Many readers come to the Editorial Page to see what this newspaper has to say about Southern Arizona issues. However, we are well aware that it’s not our opinions but those of our many readers — who offer their viewpoints each day in Letters to the Editor— that bring readers to this page.
And we couldn’t be more pleased that thousands of readers contribute to the community conversation created every day in Letters to the Editor. The collective experience and knowledge of our readers gives Letters to the Editor a fresh perspective that endures with every edition.
With the Star’s circulation of about 110,000 daily and 170,000 on Sundays, our readers are sharing their views with thousands and thousands of Southern Arizona residents every day.
We encourage lively debate in Letters to the Editor by publishing letters that present a diversity of thought, are respectful of different viewpoints, and are clear and accurate. And we do not exclude a letter because it differs with our viewpoint.
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With the year coming to a close, we want to thank everyone who has written a letter to the Arizona Daily Star. We also want to encourage all letter writers to keep ’em coming.
To say thank you, here is a list of all those writers who’ve had letters published in the print edition of the Star from Dec. 27, 2006, through Dec. 26, 2007.
Dave Abbott
Thomas Aceto
Charles Briggs Ackert
John Adams
Lucinda Adams
Anne Adcock
Jack Addams
Cheryl Agbannawag
Carole Adler
Wilma Agnew
Jerry Aguilar
Steve Aguilu, East Wenatchee, Wash.
Terry Ahearn
Mikel Aickin
Lee S. Aitken
Betsy Ajeman, Willcox
Kyle Akin
Douglas Alborn
Nancy Albrecht
Larry Aldrich
Jose Alentado
Kathy Alexander
Dale and Jackie Alger
Betty Allen
Charlie Allen, Winkelman
Margaret Allen
Mark Allen
Stephen C. Allen
Karen Allison
Kathy Allred
Paul Allvin
Rhian Allvin
Adnan Almaney, Chicago
Lucy M. Almasy
Donn Alpert
Jim Allsup, Scottsdale
Colette Altaffer
Lawrence L. Alvarado
Jessica Alvaro
Wilma Amaro
Janice Ambrose
Keith Ambs
Jini Amonn
Bill Anderson
Dan R. Anderson
Robert M. Anderson
Steve Anderson
Wayne D. Anderson
Rene Andreu
Greg Andrews, Lukeville
Rachel L. Anger
Rebecca Antle
Frances A. Archer
Steve Arechiga
Ray Arellano, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Mike Armstrong
Diane Arnold, Cochise
Nancy Arnold
Toni Aronold
Harry A. Aronson
Jeff Aronson
Sonny Aros
Sarah Super Ascher
Daniel R. Ashford
Bill Astle
Martha Avila-Miranda
Maurine Audel
Kathy Audelo
Evaline Auerbach
Barry Austin
Tom Aylward, Sonoita
James E. Ayres
Richard Bacal
Peter G. Backus
Brad Bacon
Mike Bader, Tubac
Donn L. Badman
David G. Bahos
Steven Baird
April Baisan
Anna Baker
Beryl Baker
Billy Baker
Mary Lonsdale Baker
Russ Baker
Arthur Balbirer
Peter D. Baldwin
Abram Baliles
Barbara J. Ball
Mary Jan Bancroft
Leonard Banes
Jeff Banister
Tony Banks
James Barbee
David Barber
Hal Bardach
Rachel Gold Barker
Alan B. Barley
James Barlow
Harold Barnett
Kent Paul Barrabee
Lawson C. Barrett, Douglas
Alan Barreuther
John Barringer
Rusty Bartels, Sierra Vista
Roger Barthelson
Anthony Bartzen
Hurd Baruch
Julia Barwell
Eugenia Bas-Isaac
Ellen B. Basso
Mark Bateman
Ken Bates
Margaret Clampitt Bath
Steve Bauer
Roger A. Baumann
Gregory A. Baumgartner
Helen Bayly
T. Reynolds Beal
Sandy Bean
Charles Beaty
Vanessa Bechtol
Kim Beck
Sabra Beck
Brad Becker
Ryan Beckett
Dan Becraft, Sonoita
Peter Becskehazy
Tim Bee
Cletis Harry Beegle
Ruth Beeker
Robert G. Beeler
Nancy Beers
Jo Behrman
Michael J. Beisch
Jerry Belenker
George S. Belford
Dollie E. Bender
Wade Benham
Ken Benner
Richie Benner
Bernie Bennett
Morgan Thomas Bennett
Ann Bennon
Barbara Bentley
Don Benzel
Robert A. Benzinger
Michael D. Berdine
Franklyn Bergen
Fred Bergen
Patricia Chase Bergen
Craig Bergman
Joan Bergman
John Berkes
Jose A. Bernal
Jill Bernett
Joe Bernick
Don Bernier
Elizabeth Bernstein
Michael Bernstein
Kenneth Berry
Kiel S. Berry
Kathleen Bethel
Connie Beuerlein
Tom Beyer
Jeanine Bezinque
John Biebelhausen, Boston
Donna J. Biederman
Daniel Bieg
Henry Bieniecki
Mike Biewener
John Biggers
William Biggs
Maureen Bike
George Birch
Howard R. Birch
Tim Birk
Thomas Birkholz
Linda Bisaillon
Wilfred E. Bischoff
Robert James Bishop
John Bissell
Robert Bivens, Benson
Carol Bjelland
Dwayne Black
Kevin Black
John Blackwell
Bev D. Blackwood
Howard Blackwood
Patsy G. Blackwood
Scott Blades
Casey Blake
Denice Blake
Lacy V. Blakeley
Parrish Blasius
Betty Blaylock
Nicholas J. Bleser, Tumacácori
Charles Bliss
Kerstin Block
Spencer Block
Ted Blomquist
Aston Bloom
Gregory B. Blow, Ajo
Margaret Bly
Murray Bolesta
David J. Bolger, Scottsdale
Teresa M. Bommarito
Rosella Bonham
Barbara Bonnin
Jerri Bontempi
Gunnar Bonthron
Paul Bookidis
Toby J. Boothroyd
Maris Bootzin
John Bordenave
Eric Borg
Milo Borich
Sylvia Bosnos
David Boswell
Joseph A. Botsko
Jon Bougher, Sells
Peter Bourque
Keith H. Bowen
Bob Bowers
Doug Bowers
Judy Bowers
Bud Bowersock
Buel Bowlan
Ralph Bowman
Bob Box
Bill Boyd
Mike Boyd
Bill Bracco
Frederic F. Brace Jr.
Karen Brandel
Jim Brademas
Amy Bradshaw
Michael J. Brady
Donna Branch-Gilby
Joseph M. Branom Sr.
Lynne Brant
Carol Bratt
Michelle Bratton
Mary Ann Brazil
Clifford Breidenfeld
Merle Breiland
Lourdes Brennan
Amy Brenton
Raphael Bretton
Mike Brewer
Jack Briggs
Larry E. Brimm
Nancy Himel Brisco
Daniel Brockert
Jean Brodie
Sandee Brooke
Paulette Brooks
Peter Brooks
Sidney Brooks, Bowie
Sue Goss Brooks
Ann Brown
Dace Brown
Gene Brown
Loretta Brown
Mark A. Brown
Ray Brown
Steven L. Brown
Dorothy Browning
Howard Brownstein
Mike Bruck
Jan Zbiciak Brummett
Janay Brun, Arivaca
Denny Bruns
Michael D. Bryan
Graham Bryce
James Bub
Maria Celi Buccino
Angie Buchanan
Arthur R. Buckley
Mary Buckley
Bill Buehler
David Bullaro
Judy Bullington
Joan M. Bundy
Kent Burbank
Jan Burke, Los Alamitos, Calif.
Frederick R. Burnham II
Gene Burns
Susan Burns
Tom Burns
Stephanie Burt
Cynthia Busby
Ed Bush, Kanab, Utah
Sylvia Bush
Cathy Busha
David Bushnell
John Busman
Francisco Bustamante
Jack Butler, Safford
Michael R. Butler
Abigail Byrd
Richard Byrd, Bisbee
Patricia B. Cadigan
Donald Cain
Patty Cain
Paul Cain
Christina Caldwell
Harry Caldwell
Helena Caldwell
Walter Caldwell
Marilyn Calhoun
Susan Calhoun
Joe Callaway
Julio Cammarota
Claude Campbell
Elizabeth Campbell
Shawn Campbell
Hans Campestrini
Matthew Campion
Mary Carbonaro Canavan
Evan Canfield
Lily Cann
Chiara Cannella
Dolores J. Cannon
Rosemary Capin
Pierre Carasso
Linda Caravello
Dick Carey
Nick Cariello
Kathy Carino
James F. Carley
Barb Carlino
Heather Carlisle
Don Carlson
John D. Carlson
Leslie Carlson
Zeke Carlson
Lynne Carmody
Rosemarie Carnarius
William Carnegie
Debbie Carnsew
Michael C. Carpenter
Roger E. Carpenter
Earl Carpentier
Meghan Carragher
Frank Carrillo
Frank Carrizosa
David J. Carroll
Laura Carroll, Arivaca
Mary Carryer
Cindy Carter, Saint Helens, Ore.
Mary K. Carter
Roy Carter
Raymond G. Caryl
Daniel Casares
Marilee Casarona-Orton
Luis Casillo
Mike Casper
Susanne Castellano
Monica Castillo
Susan E. Castillo
Alice Catallini
Sheila Caterraccio
Paula Caylor
Nora Cecena
Jim Cecula
Morton Cederbau
Brenda Censori
Tony Cervone, Detroit
Christine Chacon
Elizabeth Chadwick
Jack W. Chaikin
Sally Chandler
Loraine Chapman
Mary Lou Chapman
Warren Chapman
Joel Charles
Richard Chartoff
Debbie Chavanelle
Dan Chavez
Ralph Chavez
John J. Chernoski
Al Chesser
Gene Chewning
Rick Chiesa
Ashley Childs
Carol Christensen
Ryan Christensen
Skip Christensen
Thelma Christie
Brian Churchill
Kary Ciolli
Elisabeth Cirerol
Sheldon I. Clare
Danielle Clark
Jim Clark
Jimmy Clark
Tiffany Clark
Marvin Clark
Noah Clarke, Phoenix
Albrecht Classen
Jeff Cleary
Nicholas I. Clement
Greg Clemons
Karen Clifton
Paul E. Clinco
Fred Cline
William Cline
James C. Cloud
Brian Clymer
John T. Clymer
Richard Coan
Pamela Coates
Penelope Cobb
Dan Cobbledick
Steven Coburn
Mark Cochran
Robert Cocke
David J. Cohen
Robin Cohen
Felice Cohen-Joppa
Jack Cohen-Joppa
George Cohn
Rick Cohn
Ted Cogut
Hazel Colditz
Eugene Cole
Jason Cole
Byrne Coley
Coya Coleman
Linda Coleman
David Coloma
Arthur Comeau
Phillip C. Comer
Wendy Conger
Sue Conner
Ted Conner
Jacob Conover
Ken Conrad
Judy Constantine
Linda Conwell, Douglas
James E. Cook
Robert Cook
Huntley Cooney
Mary Coonrod
Chris Cooper
Dawn Cooper
Sam Cooper
Tom Coplen, Austin, Texas
Pauline Coppola
Ygnacio Coppola
James P. Corbett
Gail Cordy
Ken Corley
Malana Corn
Mary Coronado
Rod Coronado
David M. Corsi
Paula Cortes
Darlene Costner
Donna Cosulich
Jo Coudray
Mariadel Cousins
Richard Couture
Carol Covington
Douglas Cowan
Jane Cowell
Joan Cowell
Larry Cowell
Alex Coyle
Robert Cozad
Roger Cracraft
Paul Cragle
Barbara Cramer, Lakewood, Colo.
Martha E. Cramer
Wayne E. Crane, Willcox
Bud Cranor
Chuck Cravens
David L. Crawford, Sierra Vista
Norm Crawford
Sue Crawford
Ted Crawford
Jackson Crews
Dave and Ann Cristofani
Jacqueline Crockett
Jay R. Crook
Todd Crouthamel
John Crow
Kristopher Crowle
Bil Croxton
Cynthia Cruz
Alexis Cueto
Steve Cullumber
Bill Culman
Terry Cumming, Canada
Laura Cardinal, Sierra Vista
Laverne Cummings
Rick Cunnington
Troy B. Curtis
Valerie Cwik
Mark P. D'Amico
Netley D'Souza
Esteban Dabdoub Hernandez, Rio Rico
Hemant Damle
Alice Damon
Kenneth C. Damschen
Michael Danford
Matthew Daniels
Stefanie Daratony
Judy Dare
Dave Daughtry
Joe Davey
David Davin
Bennet Davis
Brian T. Davis
Dennis E. Davis
Dixie Davis
Jill Davis
Kurt Davis, Flagstaff
Marybeth Davis
Peter J. Davis Jr.
Susan Davis
Don Day
Donald Day
Susan Day
Bob Days
Yolanda Garcia De Cruz
Bess de Farber
Alex De La Garza
Ignacio De La Torre
Laura Elias de la Torre
Lawrence A. De Lucia
Jeff Dean
Peggie Dearden
Heather Deaver
Jeanne DeFranco
David Delgado
Stephen M. Delgado
Susan Dellheim
Robert Denchy
Douglas Dengeles
Laura Denham
Andrew Desautels
Ann DesLauriers
Dennis DesLauriers
Ginia Desmond
Carol Deters
Carol E. Deupree
Tom Di Maggio
William R. Dickinson
Carol Dieckmann
Mary Theresa Dietz
Robert Dirksen
Paul D. Discher
Barry DiSimone
Dan Docks
Isabel Doe
Bill Doerr
Connie Doerty
Bob Dohse
Bob Dolezal
Joan Domash
Lionel Domash
Doug Donahue
Tom Donlan
Giuliana Donnelly
Bill Doran
Kathy Doran
John Dore
Bob Dorson
Natalie Dose
Tom Dougan
Linda Doughty
Sharon Doughty
Jim Douthit
Patricia Dow
Jim Downey
Ted Downing
Kevin Doyle
Rose Doyle
Samantha Doyle
Jim Dreis
John Drewek
David Drum
Fred Drumlevitch
Tanya Duarte, Douglas
Richard Duchaine
Carole Duckworth, Benson
Tom Duddleston Jr.
Jim Dudley
Mary Rose Duffield
Emilie Brill Duisberg
Claire Dunham
Dani Duniho
Bill Dunlap
Larry Dunlap
Cynthia Dunn
Michael Dunn
Betsy Duren
Liz Durkin
Bruce Dusenberry
Felicia Dutiel
Keith Dveirin
Robert Dwyer
Drew Dycus
Dottie Eagley
Chris Eames
Larry East
Eric N. Easton
Eric R. Eaton
Ronald G. Eaton
Bill Eavenson
Michael Ebert
Gerald Eberwein, Naco
Peter Economidis
Gary Edgar
Mary Edgar
Terry G. Edgar
Jerry Edgerton
Andrea Edmundson
Brian Edwards
Chon S. Edwards
Chris Edwards
David J. Edwards
Richard Edwards
Su Egen
Eric Ehst, Phoenix
Robert Eichberger
Mary Kay Eiermann
Ellie Eigen
Robert Eisen
Lynn Ellis
Terry Roger Ellis
Claudia Ellquist
Linda Elmquist
Michael C. Elsner
Margo Elson
Carolyn Emerine
Patricia Emmett
Robert Encila
Carlos Encinas
Terri Encinas
Kate Endersbe, Tubac
Frank Engle
Mary Lou Enlow
Stephanie Entwistle
Robert Enyeart
Ken Eppinette
Gerald R. Epstein
Kenneth Erickson
Larry Erickson
Les Ervin
Roger Escobar
Carl Esparza
Patricia Espinosa
Jerry T. Estruth
Donna Eubanks
Doris Evans
Doug Evans
Betsy Evans-Banks
Addie Everett
Noelle Everhart
David Ewing
Morris B. Ewing
Claude Ezzell
Lori Fagg
Joel Fago, Sierra Vista
Sheila Fago, Sierra Vista
Michael James Fair II
Emilio E. Falco, Tubac
Murray H. Falk
William A. Falter
Margaret-Ann Fangmeier
Dan Fapp
William Faris
Steve Farley
Bryant Farnsworth
Jerry Farnsworth
Estelle Farr
Michael Farr
Richard B. Farrar
Fran Farrell-Moulinier
Frank "Bud" Farrell
Raymond O.P. Farrish
Louis Fashion
Elayne Fasman
Doyle Fausey
Fern Feder
Steve Feeley
Lois Fehr
Irwin Feiles
Bob Feinman
Ruth Fellom
Henry Fellows
Steve Feeley
Rick Felker
Michael Fenlason
J. Edgar Fennie
Mary Jo Fenton
Rene Fernandez
Carin Ferris
Richard Fertal II
Ken Fetterhoff
Lester Feutz, Sierra Vista
Al Fiegel
Marianne Fields
Bart M. Filaseta
Thomas E. Finch
Betina Fink
Adrienne Finley, San Diego
Andrea Finley
Herman Fischer
Lorraine Fischer
Mary Lou Fischer
Norma Kelsey Fisher
Susan Fisher
Ellen Fitzgerald
Maureen Fitzgerald
Rita Fjelseth
Laurie Fleetham
Gary Fleischer, Sierra Vista
Charles Fleming
Philip Fleshman
Karl W. Flessa
Thomas Fletcher
Mark Flint
Nancy Fiora
Herman G. Flores
Maria Floyd
Lucille Fogelson
Jan Foiles
Len Fontana
Jim Forbus
Libby Ford
Tracy L. Ford
Juan Forrer
Thomas Forties
David D. Fosca
Jack Foster
Melody Foster
Jim Fountain
Judith Foutz
Bob Francaviglia, Bisbee
Jan Francis
Lee Frankel, Nogales
Marvin Franklin
Kathy Frazier, Willcox
Betsy Frederick
Howard Frederick
Ken Freed
Kira Freed
Ralph Fregosi
D. Charles Freitas
Julianne French
Sherman Frey
Raymond S. Freyer
Kelly Frieders
Betty R. Friedlander
Jane Friedman
Ronald Friend
Rowan Frost
Richard Fulgenzi
Anne L. Furrow
