Category: Letters
Peninsula Pulse Letters Policy
As of 03/15/2019
Do you have an opinion you’d like to share? Please email it (preferred) to [email protected]; submit it online at doorcountypulse.com; or mail it to Peninsula Pulse, 8142 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor, WI 54202. Email letters@ppulse or call 920.839.2121 if you have questions.
- Letters must be sent to [email protected]. Letters are limited to 350 words. Letters must include the author’s name, daytime phone number, mailing address and email address, but only the author’s name and town/state of residence will appear in the paper.
- We will publish only one letter by a given author within a 30-day period. Multiple letters by different authors addressing similar topics may be omitted, and in most cases, we do not publish letters that have appeared in other publications.
- The Peninsula Pulse reserves the right to edit and refuse letters, to add titles to or retitle them, and to print them at the time of our discretion.
- All opinions expressed in letters are those of their authors and not those of the Peninsula Pulse, its owner or staff.
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Letter to the Editor: Marxist Methodology
The fundamental law of Marxism is that the “state” gathers the wealth of a country and redistributes it to what Valdimir Lenin called the masses. Socialist, Communistic and Fascist governments all use the gathering of the wealth and redistributing of the same to the benefit of their country’s citizens. All Scandinavian countries, which are judged […]
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Letter to the Editor: Increase Voting Age to 21
Those of us who came of age in the 1960s were shaped by the events of that tumultuous decade. There were huge racial riots in the streets of major cities, employment for women in many professions was very limited, and most of all for us young men, the spectre of being drafted into military service […]
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Letter to the Editor: To Sevastopol School District Voters
We live in a community built on the proposition that we benefit from our collective commitment to one another. We pay taxes to support our community – largely property taxes – and, in return, our communal investment provides us a quality of life we could never afford individually. We pay these taxes, like it or […]
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Letter to the Editor: Support for Pat McCarty
As an experienced law enforcement professional, who completed 32 years of service in three different communities, two as Chief of Police in Northeastern Wisconsin Cities and as a graduate of the FBI National Academy, I feel compelled to endorse the most qualified candidate for the position of Sheriff of Door County. I know both candidates and […]
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Letter to the Editor: Political Ads – Keeping It Local
It is time to return to the excellent commentary that Pulse Editor Jim Lundstrom wrote in August about the ads we saw before the Primaries. For example, I just watched one that claims Tony Evers would raise tolls on our roads. Problem is, we don’t have toll roads in Wisconsin. So, maybe it was written […]
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Letter to the Editor: A Vote for Evers Is A Vote for Wisconsin
Scott Walker has turned his back on the people of Wisconsin. Under his tenure, money for education has lessened while tax credits benefitting large corporations and wealthy donors have increased. Our infrastructure has declined (though am I the only one who has noticed an increase in road work leading up to the election? What about […]
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Letter to the Editor: Show Your Eagle Pride!
Who will step up to meet the challenge of providing equitable educational opportunities for the children of the Southern Door County School District? Right now Southern Door’s taxpayers are currently getting a triple whammy: The district did not qualify for an increase in state aid when the state raised its minimum revenue limit. It is […]
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Letter to the Editor: Vote ‘Yes’ for Southern Door Schools and Students
Hey Southern Door residents, there is a critically important election on Nov. 6. Time to get informed about the important decisions you need to help make on that day with your votes. One of the most important, perhaps the most important involves Southern Door Schools and our students. Put aside your petty politics and grudges. […]
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Letter to the Editor: Still Things to Say and Ask
This campaign experience has been really amazing – not a day has gone by since my declaring candidacy without someone giving me some words of encouragement, “Way to go!” or a thumbs up; sharing the excitement and enthusiasm for democracy. It has continued to be a great opportunity to learn more about issues in our […]
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Letter to the Editor: We Can’t Vote, But We Support Referendum
We adore our Door County home in Jacksonport, and we keep abreast of the conditions that impact our adopted community. We pay taxes, knowing that they go to provide essential services, including quality schools, for the residents of Door County. Realistically, an excellent school like Sevastopol adds value to our vacation home. Although we cannot […]
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Letter to the Editor: Good Schools Are Asset for Any Community
We feel that it is a privilege to live in Door County. We have many benefits that other places do not have. One of the greatest benefits is the Sevastopol School. Good schools are an asset for any community and its people. We also have been privileged to have some of the lowest school taxes […]
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Letter to the Editor: Who Are We?
During the last two years we have listened to Trump’s rhetoric that has led to a division in the United States and all over the world; division between black and white, between Americans and foreigners, between Democrats and Republicans and between rich and poor. What are we as Americans going to do about this? Are […]
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Letter to the Editor: Why I’m Voting for Tammy Baldwin
I am voting for Tammy Baldwin for U.S. Senate. My personal criteria for voting for a candidate are a combination of the candidate’s views on issues important to me, their voting record, and their honesty, character and, yes, compassion. Tammy Baldwin fights for good (not junk) affordable health care. She pledges to support affordable coverage […]
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Letter to the Editor: Support Our Rural School
We graduated from Sevastopol High School. So many people in our families can lay claim to that; grandparents, parents, children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and assorted aunts, uncles and cousins. The school is ingrained in our lives and our community. It is in our DNA. For those new to Door County, enjoying retirement or building a […]
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Letter to the Editor: Christians, Please Vote
Consider your values and find a candidate that comes closest to those values. If you find someone you can agree with only 60 percent of the time, vote for that person. There is no perfect candidate because there are no perfect people. Not voting is the same as a vote for a candidate you almost […]
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Letter to the Editor: Please Vote!
“An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.” Benjamin Franklin On Nov, 6, voters in the Gibraltar School District will be asked to support two referendums: one specific to facilities and one for operational expenses of running our school. We respectfully ask you to vote yes to both. The money asked for to upgrade the […]
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Letter to the Editor: Vukmir vs. Baldwin
As an independent, I try to look at what candidates have accomplished instead of being defined by partisan rhetoric. I may not agree 100 percent with either candidate, but as an independent I look at the critical issues of health of a clean environment, health of people and health of communities. The Monday night debate […]
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Letter to the Editor: Support for Sternard
As Door County residents and voters for the past 40 years, we are casting our votes for Tammy Sternard for Door County Sheriff in the upcoming election. Sternard is not only hardworking, caring and trustworthy; she has the integrity we expect to see in our sheriff. Integrity is vitally important to us – making the […]
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Letter to the Editor: Our Country Is Better than This
At a Trump rally in Iowa on Oct. 9, 2018, many people began chanting “Lock her up” – apparently referring to California Senator Dianne Feinstein. Why? Trump often incites rude chants at his rallies and then claims that Republicans must resist the mob rule of the Democrats. What is this all about? Earlier in October […]
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Letter to the Editor: An Outdoorsman’s Vote
The great outdoors will only be preserved if we pass on the pleasures of living in it. Gathering wild mushrooms in the fall or spring leads you to new places and asks you to look closely at the ground. The sound of geese whirling over corn fields at dawn or ducks parachuting into a pond […]