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Letters To The Editor

Superior must remain free of rocket launches

To the Journal editor: Lake Superior is Marquette County’s greatest treasure. We live along one of the largest repositories of fresh water in the world. As the climate changes and clean, drinkable water becomes scarcer, where will people want to live? People move here to enjoy the fresh ...

It wasn’t peanuts

To the Journal editor: The Kiwanis Club of Marquette extends a very sincere heartfelt thank you to the many people that helped our club with generous donations to our annual peanut sale fundraiser. As with all our fundraisers, all profits are distributed to nonprofit organizations in the ...

Money vs. people

To the Journal editor: Recently, large ransoms were demanded in the kidnapping of 17 people in Haiti. Kidnappers throughout the world sell people for slaves. The love of money comes out in other ways in people —robbers, drug dealers, deceptive business people, workaholics. Love of money ...

Enbridge vigilant, focused on safety

To the Journal editor: We respect the recent editorial from the Detroit News for highlighting the importance of energy security related to our infrastructure. To be clear, Enbridge’s response to the recent criminal attack on a Line 5 valve site was immediate and appropriate with operators ...

Wolves are problem

To the Journal editor: I’m writing this in hopes to make an impact on what’s going on in the Upper Peninsula with wolves, especially where I live. I am 36 and have lived here my entire life. Reflecting on when I was younger, I can remember going to my dad’s deer blind, watching so ...

Commission rights course

To the Journal editor: Central to the League of Women Voter’s mission is the belief that democratic government depends upon informed and active citizen participation at all levels of government. After observing the Marquette County Apportionment Commission we reaffirmed that vigilance and ...