Opinion

Reader encourages legislators to support human trafficking bill

July 17, 2020

Reader encourages legislators to support human trafficking bill Letters to the editor are the opinion of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Media Group 31, LLC, owner of Mason County Press. See MCP/OCP’s op/ed/letter to the editor policy for more details. Dear Editor, Human trafficking is occurring within our communities. Human trafficking encompasses sex trafficking, forced…

A call to action for Oceana County leaders and citizens

April 27, 2020

A call to action for Oceana County leaders and citizens Letter to the editor by Brian Beckman, director, The Ladder Community Center, Shelby. Letters to the editor are the opinion of the writer and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Media Group 31, LLC, owner of Mason County Press. Dear Editor, Dr. Jim Denison writes in The Daily Article…

Letter to the Editor: Friendship Center needs community support.

March 10, 2020

Letter to the Editor: Friendship Center needs community support. Dear Editor, The Pentwater community has an opportunity to come together as a township and village to fund a new community center, but will they? In 2019, the village decided to use money from the Friendship Center fund (monies from the village millage of .35 mills) and its general fund to renovate the…

Letter to Editor: A step backward for Michigan

January 31, 2020

Letter to Editor: A step backward for Michigan By Sen. Jon Bumstead 34th Senate District Letters to the editor are opinion editorials submitted by readers. Letters to the editor are a long tradition in American journalism. The views and opinions of the writer do not necessarily reflect those of Mason County Press, its staff or its parent company. For more…

Letter to the Editor: Road commission should have taken action earlier on Longbridge Road.

September 30, 2019

Letter to the Editor: Road commission should have taken action earlier on Longbridge Road. Dear Editor: They say a picture’s worth a thousand words. Here’s one concerning the Longbridge closure. As reported in Oceana County Press, Road Commission Managing Director Mark Timmer read a prepared statement to those attending the Sept. 25 meeting, and said this: “We have been working SINCE WE CLOSED…