LETTERS OPINIONS
River News: Our View
In Wisconsin, voters are tasked with the major responsibility of electing judges whom we depend upon to make sure that citizens’ constitutional rights are protected, that laws are applied as the legislature has written them, and that citizens are held appropriately accountable when they violate those laws.
River News: Our View
Oneida County’s long, long human services nightmare is nearly over, and soon those in need of those vital programs will be adequately served, thanks to the Oneida County board’s vote this week to officially reorganize its delivery of community services.
Vote ‘no’ on constitutional amendments
To the Editor: I believe we should vote no on both constitutional amendments on April 2. The proper approach is to legislate thus adding it to the 5 chapters of statutes already regulating our elections. Our Constitution was intended to grant rights not take them away. Amending our Constitution is …
Who’s the biggest loser? We are
One of them looks old; the other looks older. One of them faced a nomination challenge from one of his presidential appointees; the other faces continual calls to step away from the campaign. One of them sees a dystopian future; the other seems stuck in a romantic past.
Hold Tiffany accountable
To the Editor: At a recent constituent listening session in Rhinelander, Congressman Tom Tiffany stated: “the American people want transparency and accountability” from politicians. I agree.
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River News: Our View
Perhaps the weirdest thing about the modern age of American politics is how upside down everything has become, especially the progressive world view.
Sunshine Week: Your Right to Know
In honor of Sunshine Week — a celebration and advocacy of open government — The Northwoods River News presents the newspaper’s 2024 awards and grades for openness in conducting public business.
River News: Our View
So there he was, the President of the United States, taking questions on one of the gravest of international situations, the Israeli war of defense against the murderous Hamas terrorists, and that in and of itself was unusual since Biden likes to avoid questions.
Your Right to Know
For the 18th straight year, the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council is recognizing outstanding efforts to protect the state’s tradition of open government through its Openness in Government awards, or Opees.
Get partisan politics out of the courthouse
To the Editor: The fact that our county government spent so much time fighting the immensely popular private property called the Pelican River Forest illustrates how our current board, chaired by Scott Holewinski, has devolved into a partisan political quagmire, and exposes the hypocrisy of some elected Wisconsin representatives and …
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Vote autocrats out of government
To the Editor: Navalny is dead. May Putin, Trump and the pro-Putins in the U.S. House of Representatives, Senate, and traitor Tucker Carlson be punished by democracy-loving Americans.
River News: Our View
Try to imagine a world in which government officials engage in all sorts of rogue behavior or misconduct and are never held accountable.
River News: Our View
It was a blessed thing to behold last week when Republicans in the state Legislature fired Todd Ambs from the state’s Natural Resources Board, the governing body of the state Department of Natural Resources.
Another take on the Pelican River controversy
To the Editor: It seems that all of the editorial letters that have been printed in the paper have been extremely one-sided with everybody being for the state “purchasing” the land for public use for perpetuity.
The lifeline for evidence: Logic, reason and common sense
To the Editor: Logic is the power of the mind to absorb, process and understand a singular fact, set or pattern, so as to form sound and sensible judgment accordingly.
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