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Your voice, your vote: Don’t let Alpena be silenced

Letters to the Editor

Last spring, over 4,300 community members stood on sidewalks in the heat and rain to sign three petitions to recall Sarah Costain, Monica Dziesinski, and Eric Lawson. Unfortunately, a high-priced Detroit law firm hired by Dziesinski, representing all three board members, used a legal technicality to throw out your signatures and silence your voices. As a grassroots coalition without corporate legal funding, the recall committee now depends entirely on the power of your vote. We encourage all voters - including those who faced intimidation or harassment - to exercise your rights and ...

If the Kennedy Center stays closed for now, so be it

Editorials and columns

Go ahead, President Donald Trump, keep the Kennedy Center closed. Don't give it money for necessary repairs. This is low-hanging fruit for Americans done with your extortion schemes. They don't have to submit to small-bore intimidation like this. They can just shrug at the demand that your ...

A man on a mission

Editorials and columns

There’s something magical that takes place when a person finds a mission to commit their life to. When I think of the word mission, I think of astronauts who have been sent into outer space to do exploration or research to better all of mankind. I think of military personnel who are ...

Stolen sign

Letters to the Editor

Please pass this message along to the thief who stole our "Abdul for Senate" sign: You must not have much confidence in your candidate if you think stealing our sign is the only way he can win. Jerry and Jan Charter Presque Isle County

Czuba: Red flags everywhere

Editorials and columns

If you find yourself playing the Word-Trigger drinking game this weekend and you pick the term "red flag" you could be a bit tipsy after watching pollster Richard Czuba on Off the Record. Not once, not twice, not three times but four times Mr. Czuba uses the descriptive political term to ...

Response to ‘Honor Work, not wealth’

Letters to the Editor

The Wednesday, September 9, 2026 edition of the Alpena News contained a guest column by Kathy Pelleran-Mahoney titled ‘Honor Work, not wealth’ in which she slammed the wealthy, the corporate world, tax rates, and capital gains from investments. The short bio at the end of the article identifies her as someone who retired after a five-decade career in public service. In other words, taxpayers supported her for 50 years. She doesn’t like the wealthy or corporate tax rules. She doesn’t acknowledge that corporate taxes are largely paid by consumers. Taxes supply the slush funds ...