My mailbox has been flooded with oversize TEP flyers claiming that voting yes on Prop 421 will “keep Tucson cooled off.” Tucson Clean and Beautiful plants saplings ranging from 3 to 6 feet tall that will take 5 to 10 years to grow to a size providing shade and cooling.
Over the years I have voted in elections in person in Maryland, Virginia, Arizona, and now by mail in Arizona. I always appreciated the work career election officials and volunteer poll workers do. Without their dedication to the free and fair election process, I fear our Democracy would be …
Please ignore State + Local Election Alliance's push to non-retain 3 judges. Why does SLEA say we should vote against them? Because they've been reversed on appeal. That's nonsense. Trump blasted judges for the same thing. Don’t we want conscientious rulings even when they might get reversed…
Rep. Ciscomani’s sign says it all—Juan + Donald on a heart. Juan loves Donald more than his constituents, who he has betrayed. Although Juan said he would protect Medicare, he signed the big ugly bill that slashes Medicare, spikes health care premiums, & compromises rural health care fac…
Drive through Tucson during election season and it's hard to ignore what has happened to our public roads: political signs have multiplied into sprawling clusters.
Thanks to Congressman Juan Ciscomani, Southern Arizona priorities have become reality. Most recently, he secured Arizona’s fourth national park! Chiricahua National Park is the latest example of Ciscomani’s commitment to working across the aisle to achieve results for Southern Arizona.
The best antidote for MagaPalooza Syndrome is a commonsense candidate who strives to serve the greater good. Kevin Volk is that candidate. When I first voted for Volk two years ago, I expected him to be good, but he has surpassed expectations. I’m impressed by his openness to listen to both …
The Republican controlled Arizona Legislature wanted to make citizen ballot initiatives pass only with a 60% majority. That idea failed. The 10 ballot initiatives initiated by the Republican controlled legislature need only a 50% majority to pass. The Republicans know that none of their 10 i…
As a local high school counselor, I ask you to vote "no" on Proposition 320. I see first hand that helping students succeed involves far more than what happens inside a classroom. I work with students who are struggling academically, with family challenges, planning for college/careers, and …
Andy Biggs wants to be governor of Arizona, yet he can’t tell us who won and who lost the 2020 Presidential election. While I do not agree with many of Governor Ducy’s policies, I commend him for not accepting President Trump’s phone call at the very moment he was certifying the Arizona Elec…
Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument’s denial of permits to the humanitarian organization Humane Borders is the latest move by the Trump administration to inject rightwing politics into the National Park Service. Humane Borders places water barrels in the desert in and around Pima County wher…
I was shocked to learn there are 90,000 abandoned mines in Arizona that have never been properly secured.
It's funny when you meet a liberal and try to discuss ANY topic. More than once, a simple question gets a simple response, but inquiring minds want to know, so there should be a follow-up question. The standard liberal response is "I am unburdened by what has been" and "I can imagine what ca…
I asked a retired Marine General about her military record. His verbatim reply: "Her last rank may have been gunnery sergeant. If she was a hard charger, she would have risen several more ranks. Her assignment in sexual harassment work is a sign she was not much valued as a senior NCO. There…
Arizona has one of the longest and most confusing ballots, especially with all the propositions. It’s hard to be an informed voter and know how to vote on them. Here’s a rule of thumb that works just about all the time. If the proposition is sponsored by the state legislature, vote no! Such …
I’d been hoping to make it to my end enjoying a daily print paper and the daily finale doing the crossword. On 3 Oct, we were informed we had just been pushed down the slippery slope with no stop in sight until total print elimination - the goal. “Star goes digital for the holiday” stated we…
A Campaign Breather
Just saw a commercial where Andy Biggs is being attacked. My first question is who is behind this? The commercial points to two of the sexually involved people with Jefferey Epstein and the claim is that one person connects these two people that were involved in child molestation. Like most …
To the editor:
As an entrepreneur committed to creating jobs and strengthening our community, I believe investing in our future is critical. That’s why I support Proposition 430, the Pima Community College bond.
I read with amusement the letters crying about the fact that TEP is owned by a Canadian firm that receives profits from their enterprises.
I am trying to select whom I should vote for in the coming election. I keep seeing and hearing which candidate I should vote for according to what color or numbered propositions. I now miss the olde days of the Band wagon 50 feet from the voting booth and donuts and cigars were handed out. A…
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Are you as concerned about the skyrocketing costs of gas, groceries and basic goods as I am? Terrified you too will lose your health insurance in January? Disgusted by ICE arrests, killings, and deportations of US citizens to foreign countries?
The consequences of elections give the voters exactly what they choose. That includes the selection of the school boards. For anyone wondering how well the choices in the school boards consider the results, ask Google about the Tucson Unified School District ranking and the result is disappo…
A recent political commercial, that appeared to be in support of a Democrat candidate, made a point of denigrating MAGA. It is hard to understand why. ‘Make American Great Again’ seems like a goal that every citizen should want and yet this dream is being used as a derogatory slur. Then agai…
This morning at an intersection on River Rd. four cars ran the red light after my light turned green. As usual, we have virtually no traffic enforcement to protect lawful drivers.
When Juan Ciscomani criticized the Homeland Security shutdown as "political," he dismissed 32 people who died in ICE detention last year and ICE's murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis with no subsequent accountability.
Here’s a Metro of ~1.2 million, that’s ~40-45% UN-incorporated, has zero crosstown freeways, a feckless 1-party County (& City) government autocracy overseeing multiple, five-figure population CDPs (census designated places) with million dollar neighborhoods on crumbling streets, squalid…
It is always fun to listen to political ads and what the liars want to say about the opposition. I saw a commercial that was trying attack Juan Ciscomani and the comment was that Juan voted against AI Controls for children in Arizona. Of course, the first consideration was that Juan Ciscoman…
If Juan Ciscomani were Pinocchio, his nose would stretch clear across the 6th congressional district. He promised to protect Medicaid, vulnerable adults and children. He promised to work to end the Iran war, support our Veterans, and promised to lower living costs,
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