To the Journal editor: In a recent mailing I received from Jack Bergman, he uses the tagline “Political Outsider.” He has been a congressman since 2017, so I wonder why he portrays himself as a political outsider. Does “Political Outsider” mean that he lives outside our district? A ...

To the Journal editor: Soon, Michigan voters will decide if women will be able to elect to undergo a medical procedure to legally and safely terminate a pregnancy as they have been able to do for nearly the last fifty years. Access to abortion is, perhaps, the hot button issue in the ...

To the Journal editor: As we vote in this midterm election, I hope people remember that our current U.S. House representative, Jack Bergman, signed onto a 2020 lawsuit filed against the State of Michigan as well as Georgia, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. The lawsuit was intended to overturn the ...

To the Journal editor: I support Adam Ladd’s candidacy for the MAPS school board. As the father of four young children currently enrolled in MAPS I have an obvious interest in how our schools are run. I believe Adam Ladd is just the kind of person needed to keep MAPS moving in a positive ...

To the Journal editor: Don’t let your vote on Proposal 3 be a knee-jerk reaction to how you feel about abortion. Think it through. Read the whole proposal. It’s only 323 words, and far more enlightening than the 95-word ballot summary. Much of the language in the proposal is vague, with ...

To the Journal editor: Jack Bergman opposes broadband funding, then takes credit for $2 billion in an awkward TV ad. Just saw his TV ad and that he is binging broadband to the Upper Peninsula by voting for it. For six years, Jack Bergman promised northern Michigan and the U.P. he would ...