Category Archives: Letters to the Editor
Letter: Restore assault weapons ban
Thank you, teens, for standing up and protesting! Thank you for demanding action, policies and change instead of just thoughts and prayers. Arming teachers with concealed weapons won’t protect any of us against assault weapons. There have been armed people in many of the massacres who were not able to get out their weapons in […]
Continue readingLetter to Editor: Sign petitions against dark money
On Sunday afternoon, I attended an extremely interesting, informative and well-attended presentation on Dark (Dirty) Money by former Arizona attorney general Terry Goddard. Goddard is pursuing a constitutional amendment to outlaw Dirty Money contributions in Arizona elections. He spoke eloquently about the corrosive and negative influence of undisclosed contributions to our elections from people like […]
Continue readingLetter to Editor: Military parade a waste
Dear editor, Our president wants to spend millions on a showy military parade. What are we celebrating? Getting out of Afghanistan and Iraq and bringing our troops home? Raising our debt by trillions of dollars because we gave a tax break to the rich and increased our military spending for more nuclear weapons? Escalating our […]
Continue readingBob Thorpe needs to go
Once again we read in the Daily Sun where Representative Bob Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, is busy at work trying to protect his own interest to the detriment of the citizens he was elected to represent. Last legislative session we witnessed his attempt to prevent students from voting in the district where they spend the majority of […]
Continue readingAnother Cruelty by Ducey and Repugs in the Legislature
Thanks to Flagstaff resident Lex Heerding for “telling it like it is” regarding funding for services to vulnerable adults. This is one more area where Republicans in control of our state government have neglected the public good and demonstrated that their values don’t match what’s right for Arizona: This letter is on response to the […]
Continue readingCoconino Voices: Doctors, lawyers false targets of populist anger
I can remember reading an article in The Atlantic Monthly (now The Atlantic) years ago that examined what they called the Davos Crowd. The authors examined the class of wealth that was international, worth billions, and travelled among the same world capitals. In their description, this global elite is separated from the rest of us […]
Continue readingYour View: Don’t vilify immigrants
The United States has become a police state in which immigrants have been vilified and blamed for our countries economic woes. No American family originated within the boundaries of the US of A unless you are a Native American. The present ICE policies of hunting down undocumented workers and deporting them is eerily similar to […]
Continue readingYour View: Vote for scientific literacy
Mr. Patel, a local hotel owner, recently voiced his concern in the Daily Sun that the lack of snow is hurting his business and that the increased likelihood of forest fires in the summer will also be bad for business. Global warming, in other words, is not good for the local economy. Bob Thorpe, our […]
Continue readingAchieve60AZ Is Another Ducey Empty Promise
Regarding the “Achieve60AZ Alliance” touted in the Coconino Voices column (lead author Julie Pastrick, president of the Flagstaff Chamber): The column fails to mention that this “initiative” was launched over a year ago by Gov. Ducey. Recently, they launched a new website, cited in the column, which makes Achieve60AZ appear to be independent from the […]
Continue readingTo Fix Roads, Change Legislature | Letters |
Regarding I-17/I-40 road conditions (article and opinion published 10/23), I’d like to encourage fellow readers to take ownership of this problem and become part of the solution. We have taken our public facilities for granted for too long, and we are paying for it. Be willing to pay for public works – many Flagstaff residents […]
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