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Concerned about lack of response from our senators

Back in July, I wrote emails to each of our Michigan U.S. Senators. I asked them if they would tell me what they thought about The Democratic Socialists of America candidates who are running for various congressional and senatorial positions around the country. I asked them two separate times for a response. Has not happened. I always get an email back when I write them thanking them for their work on important legislation. Funny I guess they must think that the communist takeover of our government is just fine. I have a democrat friend whom I asked if he would vote for someone from ...

Saturday is final day for candidate letters

Saturday will be the final day that The News will publish letters to the editor pertaining to candidates in the upcoming election on Nov. 3. If you have a letter about a current candidate or candidates, please be sure to have it submitted no later than 1 p.m. on Friday. Letters will be published in the order they are received. Letters to the editor can be submitted via email at sschulwitz@thealpenanews.com, by mail, or by simply dropping them off at The Alpena News office at 130 Park Place in Alpena.

He voted no twice in the last four years. Why?

As we approach a highly contentious Alpena Public Schools Board of Education election, I am making a conscious effort to give every candidate an equal opportunity to earn my vote. That means researching their records, asking questions, and understanding the decisions they've made. As the parent of a former APS high school athlete and a future APS athlete, I was surprised to learn that current board member AJ McArthur reportedly voted NO twice in the past four years on resolutions supporting APS membership in the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA). Why does this ...

No Kings anywhere

Today, October 17th, there are thousands of rallies and marches taking place across our nation declaring we are a country of No Kings and that we want to remain a country with No Kings. The rallies and marches today will focus on voting; urging our citizens to exercise this right in the upcoming mid-term elections. Specifically No Kings is about the wealthy, and the power they claim, when they use their wealth to influence elections and even outright purchase the outcomes they want. Elections are supposed to be for the people, by the people. “We the people” means all of us, not just ...

Abdul El Sayed is not a Democrat

Even a Democratic strategist admits that the party is not the party of JFK, nor Barak Obama. The Democratic party is embracing socialism. And it sounds WONDERFUL! Free housing, free medical care, free education. Socialism by it's very definition is "the means of production, distribution and exchange should be owned and regulated by the community as a whole." As in, owned by the government, then redistributed. So are you ready for your income to be collected and redistributed? Are government housing and food stamp programs something for you? Would you be exempt? When we were young we ...

Silence is deafening

Ironically October is National Bullying Prevention Month. The smear campaign literature sent out a couple of weeks ago by the Alpena Republican Party bullying Evan Carlson, Sarah Fritz, Claire Kipfmiller, and Kayla Ratz was deeply troubling and disgusting. School Board elections are nonpartisan and political parties should not be involved. These candidates are our family, friends and neighbors, and they deserve to be evaluated on their qualifications, experience, ideas, character, and commitment to our students—not attacked through partisan political tactics. Just as troubling is ...