Dear Editor, I am writing to let you know my disappoint and surprise that your frontpage article would have such a bad-mannered title. “Preservation Clarkston: We don’t want to be Troy” (Jan. 9)! I love Clarkston, grew up in Clarkston, my family is still there, but I currently reside in Troy. The two towns are […]
Dear Editor, Will responsible government finally return to America in 2019, after two years of irresponsible governance through tweeted edicts and blustering blabber, with a lack of ethical, transparent, strategic planning? Billions have been thrown to defense spending, and tax cuts were passed out to the wealthy with abandon, but all middle class America has […]
In 1952, at the first major political event I attended, I got within 20 yards of the Republican candidate for the presidency. The candidate was General Dwight D. Eisenhower, I couldn’t believe that a 15-year-old kid from a tiny hamlet in Troy Township could get so close to a major political figure. Soon-to-be President Ike […]
Dear Editor, The Clarkston Rotary Club would like to sincerely thank all of those who so generously donated during the recent newspaper sales on local streets and holiday activities. The spirit of the donors was encouragement for those volunteers collecting, not only for their contributions but also for the appreciation of their efforts. Over one […]
Dear Editor, Please pray for the Little Town of Bethlehem. As you read this, it is surrounded by the Occupation Wall, eight meters high, 24 feet. The only way in or out is through checkpoint gates manned by armed Israel Defense Force personnel. For those with American passports, that’s relatively easy. For Palestinian Christians, much […]
Dear Editor, One of the many road tax increases the state is now extracting from our wallets to “fix the roads” recently cost over $400 for us to register just two vehicles for one year! And if your license plate is 10 years or older? Sorry, the law says you must pay an additional $5 […]
Dear Editor, Imagine my surprise to open the Clarkston News op-ed page to find so many column inches dedicated to the degradation of our president (“Fight for free speech,” Nov. 21)! Virulent vindictive vituperation in a poison pen polemic of purple prose was complete with mistakes and misnomers commonly coming from strident partisans filled with […]
Bridge needs work Dear Editor, Well, the road millage passed. Those of us who live on the fringes of Independence Township can hope for a small piece of it. The bridge on Sashabaw between Lake Oakland and Woodhull could use some attention. We would also like a safety path across it that connects to the […]
Time to unite Dear Editor, The contest between Elissa Slotkin and incumbent Mike Bishop for Michigan’s 8th Congressional District seat produced results that were the opposite of what was forecast when the campaign began. A well-known political name in a district considered very safe was challenged by a self-proclaimed non-politician with a non-conventional campaign built […]
Treat others right Dear Editor, As we wake this Sunday morning (Oct. 28) to another senseless mass killing of 11 fellow Americans in Pittsburgh, I am left thinking when as a country do we say enough? When as a country do we stop accepting this as a new norm? When do we stop pointing fingers […]