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Letters to the Editor

STRs in Eagle Harbor

To the editor: For the past 52 years, I have spent a portion of my summer in Eagle Harbor. My family roots run deep. You can’t walk by a house where I don’t know who lives there or a headstone at Pine Grove that I am most likely related to. I am far from wealthy, and my parents were ...

A step in the wrong direction

To the editor: If the Keweenaw is to thrive and if we’re going to protect its natural areas, we need a healthy tourist industry. The last thing we need is for townships to tell tourists to go home. That’s exactly what Eagle Harbor is doing with their proposed STR ordinance.  With its ...

Beware fascism

To the editor: Tony Gerstberger’s letter (MG, March 18) is just another right wing Trump-like rant. He warns us of the left’s socialist trends, the usual scare tactic. Political systems are on a continuum from Communism on the far left to Fascism on the far right; we are somewhere in ...

Response to several STR letters

To the editor: On March 9, the Gazette published three Letters to the Editor dealing with a proposal to regulate Short-term rentals in Eagle Harbor Township. Challenging as it is to address three letters within the Gazette’s 400-word limit, that the letters have much in common, including ...

Robyn Johnson for Houghton City Council

To the editor: I am a wife, mother, engineer, skier, gardener, community volunteer, and lover of the Keweenaw Peninsula. I’m also a candidate for Houghton City Council. I believe in serving my community. I have held volunteer leadership positions at a number of organizations, including ...

We must fight for freedom

To the editor: During Obama’s presidency I submitted several editorials warning of the Left’s socialist trending policies and the potential impact on our democracy if not curtailed. I provided insights into some of my family’s experiences under Nazi and Soviet occupation in the former ...