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Steve, loved the entire article.

Thank you very much for your observations. The importance of editors like you and your weekly newspapers cannot be overstated particularly in times like today.

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You’re definitely doing your part with your thoughtful observations. They are a calming force in a time of whirlwinds.

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Now more than ever we need professional journalism at the local level. Reestablishing the public’s trust in journalistic integrity has to start from the “small ponds of mid-Michigan.” Thank you, Steve.

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You remind me of the importance of newspapers. An importance ingrained in me by my immigrant parents who came here at the start of the Great Depression. Though only having the equivalent of a 6th grade education, we were urged to "read the paper." by their urging and example. Thank you for being a faithful editor and continuing the legacy of readership for many.

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Thank you for this article. I hope that it will remind me to wait overnight or longer before I send letters to the editor, or my Members of Congress, both houses. I do appreciate your insight. And would welcome your critique sometime.

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