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Letters to the Editor

Ask why some school candidates want control

Public schools are sacred. Despite our different affiliations, ambitions, origins, dispositions, and religions, they educate us. They are rocks upon which our community is built and sustained — sources of becoming and belonging. Why would Monica Dziesinski and Sarah Costain seek seats on ...

Could the DNR have gelded Roger the elk?

As a “city mouse,” I am fully aware that my fisheries and wildlife knowledge is not as extensive as others. So I will just jump in and ask the question as it occurred to me: “Roger” is an Elk. Big guy. Because he could have “raging hormones” in the fall, it was safest to put him ...

Don’t ever believe those who lied about Biden

For four years, the Democrats, Kamala Harris, and the media tried to hide Joe Biden. But the little that America did see of him, we could tell he had major mental decline. But Democrats, Harris, and the media all said behind the scenes he’s “sharp as a tack,” “the best Joe Biden ...

The next Springfield, Ohio — Alpena, Mich.?

I have heard from reliable sources that a planeload of illegal aliens and a busload of them has recently arrived in our quiet little town. I hope this is not correct, but I will wait for our source of news and local authorities to confirm or deny this. Our tax dollars are being stretched ...

Commissioners need to listen to will of people

I usually get my letter to the editor in print. One lately, I noticed, made it to the round file. In it, I asked what was the good of holding tax millage votes if the commissioners were just going to disregard the public will and keep holding more votes until the voters gave up and it passed ...

Must pass Alpena County’s property tax ask

We need to pass the millage in November. The new millage is NOT an additional cost beyond what “we already voted for” in the past. The Headlee Amendment was created to protect property owners. It “temporarily” reduced millage rates during years where the property taxes and millages ...