motto is ...

Election letters

Letter to the editor pertaining to candidates or issues on the Primary Election ballot will no longer be accepted until after the election.