To the Editor:

I wonder about the priorities the Northwest Herald has about which news to report. You report items about a bar fight in Alabama or about a Long Island man causing an auto crash resulting in one death. Neither directly affects any of us in McHenry County.

However, Maricopa County (Ariz.) Sheriff Joe Arpaio stating that he has proof that President Barack Obama’s birth certificate is a fraud does not receive one word of press. This can potentially affect everyone in this country, and you are mysteriously silent about it.