Letters to the Editor – Page 3 – Coconino County Democratic Party

Letter to the Editor: Local representatives ignore students at the State Capitol

The biggest highlight of Environmental Day at the Capitol on Jan. 5 was the number of students who attended. They were mostly high schoolers from Tucson, Phoenix, Flagstaff and other places as well. They were there because they have an interest in how our state government works, and because they have questions for our lawmakers […]

Letter to the Editor: An open letter to Representative Blackman

As you well know, the argument about states’ rights versus federal authority is as old as the USA itself. It was one of the most contentious issues during the writing of The Constitution, and it has periodically reared its head in the years since. Your proposed HB2252 is among the latest attempts to assert a […]

Letter to the Editor: Minimum wage study a waste of money as expected

The report on the effects of the minimum wage turned out to be a complete waste of $48,000 we thought it would be. Since the consultant with questionable credibility quit before the job was done it is incomplete and the conclusions are in question. We heard they interviewed business owners, but we haven’t heard the […]

Letter to the Editor: State Senate Bill 1328 should be stopped

State Senate Bill 1328 sponsored by conservatives, including Senator Sylvia Allen, would have our state taxes spent on a Crisis Referral Line officially censored from informing those in need of all resources available. The bill is modeled after disastrous pilot programs in other states. Our state income taxes are not supposed to fund partisan programs. […]

Letter to the Editor: CliffsNotes on how we reached this point

People keep asking how did “we” end up here with a failed impeachment of a problematic president with no recourse. Here’s the CliffsNotes: Meet Grover Norquist and Club for Growth (google it). The Club for Growth raises money as a nonprofit. Then the Club helps elect our public officials with the money they raise IF […]

Letter to the editor: Hoping Thorpe’s bill goes nowhere

Rep. Bob Thorpe is trying to block students from voting where they go to school by introducing HB 2461, which would ban students’ use of an address for voting purposes at which they don’t reside for 12 months each year. Thorpe’s argument for this bill is one-sided in favor of businesses who are opposed to […]

Letter to the editor: HR-3 should be passed immediately

I believe HR-3 should be passed immediately. Arizonans should not accept paying significantly more for healthcare than the rest of the developed world. House Resolution 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act, will help reduce exorbitant drug prices. This legislation is backed by our Congressman, Tom O’Halleran, passing successfully out of the […]

Letter to the editor: System of government on trial in the Senate

History will record that Donald Trump was impeached. Will it also record that he received a fair trial in the Senate? Have we become irreparably partisan and corrupt, blind to the truth, serving a politician rather than the nation? Isn’t that treason, a betrayal of our country just as much as anything of which Trump […]

Letter to the editor: CNN asked Senator McSally the wrong question

Earlier (Friday, Jan. 17) Manu Raju – a CNN reporter – asked Senator McSally whether the Senate should consider new evidence for the impeachment trial. McSally answered: “You’re a liberal hack!” Yes, we understand, McSally is on edge. And there is a simple reason for McSally’s brisk response: She took Raju’s question as a personal, […]