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Councilman’s disrespect

EDITOR: I was watching the City of Escanaba council meeting on Thursday, November 4. When they were saying the Pledge of Allegiance I noticed Mr. Blasier left his hat on. He left it on during the entire meeting. When the camera did a close up of him I notice the hat’s saying “Let’s Go Brandon” which means F Biden. I found this to be very disturbing that a council person would have that much disrespect at a public meeting. I guess he wasn’t pleased that he came in last place in the election. He probably was trying to make a statement to the voters by wearing it. The voters ...

Upset over accusations

EDITOR: I am addressing some issues that were printed in Saturday’s press. I am so greatly angered at the Daily Press for what they have printed about my husband. Freedom of the press is one thing but printing falsehoods is reprehensible. Since when have you ever even asked him for his side of any story or actions? You are printing false accusations and this isn’t the first time you have done so. What you have written is hurting our family and damaging to his integrity in our community and makes us look like cheats. You have no idea on what truly took place. You are going on the ...

Clarification from candidate

EDITOR: I am writing in reference to the Oct. 30, 2021 Daily Press article “City leadership, millages on Nov. 2 ballot” and specifically to the statement “If elected Tuesday, this will be the first time Pontius has joined the commission through the democratic process.” I would like to clarify for the record that I (“Pontius”) did not seize a seat on the Gladstone City Commission by military coup nor by any kind of “undemocratic” means, as might be surmised from the article’s choice of wording. My wife read those words and at first glance thought it indicated some ...

IRS reporting proposal

EDITOR: We typically do not raise issues occurring in Washington with the public, but because the people in our community are important to us, we want to inform our neighbors of proposed legislation that could significantly impact millions of families and small businesses. There is currently proposed legislation that, if enacted, would require all financial institutions to report to the IRS the gross financial inflows and outflows of every business and personal customer account above $10,000. The proposal would use banks as a third-party information source to find and report ...

Enbridge remains vigilant, focused on safety

EDITOR: We respect the recent editorial from the Detroit News for highlighting the importance of energy security related to our infrastructure. To be clear, Enbridge’s response to the recent criminal attack on a Line 5 valve site was immediate and appropriate with operators safely securing the pipeline before trespassers could do damage or put at risk those involved in the attack, the community or the environment. While Enbridge responded swiftly and as trained, any situation provides opportunity to learn. We will continue to evaluate security and safety across our system. ...

Voters deserve more transparency

EDITOR: As you may be aware I spoke at the Escanaba City Council meeting last Thursday regarding the cover up of taxpayer funds missing for nearly one year (later admitted by Councilman Blazier) and asked for the resignations from Mayor Tall and Councilman Blazier. It was not well received by both because as I stated the coverup favored the two incumbents (Tall and Blazier) going into the election on November 2nd. Councilman Blazier took time to respond by saying, in defense, the dollar amount was incorrect and they didn’t know who stole the taxpayer money. Both points skirt the ...