Category: Letters

I read with some dismay a letter to the editor supporting State Representative Andre Jacque for our state Senator. My reason for the dismay was due to the rationale for the support:  essentially Christian “family values.” I would remind voters that we are electing a state senator to represent the interests of all constituents, not […]

You recently used a photo of me in connection with your article titled “Females May Reign in Future of Farming.” This article talked about the shift/increase in women in the agricultural industry, but I wanted to comment on your opening line.  You wrote, “The days of the man working hard on the farm while his […]

On Tuesday, April 17, by a vote of 19-2, the Door County Board of Supervisors passed Resolution 2018-33:  “Supporting a Constitutional Amendment to Allow Limits on Campaign Contributions & Conducting a Non-Binding Statewide Referendum.” The bill for a statewide referendum is currently stuck in both houses of the Wisconsin Legislature. Later on Tuesday evening, the […]

We must live in Wisconsin! Not only did we just get a deep dump of heavy snow on our spring flowers, there is another election just around the corner. If you live in the State Senate District 1, there is a special election on May 15 to replace Senator Frank Lasee  after his December retirement. […]

On April 15 in a televised interview James Comey, former head of the FBI, described President Trump as morally unfit for the Presidency.  Comey said other things in the interview and I believe of most importance was his response when asked about impeaching the president. Comey indicated  that it would not be in the best […]

Up to 12 more inches of snow? Lordy, Lordy. During one of several bitter cold nights this past winter, Erica, a nurse, was driving home from her night shift, stopped to pick up a dog running along the road, saving him/her from freezing to death. Today her family will spend the day without her so […]

Thank you to the following municipal boards for their leadership in representing Door County citizens and passing resolutions calling on “the Wisconsin State Legislature, and our locally elected representative, to provide the voters of the state with an opportunity to speak through a non-binding statewide Referendum asking if they, the voters, support an amendment to […]

I would like to thank DOOR CANcer for all the help they do. Back in 2010 I was diagnosed with cancer. I went through chemo and radiation treatments and I was told it worked. In March 2016 I was told I am now at stage four with no cure. It hit me and my family […]

Here in the United States people are sacrificing the environment, their relationship with their neighbors, and their “dietary lifestyle standards” for an animal protein consuming society. Responsibility falls on all of us, as we all contribute to the existence of CAFO operations. According to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, CAFOs, or Concentrated Animal Feeding […]

I almost wasn’t going to respond to Scotty Watts letter from April 6th, but I also find the politics in Fish Creek pretty interesting. The most interesting thing to me is that the real issue regarding the parking lot project in Fish Creek isn’t the lot itself, but the fact that not one single permit […]

Representative Kitchens – I find your recent article in the Peninsula Pulse relative to the school safety regulations, Assembly Bill 1031, was misleading and leaving a false impression on the minds of the public in general. You state, “The school safety package will require purchasers of rifles and shotguns to go through the same stringent […]

In times of deep division, it is important to look for common ground. Fortunately, there is one thing that all true American patriots can come together on. We all want a political system where our vote has the same weight as the next person’s. Unfortunately, three things stand in the way of achieving this: gerrymandering, […]

As Earth Day approaches I wonder how many of us understand the significance of how important this day is. Our own Senator Gaylord Nelson started and suggested a movement to clean up the pollution throughout the country and how important it was to our health. Because of this President Nixon with an executive order founded […]

I know it’s still cold and white outdoors, but soon enough we will spot the babies of spring; among them the new foals and tiny calves, as they dance about in the sunshine with the unbridled joy that is inherent to all young creatures. That is unless you are a newborn calf destined for someone’s […]

I’m sure many of us longtime Door County residents, both summer people and year-rounders, greeted the news of the Alpine sale with mixed feelings and some trepidation. The resort and its owners have been part of our history and some of our wilder childhood memories. The Alpine building and its little cottages named for states […]

While visiting Door County at the end of February our son, Justin Sager, became ill and sought care from the Emergency Room at Door County Medical Center in Sturgeon Bay, was transported to St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, and passed away within a few days due to septic shock. We wish to thank the […]

Wow, words cannot even come close to the excitement that filled the campaign celebration room Tuesday night. To be part of such an amazing community is something I never take for granted, and the heart I see in this community is truly something special. First, I’d like to say thank you to every volunteer, supporter […]

Gun control or gun violence is decided at birth. By: Parents who accept responsibility and all that it entails:  time, love, teaching, and setting examples. Parents who do not go off and do their own thing relying on electronics to amuse their children. Parents who take their children out in public as in restaurants and […]