Letter: Gas tax to pay for roads spreads burden to all who drive in Wisconsin
Dear editor, All of us who drive should be paying close attention to the debate in Madison over paying for our failing roads. While a gas tax isn’t popular as…
Letters: Good stuff coming out of UWSP at Wausau
Dear editor: There’s some good news coming out of our UW-Stevens Point at Wausau campus. As a result of the recent merger with Point, our campus is offering six new…
Letters: Demand info on potential contaminants at Riverside Park, along Thomas Street, other areas
Dear editor, For the past several years, people in the Wausau area have been voicing their concerns regarding the contamination issues from the Crestline/SNE/Wauleco site going back to 1946. The…
Letters: Fiene seeks vote in spring election
Dear editor, The spring general election is Tuesday, April 2, only a few days away. I have knocked on hundreds of doors, talked to scores of neighbors and community members,…
Letters: Lifelong Weston resident wants your vote in spring election
Dear editor: We only have a few more weeks until another election. Our spring general election is headlined by the Wisconsin Supreme Court race, but local elections also permeate…
Letters: Climate change deserves our attention
Dear editor: Despite the fact that scientists from around the world warn us, almost daily now, that we are witnessing the unraveling of the climate we all depend on, their…
Letters: Give UW students say in campus governance
Dear editor: Enhanced democracy was promised at the dawn of the UW System in State Statute 36.09(5), recognizing students as equal leaders in campus governance. That opportunity at unprecedented real-world…
Your letters: Hold Pentagon accountable on spending
Dear editor: In November 2018, reports surfaced that the Department of Defense, or DOD, failed a comprehensive audit. The 1,200 independent auditors found the DOD’s financial records were so riddled…
Letters: Senator Petrowski has passion for positive change
Dear editor, As a volunteer advocate for heart health and wellness, I have the opportunity to work with many state and national political leaders. I have found that Senator Petrowski…
Letters: Lawmakers should make healthcare more affordable
Dear editor: The Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare, is insurance-based healthcare legislation designed to improve Americans’ access to medical care at lower costs. Some of its components…
Letters: ‘Bring back balance and accountability’ to Wisconsin
Dear editor: According to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, 286 public school referendums have been passed (out of 421 districts that went to referendum) since Jan. 1, 2010. This…
Letters: Tammy Baldwin ‘able to work across the aisle’
Dear editor: I am writing to encourage residents in our area to vote in the November election, and to vote to re-elect U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. When they say she’s…
Letters: Sen. Tammy Baldwin will ‘fight for my affordable health care’
The Affordable Care Act is a topic on many people’s minds. It is often discussed in ideological terms without consideration to the lives affected. It has become a partisan game…
Letters: Shift to renewable energy to stabilize climate
Dear Editor: Imagine living where all the hard working citizens unnecessarily export almost $15 billion of their hard earned money out of state each and every year. Imagine what those…
Letters: Republican, Democrat labels divide the nation
Dear Editor, We live in extraordinary times. Not since the years of the Great Depression has America seen such gross inequality and political divisiveness. Back then Roosevelt’s New Deal regulations…
Letters: We have ‘shredded’ the Constitution
Dear Editor, I am so tired of everybody saying we are “A Nation of Laws.” Just the other night, President Trump used the phrase several times in his Supreme Court…
Letters: Marijuana not the so-called ‘gateway drug,’ has beneficial uses
Dear Editor: This letter is in reference to Joanne Leonard’s letter to the editor about marijuana, posted July 19. In response to her claim that medical marijuana is nothing more…
Letters: “Enough is enough” in drug epidemic
Dear Editor: I am tired of hearing horror story after horror story about friends that have had their lives destroyed by drugs. This epidemic is out of control, people are…
