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Letters to the Editor

Potty Talk

At the August Alpena Public School board meeting, during public comment, one of the speakers shared surprising information about the proposed bathroom policy. She questioned why Monica Dziesinski and Sarah Costain, whose children attend All Saints, are promoting the Fairview bathroom policy and ...

The Obvious Answer to an Insincere Question

At the end of a recent Board of Education meeting, board member AJ MacArthur asked a question. He wondered if having a child in the school system is a prerequisite to being on the school board. MacArthur said he was tired of hearing people say a child in the school system should be a ...

Send in the Clowns

The August 25th school board meeting started out humorous enough, turned repulsive and ended with just plain goofery. The amusing part presented immediately. Three out-of-towners, who had traveled from Wayne and Eaton Counties, hijacked the meeting with repeat trips to the podium during the ...

Lawmakers Prioritize Power Over People

I just finished reading the article about the tragic flood in Texas. What a horrific experience for those people to endure. Something else that is horrific in Texas is the legislators. Instead of dealing with legislation to prevent another such tragedy: (early flood warning systems, ...

Education Over Politics

Recently, I read with interest two Letters to the Editor… one expressing “thanks” for electing certain, current members of our local school board as advocates for a particular political persuasion. The second letter admonished folks for “getting what we got” and chronicled a number of ...

Is This Really The United States of America?

Donald J. Trump is an old, punch-drunk narcissist that commands the use of committed loyalty and there is only one man or one thing that he is loyal to. That one man or one thing is a man who in the late-20th Century took Donald J. Trump’s failing facade and made him into what he is ...