Letters to the Editor – Page 11 – Coconino County Democratic Party

Chamber needs to reevaluate support for state wage bill

There was a stark juxtaposition of lead articles in the Daily Sun last week. Jan. 29th’s story, “NAU Student wage petition gains support,” reported on a petition to raise the minimum wage for NAU student employees to above $8.50/hr. The following day’s headline, “Student wages to be reduced?” reported on a move in the opposite […]

No place in Flagstaff for contests killing animals for fun

I just came across a flyer advertising a Coyote Calling Contest to be held out by Leupp Road in early March. This contest involves using manufactured calls to attract animals to an area where a team of shooters waits. The goal of the contest is to kill as many animals as possible in the shortest […]

Government needs to avoid another shutdown

The latest government shutdown should teach us all a lesson. We need our federal government and the essential services that it provides. Shutting the government down is a threat to national security. As just one example, we were days away from a collapse of the air transportation system until a stopgap spending bill was passed. […]

Looking at Arizona’s Democratic leadership

A lot has been published about the new leadership in the Arizona Republican Party, emphasizing the controversy over the election of ultra-right Kelli Ward as State Chair. Meanwhile, there was nothing reported about the Arizona Democratic Party elections the same weekend, including the election of three Coconino County leaders. Pat Carr was elected Chair of […]

Coconino Voices: Driscoll again under fire for ICE detainers

For the second time in a year, Sheriff Jim Driscoll is being sued over his policy of holding inmates suspected of being undocumented for an additional 48 hours after they have paid bail or served their sentences so that ICE agents have time to drive up from Phoenix and place them in immigration detention. And […]

How do we protect citizens from citizens

“Build the wall, crime will fall.” We are to believe a $5.7 billion wall will protect citizens of the United States from murder at the hands of an illegal immigrant. Las Vegas, 59 dead; Borderline Bar, 13 dead; Pittsburgh Synagogue, 11 dead; Sutherland Springs, 27 dead; Parkland, 17 dead; Santa Fe High School, 10 dead; […]

Keep the Arizona minimum wage the same for all

Young people ages 18-22 years old deserve the same minimum salary as the workers 23 and older. Whether they are students at NAU or working in other parts of our state, they should receive at least the minimum wage. Recent legislation introduced by Travis Graham from the 12th district is unacceptable (Student wages to be […]

Student debt can’t be solved by cutting wages

A quite crisis has crept across our nation, almost obsequies by its nature.The mounting debt of student loans is as serious as the 2007 housing crisis; except that, instead of losing a home, our college students are losing an opportunity to begin a family and career without being burdened by a lifetime of debt. While […]

Supervisors not up to par with students

That was a very nice front page article in the Thursday, Jan. 17 edition concerning the water ethic contest participated in by fourth-graders to raise awareness about the importance of water conservation. It was also nice that the Board of Supervisors attended the award event that was held to recognize the contest participants. The students […]

Calling on representatives to take action

I am calling on my representatives in Congress, Senators Martha McSally and Kyrsten Sinema, to take action against the unprecedented and dangerous situation we are in as a nation. They are the voices of their constituents and we demand that something must happen and soon. Senator McConnell has once again blamed Democrats for Trump’s shutdown. […]