Congressman Juan Ciscomani, R-CD6, left, stands nearby as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent peaks to the media at a PepsiCo Frito-Lay facility, Casa Grande, Ariz., August 5, 2026. The two, along with Speaker of The House Mike Johnson, toured the facility and met with round table of local business owners and managers.
Juan Ciscomani
I received an eblast from Juan Ciscomani asking for my opinion on an issue (not sure why, I don't belong to a political party). I responded in Spanish, asking him to only send me emails in Spanish. Despite that, I received a response in English. I answered in Spanish, reminding him to only send me emails in Spanish. To that, I received no response at all. I'm just saying.
Bob Feinman
Foothills
The sex talk
On behalf of all past/present/future victims, who were/are/will be poked, prodded, assaulted or otherwise abused by others who push past informed legal consent to satisfy their own selfish sexual motives, please release the full Epstein Files. According to a government website, nearly half of women (and more than 1 in 6 men) experience some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetimes. Open the files and let’s initiate frank discussions on how to heal our society’s sick sex relationships.
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Mary DeCamp
Downtown
TEP has not earned 25 more years
Contrary to Susan Gray’s Aug. 16 op-ed, there is no evidence TEP needs a franchise agreement to make timely repairs. TEP operates in jurisdictions without franchise agreements, where permits are still required for utility work.
Despite the City’s stated energy and environmental goals, the proposed franchise agreement imposes no meaningful constraints on TEP--despite statements from the Attorney General that it could. Ironically, the agreement’s only meaningful constraint is on the City, not TEP: TEP will pay $2 million annually only if the City does not pursue municipalization.
In business, we would say the City was out-negotiated. For a pittance that will be eaten by rate increases, TEP gets to avoid potential competition, while you and I are stuck paying ever higher rates than required for reliable service.
TEP has not earned another 25-year agreement. If you care about lowering your costs or the bigger picture, vote no on Prop 421. We deserve real solutions, not inaction for pay with some window-dressing.
Daniel Dempsey
Midtown
Arizona’s expensive water: Who pays for growth?
“Arizona is not running out of water. We are running out of cheap water.” That line has become the favorite slogan of people who want to admit scarcity without accepting limits.
It turns a physical problem into a financial one. If water is simply more expensive, Arizona can keep growing, building and approving new demand. Just add pipelines, pumps, treatment plants, recycling and money.
Expensive for whom?
Existing residents already conserve, remove lawns, reuse water and accept higher rates. Yet every gallon saved can become justification for another subdivision, data center or population target.
Arizona can move water, treat it, recycle it and pump it from farther away. None of that creates water. Infrastructure only changes where it comes from and who pays.
Money cannot repeal hydrology.
Arizona should first determine how much dependable water it actually has, then decide how much growth fits within that supply.
When someone says water is only getting more expensive, ask who is expected to pay for keeping growth alive.
Rusty Childress
Foothills
Senator Kelly for president
As a long-time observer of history, politics, and human nature, I have to wonder, what next? This morning, when I watched Mark Kelly on television, it occurred to me: he should be our next president. He is not as pretty and smooth as some, but he is a man of proven merit, a man we can trust. Indeed, as a former astronaut and Commander of space missions, he is a man the whole world will recognize as capable and trustworthy. That is important given our current military quagmire and our nation's loss of credibility. He is a man who knows war, can understand complex technical issues, and he is married to a woman of peace. He is a man who would make John McCain proud. Arizona, get it together! Let’s make Senator Mark Kelly our next president.
Julia Sherman
Northwest side
Election Day is Nov. 3
In the Tuesday, Aug. 18, Letters to the Editor, the letter writer urges folks to vote on Nov. 11.
Well, if they do, they'll be missing out.
Nov. 11 is Veterans Day.
Election Day is Nov. 3.
Stephen Yozwiak
Northwest side
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