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Stop politicizing child care The word “fraud” has been thrown around lately, especially in connection with child care in Minnesota. It’s important to remember, this is an old and familiar tactic. Cry fraud, then use the cry of fraud to discredit a program. The goal being to defund the program. With the current target being Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP), the perpetuating of this “fraud” letter/rumor is with no care to if the fraud is real or not. The claim is that because a child care center has licensing violations and is receiving CCAP payments, it is somehow ...

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Resist MAGA’s actions To the editor: On Feb. 18, 2025, in Huntington Beach, Calif., a former NFL player was arrested at a city council meeting for protesting against the current federal administration’s actions. His name is Chris Kluwe. Mr. Kluwe was protesting against the library in Huntington Beach, Calif., installing a plaque that had the words written “in the form of an acrostic, the plaque featured the stacked words: Magical, Alluring, Galvanizing, Adventurous — MAGA. The design was approved last week by a city commission who confirmed that the acronym was deliberately ...

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Disrespect for the law To the editor: Did you know that during the Jan. 6, 2021, siege of the U.S. Capitol, over 80 U.S. Capitol Police Officers were assaulted, as well as over 60 officers from the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department? Did you know that about 19 police officers serve the Fairmont community (Fairmont police website (1/29/25)? Over seven times that number of Fairmont police officers were assaulted on the day of Jan. 6, 2021, during that violent assault on Congress. That assault was urged on by the then President of the United States. On Jan. 20, 2025, 1,500 ...

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The law needs to be upheld To the editor: I took an oath 45 years ago when I became an attorney in Minnesota to support the United States and Minnesota Constitutions and have worked my entire career to support the rule of law. I was sickened to learn that Trump has pardoned 1,550 January 6 rioters. They attacked and injured 140 policemen, threatened to harm Members of Congress and the Vice President and damaged the United States Capitol. Apparently the rule of law doesn’t apply if you commit a crime in Trump’s name. I used to tell my clients that the law applies to everyone, I ...

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Disagreeing without being disagreeable There are multiple issues, differences of opinions, conflicts between personalities and different expectations between the parties in the national, state and local governments. Since the national, state and local elections, things seem to be more polarized between the parties in the government and the electorate. Even within our own city council, these same things are evident to the extent that as a citizen of Fairmont, I am embarrassed by the behavior of those representing us. We can and must do better than this. Yes, there will be clashes between ...

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Association grateful for support To the Editor: On behalf of the Martin County Preservation Association, managing the Chubb House and Red Rock Center for the Arts, we sincerely thank those who contributed to a successful 4th quarter. We are internally grateful to our autonomous donor, who graciously offered to replace the roof at the Chubb House and match every donation up to $10,000. Thank you all for your support and a successful year-end. 4th quarter donations were received from the following: John and Michele Bisbee, Carolyn Oanes, Roger and Julie Hendricksen, Curt Nelson, Rod ...