To the editor: What party to trust and using county sales tax surplus to subsidize internet connectivity

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Where do you put your trust?

Do you trust a party that stands by its candidate despite 34 felony convictions? A party that had 112 representatives voting against ousting a member (George Santos) for flagrantly lying and misrepresenting himself? A party who, in that vote, had 16 members on the Committee on Oversight and Accountability vote to keep him in office? A party, who in that vote, had 13 of its members on the Judiciary Committee vote to keep him in office, including its chairman, Jim Jordan?

Or do you trust a party who expressed concern about its candidate’s ability to govern if re-elected? A party that is not dominated by one person who promises retribution against anyone who opposes him?

Do you want a president who had three different attorneys general, after replacing the previous ones who wouldn’t do what he wanted?

Do you trust the party that will hold up legislative bills that would help Ukraine defend itself, or the party that expresses solidarity with our allies and the need to stem the expansionist plans of Russia? Do you want a president who has said he would not defend a NATO ally, or a president who recognizes that NATO has kept us out of war for 75 years through strength and solidarity?

Keep America strong and vote smart.

James Smith

Manitowoc

County could use sales tax surplus to subsidize internet connectivity

I am concerned about how a proposed county wide sales tax increase will penalize the lower income populations in this county.

During the last 40 or so years, the gap between the low and high ends of the economic scale has increased dramatically, making daily life much more difficult for many.

I don’t know exactly what the source of the county Human Services budget problems is, but I suspect it is because the county delivered more Human Services than budgeted for. This would certainly be reflective of the economic condition of the primary populations served by this department.

Increasing taxes on these people would only seem to exacerbate these problems and require continuous increases in the Human Services budget over the years.

I implore county board members to explore offsets to this cost to those who are in most need. There are perhaps many ways to do this.

I would suggest that perhaps one possible offset mechanism could be subsidization of internet connectivity for the county citizens in the lower-income brackets. This could be funded with the budget surplus this tax is expected to deliver.

Michael F. Pitsch

Francis Creek

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