Dear Editor, Yes, I remember 1945 (“History in headlines,” Feb. 5). It was a historic year. Our president, Franklin D. Roosevelt, died of a heart attack. Two other world leaders, the infamous Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, also died. Reportedly, Hitler shot himself and Mussolini died from the rifles of an Italian firing squad. Over […]
Dear Editor, When is a promised, one-time, 10-year tax NOT as pledged to the voters? When it has to do with the DIA. In 2012, when the City of Detroit was consumed by bankruptcy, the DIA was successful in asking Macomb, Oakland, and Wayne counties to pass a 10-year millage. I supported this temporary tax […]
Dear Editor, My son was born with aortic valve stenosis. It is a narrowing of the aortic valve that impedes blood flow from the heart to the body. Yes, as new parents this is as terrifying as it sounds. He is now 18 months old and it has been the joy of my life to […]
Dear Editor, Congratulations and best wishes to Gary Tressel, City of the Village of Clarkston’s long-time city engineer and resident, on his retirement. Gary has been the city’s engineer as long as I can remember. He has been little known yet one of the most valuable and steady resources to the city over the years. […]
Dear Editor, The Woman’s Life Chapter 864 of Clarkston would like to express our sincere appreciation for the Clarkston Community Schools district and their support of our initiative to create Human Trafficking awareness in the community. We are a philanthropic group of enthusiastic women, focused on helping those in need and making a positive impact […]
Dear Editor, Thank you to all the dedicated individuals who gave of their time, skill set and dollars this past year to support the efforts of My Habitat Clarkston! In 2019, we were able to serve 40 families with yard clean-up, exterior home repairs and those larger, critical home repair projects – most are elderly, […]
Dear Editor, I would like to thank you for publishing information from our representative, Andrea Schroeder, regarding her office hours and the 2019 Legislation Review. I would also like to thank Pat Kittle for his informative article on the Regional Transit Authority (RTA). That motivated me to attend Rep. Schroeder’s office hours on Jan. 13, […]
Dear Editor, The Constitution provides Congress with the sole power to make declarations of war. The 1973 War Powers Resolution passed by the House and Senate requires congressional approval before the president deploys armed forces and commits troops to war. U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin’s House resolution (not passed by the Senate and therefore has no […]
Dear Editor, Thanks to Supervisor Pat Kittle for his thorough breakdown of yet another big government boondoggle – Regional Transit Authority (RTA) (“Southeast Michigan Regional Transit Authority,” Jan. 8). County Executive L. Brooks Patterson did a great job of keeping north Oakland County out of this expensive mess for many years. Now, the newly appointed, […]
Dear Editor, We are newer Clarkston residents and subscribers to The Clarkston News. We responded to Jacobs Insurance full page ad and are very pleased, we saw their ad and responded. It was well constructed and with good content. We had them quote us on home and auto insurance and the savings – for the […]