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Vote Kunes for Treasurer

June Harpster Mill Hall Please vote for Mick Kunes for county treasurer. It sounds like a little nitpicking going on that makes people think she is not a good, true worker but can there be a little personal problem floating around as Pat forgot to mention that Mick was training all new people at the time of those audits and the county does not lose any revenue due to the tax sale she was wrong with the taxes being raised due to not having sales, so sounds like Pat is pulling strings to make Mick look bad, but she is a true hard working county treasurer and is always doing her best ...

Kunes’ lack of timeliness is costly

Robert M. Coltrane, Jr. Gallagher Township During the Oct. 2, 2025, Commissioners meeting, Commissioner Snyder issued a statement expressing concerns with the Treasurer’s Office handling of a recent county real estate tax upset sale and “emphasized the importance of timely notices to avoid losses in tax revenue.” (See The Record, Page A1 and A5, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. See also, Clinton County Government Facebook online.) Snyder noted that “last year, the current real estate taxes contributed $13,379,563 to the county’s budget of $55.4 million” and that $730,000 in ...

Lock Haven deserves leaders who put the community first

Tami Brannan Lock Haven As a current member of city council, I care deeply about the integrity and trust our residents and taxpayers put into our council and city staff. I am writing today because I am concerned about one of the candidates running for city council in our upcoming election, Micah Clausen. Mr. Clausen is a business man who has long lived near Lock Haven, but just purchased a home in the city limits in February 2024 — a property currently listed on multiple commercial real estate sites. According to voter records, he registered to vote at that address in September ...

Judge retention is a choice for America’s future

Ron Williams Pennsylvania Furnace Next Tuesday’s ballot includes choices about whether to retain our current Justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. Each involves an important decision. Perhaps the most critical choice, however, is the one that guides those decisions. It is the choice we are making about the kind of America we want to live in. Are we a people who still value our civil rights? How important to us is living in a democracy with free and fair elections? How invested are we in ensuring that everyone has access to basic healthcare? Is it okay if our elected leaders ...

Liar, liar house afire

Roberta Doyle Mackeyville I was watching some comedian on YouTube who said not only had Trump slashed the federal workforce, he had also reduced the Ten Commandments to six. Obviously “Thou shall not bear false witness is gone.” False witness is lying that undermines justice and communal trust. An example would be They’re eating the cats and dogs. JD Vance has said it’s okay to lie to advance his agenda. In his first term, Trump told 30,573 lies, per the Hill Times 10/27/2025. Now Pa. voters have been targeted by post card mailers funded by conservative Commonwealth ...

AI dangers

Tom McCarey Berwyn, PA We need to prevent AI data centers from accessing public electricity and water in Pennsylvania. To operate in Pennsylvania, AI data centers must be compelled to build their own power plants separate from the public grid, and compelled to provide their own water source separate from public water. Anything less is robbery from the public. It’s possible that there may be state legislation to void local zoning codes if they interfere with AI. AI corporations will outsource their electricity and water consumption to the taxpayers to reduce their own costs, which ...