Letter to the Editor: Local leadership needs to set better examples
Letter to the Editor
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Letter to the editor:
The recent surge of the COVID-19 virus hitting the Thumb Region is frightening. Even more frightening is how local leadership in the Upper Thumb is handling the surge. Local leadership are not doing their jobs of keeping the needs of residents first in every decision they make and, frankly, don’t make.
During a recent meeting with the Tuscola County Commissioners, health department Director Ann Hepfer pleaded with the board to call for a state of emergency to continue virtual meetings. A county commissioner in an open meeting told Hepfer that all these COVID statistics are “propaganda” and because she asked for a state of emergency that it was a power trip for her.