Free courts of politics
I just discovered the Michigan Independent Supreme Court Campaign. Anyone who has read John Grisham's "The Appeal" has found that judges can be bought and the big guy almost always wins his court cases. From the Michigan Independent Supreme Court Campaign I learned that Michigan is one of the worst states in the U.S. when it comes to corporations and the "big guns" winning cases against their victims of pollution and running all over the private citizens' rights.
The campaign has three aims:
1. Voluntary public financing of Michigan Supreme Court judges;
2. All contributions to Supreme Court elections and advertising be made public;
3. Requiring judges to recuse themselves from any case in which there may be any perceived conflict of interest.
If you are curious, go to www.miscc.org and read up on the Independent Supreme Court Campaign. There is a petition there as well to send to our legislators asking them to make our courts free from politics and be fair to all of us citizens and businesses alike.
Ellen Monahan
Traverse City
Checks and cash only
In reference to a recent article in the business section of the Record-Eagle, I was glad to read that some people are saying no to accepting credit cards for gas. At the end of this story it stated the credit card fees paid by convenience stores were $7.6 billion and the profits to credit card companies were $3.4 billion. That's $3.4 billion to big business taken away from the little guys.
I stopped taking credit cards three years ago when an electrical storm blew up my terminal that processed credit cards. When I asked the bank for another one, they wanted to charge close to $1,000 for a new one that makes money for them, but takes some of my profit.
I have not had any problems with my business since I have started taking only checks and cash. This is just another way the little guys can try to defend themselves against the giants of business that are controlling our country.
David Chrobak
Northport
The writer is the Innkeeper of The Old Mill Pond Inn in Northport.
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