LETTERS/OPINIONS
Reader asserts lawmakers’ inaction on Lincoln Hills a missed opportunity for positive change
To the Editor: Your July 12 headline “Lawmakers warned Lincoln Hills was tragedy ‘waiting to happen,’” should have read “Lawmakers warned Lincoln Hills was tragedy ‘waiting to happen,’ and then waited for it to happen.”
Speaking truth to power
“I think if he is our nominee, I think we lose,” soon to be Sen. Adam Schiff said during a fundraiser last Saturday, according to a person with access to a transcription of a recording of the event. “And we may very, very well lose the Senate and lose our …
Trump’s promises
This week, Donald Trump will officially become the Republican nominee. Soon he is likely to again be president, according to the most accurate predictions, which come from people who put their money where their mouths are — people who bet. They currently give Trump a 67% chance of winning.
Readers applaud community coverage
To the Editor: Just a short word of appreciation for your paper and the effort taken to cover the events and news that take place in or affect our community. In our evolving world there are fewer and fewer newspapers and fewer good ones such as The Lakeland Times.
Columns under fire
To the Editor: As a full time care giver, I have had little time to read or even write any letters to the editor.
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Reader challenges editorial’s views on modern education
To the Editor: I commend the Lakeland Union High School administration for seeking community input on how to enhance the student experience in preparation for life after high school.
Sarcastic salute to speeding sign snatchers
To the Editor: My daughter and grandchildren live on Country Club Road in Minocqua. We all agree the speeding there is a problem. In the last 12 months I have bought four signs relating to children ahead, please slow down
Public and state responsibilities in managing Eurasion watermilfoil
To the Editor: This is not meant to be a criticism of the past but is meant to provoke thought as to the questions we should be asking ourselves to make better decisions in the future.
Destructive ideas
Joe Biden and Donald Trump fight about everything. But they agree about one thing: tariffs, the subject of my new video.
God’s hand on Donald J. Trump
An inch. One inch, and President Donald J. Trump would be dead. One slight turn of the head. One slight turn of the head saved Donald J. Trump’s life.
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Lakeland Times: Our View
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie were assassinated in an open motorcade in Sarajevo, a murder that by all accounts sparked World War I.
Reader asserts a need to reclaim freedom for women
To the Editor: We recently celebrated the 4th of July, the anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The colonists were declaring their independence from a tyrannical English king. They declared that they were endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among these are life, liberty and …
Absentee ballot drop boxes
To the Editor: The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently ruled that absentee ballot drop boxes can again be used in our state.
Biden in the bunker
He just doesn’t get it. And neither do those closest to him. Asked by George Stephanopoulos how he would feel if he loses, he told the truth and it was the wrong answer. “I’ll feel as long as I gave it my all and I did the good as job …
Milfoil management: A tale of two lakes
To the Editor: Is it time to give up and let milfoil take over our lakes? There clearly is that point of view by some in both the DNR and in our Tomahawk Lake Association (TLA).
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