Dear Editor, Our community has suffered a great loss with the passing of Mel Vaara. The influence Mel had as an educator, administrator, coach and mentor to both staff and students can’t be measured. He loved everything about Clarkston and was its greatest cheerleader. Although not the founder he could certainly be called the “Godfather […]
Dear Editor, Why is there no municipal interest in recycling in North Oakland County? SOCRRA operates in 12 municipalities in South Oakland County. Why not something similar in North Oakland County? Landfills have limited capacity and I doubt many people want new landfills anywhere near their homes. Township officials and our Oakland County commissioner are […]
Dear Editor, Parents of masked children need to ensure if this masking is executed that their children’s health is taken care of properly. Go ahead and play the game, but parents need to make the rules. Do not send your children to school with a mask. Make the school provide them. Demand a clean mask […]
Rep. Andrea Schroeder last week said the state’s unemployment agency must make dramatic improvements – and be subject to more oversight – in the wake of continued service failures during the COVID-19 pandemic. “The people of Oakland County, and our entire state, deserve better service than they’ve been getting from Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency,” said […]
Dear Editor, After reading about Patrick Kittle’s resignation as township supervisor in the July 14, 2021 edition of The Clarkston News, I immediately thought about Jose Aliaga as being an excellent choice to be appointed. I helped Jose Aliaga with his campaign last November when he ran for re-election as a township trustee. While several […]
Dear Editor, I think that everyone can agree on the fundamental issues, though we may describe them differently. For instance, universal human rights. God-given rights endowed by our creator and thus cannot be infringed upon by any law made by man. Even if you aren’t religious, can you see the value in something like inalienable […]
Dear Editor, This is a response to the letter authored by Kenneth Moore in the August 4 issue, “Not happy with our Republicans.” He alludes that the long-term Republican control of the legislature is due to gerrymandering by the Republican party. A simple Google search shows that gerrymandering was an issue as far back as 1812. An easy […]
Dear Editor, Pure Michigan. The Republican Party has held the majority in our state legislature for the last 11 years and 19 of the last 23. Is this the result of good policy or gerrymandering? They continue to blame the governor and her administration for all of our problems. In my opinion, the Republican Party […]
Dear Editor, I recently had to go to the Secretary of State on Sashabaw for a title transfer. I kept trying to get an early appointment but still ended up being ten days late and paying a $15 late fee. So I am all for extending or even ending late fees (someone explain why we […]
Dear Editor, Once again, the Clarkston Farm and Garden Club needs to shout out a very big THANK YOU to our amazing community! Last Wednesday, July 21, we held our 15th Annual Clarkston Garden Walk, and the attendance was record breaking! Nearly 700 people visited our city and toured the gardens that our six homeowners […]