One of the most popular indoor sports in this town requires no physical training. Any number of folks can play and generally nobody gets injured although at times playing the game has damaged some political careers. We're talking about the "who is running for what office? or if you prefer ...
Almost all my friends say they want Jack Bergman voted out of Congress because he is a carpetbagger who refuses to appear at town halls. Not me. Bobby Kennedy and Hillary Clinton were carpetbaggers in New York. Most Republicans avoid town halls if a Democrat can be found within 50 miles. More important, neither issue has dented Bergman’s landslide hold on voters in Michigan’s First District. I have a better, more compelling reason for sending Jack home from Washington, wherever that might take him. Jack Bergman has refused for six years to denounce the Big Lie, Donald Trump’s ...
Winter weather of cold air and abundant snowfall is appreciated by many of us. Those that enjoy alpine or Nordic skiing, snowmobiling, hockey, ice skating, and ice fishing have likely appreciated this winter. In our forests, winter weather impacts plants and animals in different ways. For ...
Growing up in the greater New York City area meant exposure to every Broadway and Off-Broadway play through television, print, and radio advertising. So, it followed that we had a thriving theatre program through summer school enrichment and two wonderful teachers who brought it to the ...
I'm a member of this community who cares deeply about the health of our public institutions, the tone of our civic life, & the kind of example set for people watching all this unfold. What concerns me about this recall effort being inflicted on members of this board & on the people of this community is not merely the politics of it. It's the precedent it sets. The petitions themselves list some votes. Not illegal actions or policy violations or corruption. Simply votes. Votes about a rain garden project, legal counsel, & a paving contract. Reasonable people can disagree ...
On March 2nd school board members Eric Lawson, Sarah Costain and Monica Dziesinski attended a hearing for a determination of the factuality and clarity of the proposed language on the petitions for recalling these three from their school board positions. Due to space limitation, the petition lists only three of the many reasons these board members are facing a recall. The 3-member panel reviewing the language were Alpena County Clerk Keri Bertrand, Probate Court Judge Alan Curtis and Alpena County Treasurer Cindy Cebula. It was interesting to note that not one person at the hearing ...
