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Kelly deserves a fair chance

We at the Daily Mining Gazette do not condone intimidation of any nature. Intimidation, or bullying, is not appropriate at any age, whether we are talking about young children on the playground, or about adults during an election season. What happened in March to Houghton County Clerk Jennifer Kelly during a phone call with a candidate for Genesee County Commissioner, Matthew Smith, is never a reasonable act for anyone to commit against another human being. Smith should have thought long and hard about what he was about to do, and then thought again, and then gone to bed, ...

No need for violence after election

Unless the Nov 3 presidential election is decided decisively, one way or the other, there is a distinct possibility of civil unrest in some of the nation’s cities. Both federal law enforcement officials and their counterparts in some states recognize that and are taking steps to be prepared for it. And unfortunately, because of COVID-19, it is likely the potential for violence will be longer than a night or two after Nov. 3. In some states, mail-in ballots arriving a week or more after Election Day are to be counted, in compliance with those states’ laws. Regardless of one’s ...

Trump’s latest power grab

To the editor: As the elections of Nov. 3 approach, Joe Biden continues to lead Donald Trump in essentially all opinion polls. That lead has remained quite consistent for months. Barring something like election-tampering, voter suppression, overconfidence or apathy on the part of Biden supporters, or masses of those supporters suddenly becoming gullible enough to believe Trump’s unsubstantiated “Fake News,” Joe Biden will become our next president. Trump’s falsehoods like “If Joe Biden is elected, our streets will not be safe!” and “Kamala Harris was not born in the ...

Roosted chickens

To the editor: Many Americans see the irony that the president should fall ill with COVID-19. He knew in early February this novel virus was deadly and highly transmissible. In a taped interview with Bob Woodward on Feb. 7, Trump said, “You just breath the air and that’s how it’s passed... It’s also more deadly than even your strenuous flues...this is deadly stuff.” Sparing you the tedium of listing all of his comments down playing the virus and undermining his health officials, he is the primary person for the misinformation that has caused the public to resist efforts to ...

Advice on avoiding election-time scams

With the Nov. 3 general election rapidly approaching, many groups are reaching out to Wisconsin voters, most legitimate but some not. Some contacts may appear like scams but are just groups using poorly trained volunteers or bad data. Still, scammers are turning to election-related tactics to try to steal money and identity. Voting scams mimic legitimate activities that happen around elections, according to the state Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection and the Wisconsin Elections Commission. Some examples include — — Fraudulent donation requests. Real: ...

Reporting news is not always easy

In today’s edition, on the front page, we ran a photo with an obscenity in it. This decision does not come easily. At the Daily Mining Gazette, we continue to strive to give you, the reader, the most in-depth story we can as honest and unbaised as we can. Most of the time, that is a fairly straightforward task. An event happens, we take photos and interviews, and we produce a story and a photograph or two to help emphasize the point being made within that story. In Graham Jaehnig’s front page story, “Rising fears being created by extreme behavior,” he wrote about vandalism ...