Letters

Letters to the Editor

Gun brandishing homeowner explains her side, takes issue with news coverage.

April 18, 2016
Gun brandishing homeowner explains her side, takes issue with news coverage.

Letter to the Editor, by Wilma Seng, Hesperia.  If you lived on the river,  you would know how rude fisherman are and how much garbage they leave on your property and how many times they decide to relieve themselves directly across the river from your house.  You tell them to leave your property and they swear at you and call…

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Letter to the Editor: Board of ed’s gender identity statement is ‘political correctness on steroids.’

March 28, 2016

Dear Editor: The Michigan State Board of Education (SBE) has issued a Statement and Guidance on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) Students. This guidance statement encourages Michigan schools to include LGBTQ topics throughout the curriculum, including in social studies, English language arts, creative arts, health education and sex education. It encourages schools…

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Letter to the Editor: ESD is abandoning Oceana students, Shelby super writes.

February 26, 2016
Letter to the Editor: ESD is abandoning Oceana students, Shelby super writes.

As the superintendent of Shelby Public Schools, I was completely shocked when the leader of the West Shore Educational Service District (WSESD), Superintendent Randy Howes, informed Shelby that he plans on pulling  career technology education (CTE) program classrooms out of Oceana County.   Currently, two programs, allied health and agri-science, are offered in Hart for local students. Mr. Howes has…

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Letter to the Editor: Writer urges readers to attend DeWeese seminar.

January 8, 2016

Dear Editor, Our current and two former presidents have signed United Nations’ Initiatives that prescribe goals and agendas that some Americans might agree with, but that shred many of our Constitutional rights. These initiatives take control away from our local governments. These initiatives tell Americans what the United Nations considers sustainable and unsustainable. Things considered sustainable include green space preservation,…

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Letter to the Editor: Writer opposes park property purchase

November 2, 2015
Letter to the Editor: Writer opposes park property purchase

Dear Editor, Every now and then a seemingly small issue with long lasting effects arrives on the voting table of a county commission. The Oceana County Commission will face just such a vote Nov. 12 at 2 p.m.   The issue at hand is whether or not the Parks and Recreation Committee will be given the consent to pursue securing…

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