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Congress must build back better for kids

EDITOR: Today, 1 in 6 children in Michigan may face hunger in the wake of the COVID pandemic. But Congressional action during this crisis has significantly blunted hardship and hunger for many families. Soon that may change. Without action from Congress, new and enhanced policies that are helping to feed more kids than ever before will expire. Through the Build Back Better plan, Congress must make the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer program, or Summer EBT, available nationwide. It helps get more food to kids in need when schools are out of session by helping parents buy ...

County solar ordinance available for public review

EDITOR: For those interested in the future of solar power development in Delta County, the Delta County Planning Commission (DPC) has completed its draft solar ordinance. It is available for public review – you can find the draft solar ordinance on the deltacountymi.org website and click on the Government tab, then click on “Solar Ordinance Information” located under “County Links/Directory.” (https://deltacountymi.gov/solar-ordinance-information/). If you don’t have internet access, you can pick up a copy of the draft ordinance and map at the Building and Zoning Dept. ...

Robert’s rules and regulations

EDITOR: Liberal columnist Robert Reich wrote how the GOP used to favor and legislate for less government, but how today they favor more laws that do not reveal the ‘less government’ story. He sees their ‘government intrusion’ everywhere. Like....laws limiting abortion (saving lives), laws restricting mask usage by kids — so debatable still, laws limiting the teaching of backward Critical Race Theory and glorifying Black Lives Matter skullduggery. Legislation forbidding transgenders from participating at an advantage in opposite sex sports and their desire to use whichever ...

A partisan media

EDITOR: Judging by the half page article from “The Conversation”, whoever that is, it is obvious you have an anti-Republican bias. Big time! The article was saying that the additional benefits for unemployed people was still needed. By cutting those benefits, people will suffer. The employment situation, or more like, the lack of employees, was not connected to the additional benefits. I know of one couple that got nearly $20,000 in direct cash last year. That is nearly $10 an hour, plus that doesn’t include the food benefits and the additional $300 in child tax credits every ...

Glad that it’s over

EDITOR: Before Donald Trump left office, he agreed to withdraw U.S and allied troops from Afghanistan by May 1. In exchange, theTaliban promised to stop attacking our troops.There was no agreement to allow the evacuation of other Americans or Afghans, and no agreement for the recovery of U.S. military equipment and weaponry. The Biden administration inherited the Trump agreement, rejected its May 1 deadline and set its own deadline of September 11. The Taliban took control of Afghanistan, the Afghan military collapsed and the Afghan government fled. By August 31, the U.S military ...

I love you

EDITOR: All of us desire acceptance, approval, affection, affirmation and intimacy. Many of us grew up missing one or more of those. Perhaps we had a hard time receiving what we wanted or needed. Maybe it was given — just hard to pick up. Recently, a female American journalist toured a Russian orphanage. One ward contained 40 cribs holding 1-3 year olds. As they entered the ward, the nurse told the reporter not to touch or give any attention to any one child. As they walked through, the kids reached out and cried wanting her attention. Ending the tour, the nurse told her what she ...