Paying for past mistakes
To the editor:
 I have been blessed over the years in my dealings with scouting, 4-H and veteran affairs to meet people from all walks of life.
 A few years ago, I met some school teachers who were part of a state commission that toured Michigan and did a study on consolidating Michigan schools. This study was done in the late 1960s. That’s right, the 1960s. They found out then that the Michigan school system was antiquated, inefficient and bureaucratically top heavy. They said, the “handwriting was on the wall” and declining student enrollment was coming.

Still a sense of community
To the editor:
 The Readers Viewpoint had two interesting letters recently. The letters were written by two community minded people. After reading the letters, I decided to once more express how some of us in Caspian still feel about the closure of our historic Caspian City Hall. The same paper that had the above letters had an advertisement in it advertising our City Hall. Some of us were hoping that maybe someday somehow our City Hall might reopen.

Gas prices are on the increase, job opportunities are on the decline, politicians are doing their usual finger pointing, and most of us are just about out of patience.
 The recent news from the sovereign states of both Wisconsin and Michigan are leaving some of us with a lot of serious doubt that our legislative bodies are any more qualified to deal with our current economic crisis than those who are serving in Congress.

The opinions expressed about the reconstruction of Lay/Washington Avenue in Iron River is becoming as divided as, well, the street will be once the project is completed.
 There is no doubt “Stambaugh Hill” could use some road repair, as could the intersecting streets, from Amber to Evergreen. The streetscape concept for the reconstruction grew from the Cool Cities blueprint for the consolidated downtown areas of Genesee Street and Washington Avenue, an initiative that was started in 2005 with the goal of attracting businesses “up the hill.”

Jobs, yes;
clean water, no
To the editor:
 That was the message I got while listening to State Representative Huuki and State Senator Casperson speak in Iron River on Saturday, April 10.