LETTERS/OPINIONS
Lakeland Times: Our View
Some columns we really don’t want to write, and this is one of them. Turns out, Oneida County zoning director Karl Jennrich is retiring. We’re not sure how many years it’s been, but we have been reporting on Mr. Jennrich and his department’s activities for at least two decades. It …
Another crisis?
“There is an epidemic of suffering!” says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. “A mental health crisis!” says Vice President JD Vance. Alarmist media agree: “Mental health crisis among U.S. teens,” reports The New York Times.
Stop2End
I’ve been doing it every day. Stop2End. Stop sending me text messages from my favorite politicians begging for money. Dear Susan, they begin as if they know you (except the ones I get regularly for someone named Virginia who lives in Georgia and must have had a similar number in …
Echoes of 1776 in today’s divisive politics
It’s easy to forget that Americans are voting in a year that marks the 250th anniversary of the nation’s Declaration of Independence. You don’t hear much about the declaration in the campaign rhetoric, and most people would bristle at the notion that the sublime message of the founding document has …
This is where the courts come in
“It is one of the weakest election lawsuits I’ve ever seen,” Professor Richard Pildes, an NYU professor who has seen them all, said of the Justice Department’s preemptive lawsuit attempting to block the Alaska Senate results — if the Republican loses. “It should have no realistic chance of success in …
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Social (In)Security
“We will always protect Social Security, Medicare!” says President Donald Trump. That would be nice. But when I look at these programs’ balance sheets, I don’t see how he’s protected anything. Both Social Security and Medicare are on track to run out of money.
‘Our vote is our voice’
To the Editor: Our vote is our voice. The will of the people, expressed through voting, gives leaders their power. A peaceful transition of power ensures the electoral outcome is based on the will of the people, and not on violence, threats or corruption.
Voter says no to MHLT referendum and asks others to join him
To the Editor: I am writing as an experienced educator, who, before retirement, earned DPI licenses as Principal and Superintendent. I shall vote no on the MHLT referendum. As a former educator, perhaps you’re curious, why?
Lakeland Times: Our View
Here’s the thing: There is something very, very peculiar about this election season. For one thing, voters don’t seem to like either political party. Most Americans shake their heads when the craziest of Democrats open their mouths and say absurd things, like men can be women with the wave of …
Watch what Tiffany does, not what he says
When judging politicians, watch what they do, not what they say. That adage is especially true now. Tom Tiffany says he represents us, the “good people of Wisconsin,” let’s test what he says, against what he does.
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Can’t we all just get along?
To the Editor: In the Oct. 9 issue of The Lakeland Times, I read with great interest the comment concerning the problem wolves killed in Fifield from Alex Bohman of the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC). Alex said wolves strengthen deer populations through predation of sick, weak, …
What’s ahead if the polls are right — or wrong
With less than two weeks until the midterm elections, things look bad for President Donald Trump’s Republican Party. Generic polls show significant movement away from Republicans and toward Democrats since Trump defeated former Vice President Kamala Harris by 50% to 48% two years ago.
Blame the court
It’s not often that you hear the justices of the Supreme Court take on each other in their free time. That was left for biting dissents, of which there have been plenty lately. But that’s changing, and it needs to. One of those writing her share of biting dissents is …
‘Vote Smart!’
To the Editor: I have been fact-checking the candidates’ advertising. When someone pays for an ad, they can say whatever they want. They don’t have to put their name on it and if you look at the facts most of these ADS just do not ADD UP! Consider a quick …
Guilty of wasting our time
I shouldn’t get so angry. It isn’t healthy. Last week, New York state summoned me to jury duty. I went, of course. It’s the law, and my duty. A jury may protect the innocent from government abuse. Ordinary citizens, not officials, decide if you are guilty.
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