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Fun Day success

Friends of the Lyon Township Public Library and the library itself would like to thank all those who helped make Family Fun Day such a tremendous success.

A special thank you goes out to Wonder Jump, McDonalds (New Hudson), the Lyon Township Fire Department and all the volunteers who donated their time. A good time was had by all who came as they enjoyed the bounce house, planting seeds in the Library Grows Garden, bubbles, farm animals, slime and so much more.

We so appreciate the support we get from our patrons and community.

Michelle Fields

Lyon Township Public Library

Thanks for loud July 4

I just want to say thanks again to the Michigan state legislature and the governor for providing us with another obnoxiously loud first two weeks of July.

Yes, we had fireworks before 2012 but not like this. Police departments do not have the resources nor should we expect them to spend their crime fighting time on rude and irresponsible citizens who start their pyrotechnics at 7 p.m. and go all night every night. I feel sorry for the the poor working person who is trying to get some sleep before they start their next shift. And then there’s the animals who are put through absolute terror.

I only hope that each and every member of the state legislature lives in a neighborhood like mine where every night is a war movie out of control. And, of course, you can see how all that extra tax money is being used. Oh wait, we can’t. Don’t worry Michigan, the new gas tax is coming so add that to the firework revenue and we may get I 96 to Lansing repaved with gold.

Skip Wehrle

Garden City

Egotistical to think we can affect climate

Pope Francis quotes “the best scientific research available today” to decree that the globe is warming mainly because of greenhouse gases released by human activity.

Many climate reporters robotically insist that the 2000s represent the hottest period in recorded history. In saying that, they are talking about a temperature recording history that only began about 135 years ago. Our earth is approximately 4.5 to 5 billion years old, based on generally accepted scientific studies. Homo sapiens, on the other hand, have inhabited the earth for approximately 200,000 years, based on our best knowledge.

Homo sapiens, therefore, have inhabited the earth for approximately four one-hundred thousandths (0.00004) of our entire planets existence! And, even with the accepted knowledge that there have been many ice ages and subsequent warming periods on our earth, the loudest claims these days are that the damage has been done in the last 100 years or so. Those estimates mean that we have created global warming by our actions in the last two one-hundred millionths (0.00000002) of our good earth’s life.

How egotistical must we be to think that we have the power to affect the earth’s climate in an appreciable way?

Jim Tavarozzi

Brighton

Liberalism has recurring themes

Liberalism has some recurring themes. It’s racist to require voters to prove citizenship and who they are. Bad economic reports are always unexpected, usually blamed on the weather. Five months isn’t enough time to make up your mind about an abortion. More gun-control laws will stop those who’ll ignore them.

Fair share never has a dollar value. If it’s reached, you can’t ridicule someone for not paying it. Terrorism and a weakened military are less threatening to our security than global warming. The rich should pay more because they can. When in doubt, claim racism.

We need safe spaces on college campuses to protect kids from speech we don’t like. Problems can always be fixed with more money — and if it doesn’t work, it means we didn’t spend enough. We know what the American people want, regardless of what they say.

We don’t like free markets because we can’t control them. High-speed rail in California is more important than more water reservoirs.

Jack Belisle

South Lyon

Obstructing ACA a losing strategy

On June 25, the Supreme Court, for the second time, upheld the Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. Chief Justice John Roberts again wrote the majority opinion in this 6-3 vote. ACA is now the legal and Constitutional law of the land. The key words in Roberts’ decision were “in any state,” which clearly means all Americans are now entitled and eligible to apply for the ACA regardless of where they live. ACA is a legal and Constitutional right to all citizens of this country.

The GOP can vote 50 more times to repeal and obstruct the ACA if they so choose. This is a losing political strategy, and any GOP president hopeful who runs to repeal the ACA does so at their political peril. The GOP does not have to like the ACA but it is now fact of Constitutional law.

There is nothing preventing the GOP from working with President Obama to fix parts of the law which need improvement. If they choose to just obstruct and discriminate against their own citizens, preventing them from obtaining affordable health care, they do so at their own political risk.

Gerald Maxey

Farmington Hills

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