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Letters to the Editor

Understanding differences in debt, budget

The 14th Amendment: “The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law…shall not be questioned.” SCOTUS upheld this in Perry v US which said “Congress is without the power to abrogate the obligations of the United States in an attempt to lessen government ...

Is marijuana money really worth the cost?

Recently I saw an interview by Jan Jerkielek with Ben Cort entitled “The Truth About the Marijuana Industry and the Terrifying Effects of High Potency THC. It was published Nov. 22, 2022. In it, he pointed out that the THC in today’s ‘grass’ is far more potent than was the stuff brought ...

On sheriffs, The News’ recent ERPO article

Recently, the Alpena News published an article about the passage of Michigan’s Extreme Risk Protection Order legislation, (ERPO). The article failed to mention the heavy burden of proof that petitioners of ERPO must produce before an order is granted. A simple Google search is helpful to ...

To those who don’t support animal control

I am writing to let you know I did go to the meeting at the Alpena County annex building on April 17 to discuss the animal control facility at the fairgrounds. They went all around that subject and I did not stay for the whole meeting. They had decided to do an article in the newspaper ...

Why isn’t Bergman doing more for veterans?

The US House of Representatives just voted along party lines for the Debt Ceiling Bill. That means that our Representative Jack Bergman voted to cut funding for our Veterans. Jack would rather cut benefits for our veterans than raise taxes on the rich 1%. Jack is always saying he is fighting ...

The end of democracy in the United States

Fifty years of legal precedent and the United States Constitution all violated in a national policy of religious discrimination. It is now left up to the “individual states” or, should we say, separate countries how they will discriminate against women: Forced rape, incest, miscarriage, ...