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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 ...

Candidate forum clarification

EDITOR: The League of Women Voters of Delta County is a non-partisan, volunteer organization that works very hard to bring voter education to our citizens. Recently we hosted a forum for candidates running for the Escanaba City Council and the Gladstone City Commission. It has been brought to our attention that a candidate has been circulating a statement that he could not participate in our forum because our email invitation to him was not received. We offer all candidates the opportunity to participate in our online voter guide (Vote411.org) as well as the candidate forum. Our ...

Headline was misleading

EDITOR: I read the story in todays paper about a “controversy” with our city council. After reading the story I find the headline is really misleading. And, also not fair to the city council members who are seeking re-election. From what I can determine, council followed all appropriate protocols in handling this issue. This matter is being investigated by multiple law enforcement agencies per the request of council. Not making a criminal investigation public at this stage is “proper” procedure. Can you just imagine if your name appeared in a headline while an investigation is ...

What is happening to our culture?

EDITOR: In my travels, I have observed several lawn signs and bumper stickers that are vulgar and offensive. I am referencing “F... Biden” and “My Governor is an Idiot, Pure Moron”. What is happening to our culture? If appears we are becoming more coarse and divisive. There is a virulent sickness in our society that is every bit as threatening and concerning as the COVID-19. It is hate, bigotry, and intolerance. Much of it is based on politics and the “Big Lie”. Joe Biden won the 2020 Presidential Election. He is our legitimate President and deserves our respect. The ...

A clarification, not a complaint

EDITOR: Regarding the front page story on October 20 about the League of Women Voters Candidate Forum held on October 19, the headline said “Esky candidates focus on marijuana, development.” The Escanaba candidates, Ammel, Blasier, and Tall, did not have the choice to focus on any topic. The moderator gave us specific questions to answer. For example, I never intended to speak about marijuana, but the moderator asked a specific question about marijuana, so I spoke about marijuana. Regarding possible rate decreases and possible rebates of water bills paid, which rates were raised ...

Global supply chains

EDITOR: Everyone knows about the supply chain problems. If you don’t, then go back to your Tik Tok or Instagram or You Tube. Just today, it was announced that the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are going to work 24 hours a day. I thought that the reason they were giving for the backlog of ships was that there was a worker shortage and they couldn’t get enough people to unload. If there was a worker shortage then who is going to handle the job 24 hours a day? So, it leads to question what the truth is, or was. So, today there are some 50 container ships off-shore in Long ...