LETTERS/OPINIONS
Paid to do nothing: A reader slams shutdown politics
To the Editor: First, I want to congratulate, our congressman, Tom Tiffany on getting six weeks of added vacation. Millions have lost their paychecks due to the shutdown, the longest in 250 years, but not our Tom. He’s getting great health care, too. Sadly, the rest of us aren’t doing …
I don’t get it
Why start something that you don’t have the guts to follow through with? Why grab defeat from the jaws of victory? Barely a week after the best election night Democrats have had in years, with the president’s approval ranking hitting new lows, with voters deserting him on the economy and …
What makes things affordable?
Affordability. It’s the word on everybody’s lips. Ever since self-described socialist Zohran Mamdani became the frontrunner in the New York City mayoral election by saying the word “affordability” with talismanic regularity, we have been told that the key to modern politics is that word’s repetition. Say “affordability,” and watch your …
Mining Isn’t the problem: Burning Is, says hybrid owner
To the Editor: I recently purchased my fourth hybrid car. Also recently, I saw a picture posted on Facebook comparing lithium excavation that looked like the landscape of the moon compared to a simple oil rig, sitting in a green grassy field with the caption “drill baby drill.” I feel …
Stripping away local control: A reader challenges Oneida County’s mining maneuvers
To the Editor: Back in 2009 a company called Tamerlane approached Oneida County about acquiring rights to the Lynne Deposit, a known zinc/silver/lead deposit that was discovered in 1990 by Noranda under a glacial aquifer just upstream of the Willow Flowage on county forest lands.
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Shutdown politics
It has been a terrifying week for the one in eight Americans who depend on food stamps — the SNAP program — to feed their families. Would they be eating this month?
Roadblocked: How compromise got run off the road in Manitowish Waters
I am inspired to write this column, based upon two premises: 1) Provide an observation of how local politics is being exercised in Manitowish Waters. 2) A follow up on the “Editor’s note” regarding Doug Zeise, first-term supervisor of Manitowish Waters editorial dated Oct. 24.
Lakeland Times: Our View
Veterans Day is meant to be a quiet and humble day of gratitude for all our nation’s military veterans, a day to honor all those who have served our republic. It is a time to place our hands over our hearts to remember the fallen and to shake the hands …
From 55 to 15: Reader warns DOT of accidents and gridlock
To the Editor: To DOT, Please have Stacy Hagenbucher explain how going from 55 mph (70 mph if you’re from Illinois) to 15 mph will not cause traffic to back up.
Dirty cars and dirty politics
When there’s crime, I blame the criminal. But Dallas politicians blamed a business. Dale Davenport owned Jim’s Car Wash. But five years ago, after a shooting at the property, the city ordered him to shut it down. Why did they target his car wash?
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The test for a conservative court
Is the Supreme Court really a conservative court, bound by conservative principles of statutory construction and judicial review, or is it President Donald Trump’s Court, ready to do his bidding, no matter how radical it may be? This week’s tariff cases, challenging the president’s power to unilaterally impose whatever tariffs …
Duluth volunteer offers cautionary tale
To the Editor: This is in response to your article “Rural shelters respond as homelessness rises” in your Oct. 17 edition. The homeless issue has been around for decades and many of us used to support helping our less fortunate. As the article states, I’m sure there are some 80-plus-year-old …
Lakeland Times: Our View
In a poem of ageless significance, the poet Robert Frost once pondered, upon arriving at a road that diverged in a yellow wood, which path to take.
Data center secrecy is unacceptable
All too often, secrecy and confidentiality carry the day in proceedings of state and local government. In one recent case, the name “Microsoft” on a state Public Service Commission filing was redacted — blocked from public view — along with pages and pages of other information. The redactions served no …
Tying loan forgiveness to ideology
Leave it to the Trump administration to come up with yet another way to enforce — and I mean enforce — its political ideology on students. It’s bad enough — well, worse than bad enough — that they are trying to police our classrooms; their next move is to redefine …
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