To the Editor, Replace Senator Jeremy Miller with Sarah Kruger who will actually negotiate for our jobs! If we can peel our eyes off Trump and Biden there is a crucial battle to notice at the St. Paul Capitol. In a time of economic depression due to COVID, Minnesota elected Republicans have blocked 30,000 jobs in our state, according to Pioneer Press. This is the minimum … [Read more...]
Letter about Miller misleads on LGBTQ community support…
To the Editor, At a recent forum held by the League of Women Voters, Senator Jeremy Miller was asked about his support for the LGBTQ community in our state. His response that “we should treat everyone equally and fairly” is beyond misleading. In 2013, Senator Miller voted against the bill authorizing same sex marriage. More recently, he voted against a state-wide ban on … [Read more...]
Where I stand
By Michael Sieve Rushford, MN My senior year in high school was an election year and a year of great conflict in this country — 1968. Richard Nixon was running against Hubert Humphrey for the presidency. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy were both assassinated that year. There were many protests against the war in Vietnam, and the Democratic Party convention in … [Read more...]
Who is Amy Coney Barrett?
By Jeff Erding, Wykoff, MN And why do Radical Leftist Democrats hate her so much? Wikipedia says Amy Vivian Coney Barrett is age 48, went to Rhodes College, majored in English Lit, minor in French. BA in 1994 from Rhodes, law school at Notre Dame, graduated first in her class 1997. Spent two years as a law clerk at the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C., then for Justice … [Read more...]
What Democrats are voting for
By Stan Gudmundson, Peterson, MN What do Democrats believe in and what do they stand for? To figure that out we could just review their history and examine what they are currently pushing. But that method is not all that useful this year since, as polls show, most Democrats do not care about their candidates or its platform. They will be voting against Trump. Because … [Read more...]
Letter about quality and timely medical care for our veterans of southern Minnesota
To the Editor, I would like to thank our Congressman Jim Hagedorn for his work to provide quality and timely medical care for our veterans of southern Minnesota. Jim brought together dedicated individuals from Mayo Clinic and the veterans administration to establish the Community Care Program for veterans. This contract between Mayo Clinic and the VA covers services of … [Read more...]
Letter about Mister’s mail-in ballot…
To the Editor, Where’s Mister’s mail-in ballot? I know it is early but with the USPS problems he is getting anxious knowing his ballot must arrive at his polling location by Nov. 3. Plus, the fact that he was hoping to possibly even have his friends get ballots also. He had them over for a rally a couple weeks ago. We turned on a Trump rally on the TV, for them; let me say … [Read more...]
Letter about Where has Jeremy Miller been?
To the Editor, Recently, I received mail from Jeremy Miller telling me things he had done and asking for my vote. Why he was taking the time to connect with me when I hadn’t seen or heard from him in four years? I don’t recall any town halls in La Crescent, summaries of his legislative activities or a letter asking for my input. What does he do with his time? Apparently, he … [Read more...]
Letter about the power of the people?…
To the Editor, Lanesboro is celebrating fall. The neighborhood is a blaze of orange and yellow and maple leaves drift to the ground, resembling bright yellow butterflies in the sun. The beauty of the season belies a dark reality. The world is threatened by wild fires, floods and hurricanes and overwhelmed by COVID–19, an invisible enemy that haunts us all. The recent … [Read more...]
Letter about keeping your spirits up…
To the Editor, At this difficult time of the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing, many people have come up with ideas to keep spirits up and have things be as normal as possible. There’s another group that have been doing so, also. From the beginning they’ve been doing this every week. In the small community of Canton in southeastern Minnesota, the Presbyterian Church … [Read more...]