LETTERS/OPINIONS
Hoping taxpayers don’t accept MHLT referendum
To the Editor: Give me 3.5 million more dollars per year forever and I will spend it for you even though I haven’t decided what I will spend it on. This is what thee Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk (MHLT) administration and school board is asking of us who pay for their wages …
A thanks to the Vilas County Sheriff’s Office
To the Editor: My family would like to express our sincere thanks and gratitude to Sheriff Ritter and his great team of fficers as well as the amazing individuals working the dispatch department. In a variety of situations over the years (family member struggling with Alzheimer's, tourists who lost their …
Democrats try to brush aside ‘Woke 1’
“‘Woke 1’ was crazy.” So said Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on ABC News’ “This Week” earlier this month.
Prosecutorial indiscretion
On Aug. 25, the Department of Justice filed its papers defending its decision to prosecute former FBI Director James Comey for posting a picture of seashells arranged to spell out “8647.” That’s right. A picture of seashells.
‘Moderate to liberal person’ responds to Aug. 21 Our View
To the Editor: Given the fact that The Lakeland Times editorially is pretty much Republican propaganda sheet, as a moderate to liberal person I seldom waste the time reading the much too long Walker/Moore Our View diatribes. Yes, I sometimes briefly skim them and on occasion I do read them, …
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Ditching net zero
What a difference a few years make. Not long ago, politicians said climate change was going to kill us, so we must move to “net zero” emissions. This is theoretically possible. Since vegetation removes carbon, we could get to net zero by burning fewer fossil fuels. Governments everywhere pledged to …
Don’t know much about foreign policy
Sen. Darline Graham, Republican of South Carolina, was appointed to serve out her late brother’s term and was endorsed by President Donald Trump in the Republican primary for the full six-year term. Hers is a test in many respects: a test of President Trump’s reach, as well as a test …
Lakeland Times: Our View
In our never-ending quest to bring our readers good news, we have a barrel of it this week, and it’s really good because it’s about crime. Both nationally and in Wisconsin, it seems, crime is in free-fall, dropping as fast as Ilhan Omar’s reported income and net worth. Violent crime …
Reader criticizes recent Times editorials, says it’s clear Tiffany supports ‘far-right’ administration
To the Editor: Just recently, The Lakeland Times showed some editorial honesty writing about the current administration’s government ownership in companies. According to the Cato Institute (libertarian think-tank), this administration has invested tens of billions of dollars in public money, while “Republicans are warning that communists are taking over the …
Lynne chairman addresses Oneida County highway committee’s vote on Willow Road
To the Editor: To my fellow town of Lynne residents: Today I was notified by Lakeland Times reporter Brian Jopek that efforts to ask for a Jurisdictional Transfer of Willow Road, Pine Lake Road and Squirrel Lake Road in the towns of Lynne and Minocqua’ to the Oneida County Highway …
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The President’s right-hand woman
She is the human printer, controlling the flow of paper to the president and transcribing his social media posts. She thinks she owes her life to Donald Trump. She is always by his side. Her name is Natalie Harp. She is this week’s troubling news.
Socialists shove the resistance aside in Florida
The most surprising result in the batch of primaries held this week over the vast stretch of America from Florida through Wyoming to Alaska was the defeat of famed anti-Trump whistleblower Alexander Vindman by state Rep. Angie Nixon in the contest for the Democratic nomination against appointed Republican U.S. Sen. …
Lakeland Times: Our View
Well, okie doke, Act 10 is headed back to the Supreme Court, and just about everybody — OK, maybe not Francesca Hong, who is still looking for her front teeth — knows why that matters.
Racist tests
Did you know that the SAT is racist? During Woke I, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez now calls it, “antiracists” said the SAT’s creators “were avowed eugenicists.” No wonder Black people get lower scores. Even if the test isn’t racist today, it still gives unfair advantages to white kids because their …
Presidential chutzpah
When Truth Social, President Donald Trump’s media mouthpiece, announced that it would be selling advance access to Trump’s posts, I thought they were kidding. I mean, have they no shame? When the announcement met with a round of criticism and Democratic demands that the SEC investigate, I figured they’d back …
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