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Letters To The Editor

Workers’ Memorial Day is April 28

To the Journal editor: More than 50 years ago, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act, promising every worker the right to a safe job. Working people have fought hard to make that promise a reality—winning protections that have made jobs safer and saved thousands of ...

Re: NICE’s sinking fund renewal

To the Journal editor: I must protest this renewal of the sinking fund. Just how much money does the district need? The school district gets money from multiple sources, for instance, gas taxes, money from the state, property tax, lottery and now COVID relief money. When is it enough? ...

Celebrating Volunteer Appreciation Week

To the Journal editor: April 17th – 23rd is Volunteer Appreciation Week. At Michigan Veteran Homes D.J. Jacobetti (MVHDJJ), we salute all our volunteers past and present. Volunteers play a very special role and simply allow us to do more for the veteran members who call MVHDJJ home. ...

Hard experience gained

To the Journal editor: I am writing in regard to the suspension of Dominick Dotson (from Northern Michigan University) for his efforts to survey students on the handling of mental health issues. I am sure that his intentions are good and he has my sympathy. He did, however, violate ...

Questions but very few answers

To the Journal editor: A lot of the news lately has been about Ukraine and the assistance the United States is providing. The other day President Biden stated that everything in his toolbox was being used to assist Ukraine. My question to the president is: If that were true how we can ...

With wolves, facts aren’t important

To the Journal editor: Facts don’t matter to those who detest the wolf. They embellish stories, make false claims and find any excuse to justify their hatred. In the letter, “Wolves Unneeded” published in The Mining Journal March 26 the authors claimed, “last October, a hunter ...