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Alert Readers: A Message from Don Tanner

THE ALERT WELCOMES LETTERS FROM OUR READERS! Call or text 231-399-0098, send mail to Elberta Alert Letters, PO Box 357, Elberta, MI 49628, or write to elberta.alert@gmail.com. Letters may be edited for length. Profanity will be indicated but not replicated.

THANK YOU, voters of Blaine, Gilmore, Joyfield and Weldon Townships and
the Villages of Elberta and Thompsonville for allowing me to continue to serve as your county commissioner.

I welcome constiuents' calls at 231-383-3623. Visit my website, dontanner.org, for updates on my work and Benzie County government issues.

Best to all in the New Year,
Don Tanner
District 7 Benzie County Commissioner

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