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Vote no on library’s property tax proposal

Citizens of Alpena County, we need your input! Our library has voted unanimously to keep books with explicit sex in them in the youth section of our library. Are you aware that any age child, without the knowledge of their parent, can go without restriction into the adult section and read a book? The American Library Association (ALA) in 2022 elected a self-declared Marxist and in their diversity section is an article on how small libraries can groom young children for sex. We asked if our library would at least mark books with graphic sex to alert parents. They refused. ...

Vote yes on library’s property tax proposal

I am writing to the community in support of the Aug. 6 election at which the Alpena County Library is seeking a renewal of the current (not to exceed) 0.7462-mill library millage for 10 years. It is not an expansion; it will not increase your tax bill. It is the base operating money for the entire library system, which yields approximately $842,000 annually and, without it, the library cannot function. Not to be an alarmist, but, without the millage dollars, the library would likely close at the end of the current calendar year. Not opinion, just fact. I love the library, not only for ...

American inaction causing Ukraine to lose

Dear Sirs/Madams: Russia is winning. Five months lost, with no military aid for Ukraine. (May 16, 2024, 9:04 a.m. EDT) Secretary of State Antony Blinken says U.S. rushing ammunition, weapons to Ukraine amid fierce fighting. (May 16, 2024, 10:04 a.m. EDT) Russian President Vladimir Putin says advance of Russian forces in Ukraine is going to plan. Sorry, Ukraine. Just a little too little and a little too late from your most important international ally — the U.S. national GOP. There is no getting back if we lose in Ukraine and possibly losing even more in other parts of ...

Memorial Day has a dark message this year

“War, huh? Yeah … What is it good for? Absolutely nothing!”, sung by Edwin Starr in 1968 during the Vietnam War! Revolutionary War, 1776, the War of 1812, the British (again) Indian Wars, Mexican-American War, 1846, Civil War, 1861, Spanish-American War, 1898, World War I, 1914, World War II, 1939, Korean War, 1950, Vietnam War, 1959, Gulf War, 1990, War on Terror (Afghanistan, 2001, Iraq War, 2003). Don’t forget the American interventions: Yemen 2002, Uganda 2011, Somali 2007, Pakistan 2004, Niger 2018. Or acts of unrest at home with the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection on our ...

Vote for only true Dem running for 106th

I am appealing to voters. Please vote for democracy! In the primary election for the 106th state House District that covers much of Northeast Michigan, vote for the only true Democrat in the race: Trina Borenstein. First, let me say: There is a MAGA Republican scam occurring in this race. Trina’s Primary opponent, Mary Lucille Hamilton, has consistently donated to, and supported, MAGA Republican candidates. She has filed on the final day possible, to run as a Democrat in the 106th primary to steal your vote. Look at her photo going viral on social media posts. She is wearing a ...

Hoping Biden takes the high road in election

Dear sir, Today I sent the following note to the White House: “Dear President Biden: I can understand your frustration with the campaign style of your opponent, but I question the wisdom of employing his own tactics against him. In my closet is a sweatshirt that bears this message: MANURE OCCURETH. Of course it does. However, no one should expect to win a wrestling match with a pig who gleefully has rolled in manure for most of his life. Please take the high road as you seek reelection. Sincerely yours, SANFORD K.H. WRIGHT, Alpena