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Wednesday, October 7, 2026 at 1:11 PM
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Public servant
Public servant
To the editor: Have over 40 years law enforcement experience from patrol officer to department head. Have attended many events and was never questioned about who I supported whether I was in uniform or in plain clothes. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM
‘Complicit in … silence’
‘Complicit in … silence’
To the editor: Letters whining about our wonderful Sheriff’s meeting with former President Trump to discuss border safety are disappointing. Instead, shouldn’t these writers be protesting the explosion of fentanyl crossing our border (estimated to be enough to kill every person in our country last year)? Additionally, with 294 illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist apprehended since 2021 (and those are only the individuals Border Patrol agents have caught), shouldn’t they be drafting letters of apology for the moment when the terror attacks that FBI Director Wray is warning will ultimately occur? Liberals are complicit in their silence, and their priorities are misguided. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM
Make America Great Again. Really?
Make America Great Again. Really?
To the editor: In her new book “Attack From Within,” University of Michigan law professor Barbara McQuaid writes: “Make America Great Again implies a wish to return to what some may consider the good old days, when white men were dominant, women were subservient, and people of color were pushed to the lower rungs of society.” No thanks. President Biden closed his recent State of the Union Address with this: “The issue facing our nation is not how old we are, it’s how old are our ideas. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM
Humans … devalued
Humans … devalued
To the editor: Fervent Democrat support for abortion, including late term, continues to ignore an inconvenient truth: abortion stops a beating heart. We must not follow Satanist Aleister Crowley’s dictate, “Do what thou wilt!” Instead, we should adhere to basic humanity, guided by Jesus’ teachings of love and compassion for human life, even when that requires great personal sacrifice. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM
Disturbing
Disturbing
To the editor: While visiting our children and grandchildren in Texas, imagine my disappointment to see two Leelanau leaders standing behind Donald Trump in Grand Rapids. Both Representative Bergman and Sheriff Borkovich were standing in support of the former president as he spoke cruel and incendiary words about human beings who are risking their lives to reach safety in the United States of America. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM
Threat to democracy
Threat to democracy
To the editor: The plethora of letters in the Enterprise that continue to warn of political hate-laced speech, discordant rhetoric, dictatorship, and threats to truth are convoluted and ill-informed. In a recent CNN interview, speaking from experience, Robert F. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM
Excuses
Excuses
To the editor: Sheriff Borkovich calls people who disagree with him and express those opinions via our First Amendment rights, haters? Is that right? Many residents were upset that he appeared with Trump, in uniform, tacitly endorsing his violent rhetoric aimed at immigrants, representing Leelanau County. A real leader, would give a more thoughtful response to this criticism. 04/17/2024 05:24 PM
Courage, not bluster
Courage, not bluster
To the editor: An unexpected blessing of the January 6th hearings is that it gave young people two shining examples of political courage, Congresswoman Liz Cheney who co-chaired the Committee and White House Assistant Cassidy Hutchinson (age 27) who testified before it. Both Republicans, they were fully aware of what they could expect from the fury of Trump Republicans, including the onslaught of hate mail and death threats that they were about to receive. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM
‘Borkovich dedicated’
‘Borkovich dedicated’
To the editor: My father is a retired Police officer who often served numerous political officials whether he agreed with them or not. His duty, like Sheriff Borkovich, was always to the people he represented and not to one political party. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM
‘Never again’
‘Never again’
To the editor: I reject the COVID amnesty that some have suggested. Instead, we must never forget the forced mRNA (including children with virtually no risk), job terminations, and neighbor shaming where hostility were variously foisted on citizens who would not accept a largely untested vaccine, or who otherwise had religious objections. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM
‘Constitutional Sheriff’
‘Constitutional Sheriff’
To the editor: Leelanau County deserves a better Sheriff. Someone who is focused on law enforcement, not political grandstanding. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM
‘Dismayed’
‘Dismayed’
To the editor: We were dismayed to see sheriff Mike Borkovich standing next to former President Trump at the rally in Grand Rapids. Leelanau County supported President Joe Biden in the last election. 04/10/2024 03:54 PM

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