Let’s hear it for the ticket splitters - the people who saved Arizona from disaster. When you compare the vote totals for the Republicans who were on the statewide ballot but were running for different offices, it is clear that Republican and Independent voters found some to be worse than ot…
Re: the Nov. 26 article "Climate change: We're the problem."
Letters to the Editor for Dec. 2
Re: the Nov. 26 article "Climate change: We're the problem."
Problem #1: Troubled young men who feel ignored by society and have few or no friends. Their feelings of neglect can build to where they lash out and murder random innocents (or those they feel have "harmed" them) with mass-murder weapons like AR-15 rifles.
Re: Adults finally went to the polls, 11/20/22. Writer says great things happen when our 2 political parties cooperate. This incredibly blind piece shows the chasm his own words create. Apparently Republican voters lack maturity. Why? They are "whipped into a frenzy" over such things as an A…
The brain trust of Cochise County does not want to certify this year's election results. I am AOK with that if it would mean the County's votes don't get included in the State totals. In Cochise County Ciscomani out-polled Engel by 14,775 votes. The loss of those votes would be more than eno…
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Letters to the Editor for Dec. 1
In his farewell address, George Washington stated that political parties would serve “always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another, fome…
For the longest time, especially since the horrible insurrection of Jan, 6th, I have fervently prayed to God for our democracy to have truth, light, hope, honor, decency, and sanity! The recent election election has shown me that the majority of others want what I have prayed so hard for.
The premise is that a charismatic demagogue is elected president of the United States. Once in office, the president foments fear and takes complete control of the government and imposes totalitarian rule, with help from a paramilitary group. The president had promised to restore the country…
Print and TV media are still discussing the recent election results in Arizona. Particularly the defeat of MAGA Republicans. It is clear. Traditional Republicans, such as myself, could not and would not support the MAGA Republican candidates. Competent contenders were lost in the primaries. …
Forget about all the renderings of politics and use those resources to clean up our highway. The corridor from Tangerine Road all the way into Tucson direct has all kinds of litter, like tires, bottles, plastic bags, boxes, animals etc. It's a disgrace to see just how dirty we stage our town…
It is well known that there is a shortage of affordable rental housing in the Tucson region. However, we also have huge big-box stores and mall spaces like the Tucson Mall's Sears store sitting empty. In Illinois, our Fox Valley Mall in Aurora was similarly emptied with the loss of tenants. …
You have now run three letters noting the Florida vote count was quick and ours was slow. All three seem to imply that this is a problem. Mark Morel thinks this is wrong and wants an explanation. Scott Langpap blames Katie Hobbs and also wants an explanation. I’m happy to oblige.
Interfaith Community Service, like other local non-profit organizations, has activated their "Gifts of Love" program. I chose a woman from the list of online profiles who indicated she needed new towels and bedsheets. Today, I went shopping. While buying the items, I chatted with Sally, a sa…
The article "Young voters came through for Dems" should have been headlined "Young voters came through for America". Thank you, younger voters, for "getting it "- our democracy was/is in peril, and for realizing the importance of your vote. We will be counting on you again in 2024.
A person was complaining that it took Florida less than 24 hours to provide election results. Perhaps Florida doesn't allow for curing of mail-in ballots, didn't have a large volume of mail-in ballots dropped off on election day or doesn't allow out of country ballots to be counted unless th…
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I find it ironic that the problems with tabulating the vote in Maricopa County is not because of mail-in balloting or ballots left at drop boxes, but mail-in ballots dropped of on election day and voters that voted in person on Nov 8.
Okay, enough is enough! People of all political parties and the public in general are sick and tired of hearing about, reading about, and viewing election deniers saying that elections were stolen, voting machines tampered with, election employees making mistakes, etc. Now theses election de…
Re: the Nov. 18 article "Ciscomani: Right signs, wrong message."
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The article "Young voters came through for Dems" should have been headlined "Young voters came through for America". Thank you, younger voters, for "getting it "- our democracy was/is in peril, and for realizing the importance of your vote. We will be counting on you again in 2024.
A person was complaining that it took Florida less than 24 hours to provide election results. Perhaps Florida doesn't allow for curing of mail-in ballots, didn't have a large volume of mail-in ballots dropped off on election day or doesn't allow out of country ballots to be counted unless th…
Democracy
I find it ironic that the problems with tabulating the vote in Maricopa County is not because of mail-in balloting or ballots left at drop boxes, but mail-in ballots dropped of on election day and voters that voted in person on Nov 8.
Okay, enough is enough! People of all political parties and the public in general are sick and tired of hearing about, reading about, and viewing election deniers saying that elections were stolen, voting machines tampered with, election employees making mistakes, etc. Now theses election de…
Re: the Nov. 18 article "Ciscomani: Right signs, wrong message."
Back in the day, I paid for most of my college education with money from minimum-wage summer jobs and work-study programs at the school. No debt. Sounds like “personal responsibility”, “hard work”, “determination” led to a degree, doesn’t it? So why should taxpayers be on the hook for studen…
Speaker designate McCarthy immediately spoke out against big business recognizing injustice in its many forms including, but not limited to, racial, sexual, social, and gender discrimination and awareness. He wants to 'leave it to the politicians'. Which means GOP politicians. Despite the un…