Year: 2020

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000209 EndHTML:0000008071 StartFragment:0000002694 EndFragment:0000008035 SourceURL:file://localhost/Volumes/Public/%E2%80%A2%20editorial%20storage/Opinion/081220/Hamersley.doc Dear Ladies and Gentlemen, Based on the unofficial Preliminary Election results, I would like to extend my congratulations to Mr. Travis Lingenfelter, winner of the Mohave County Board of Supervisors – District 1 race. Travis ran a commendable campaign, has achieved a great thing for himself, and I hope to witness him working with the four other Supervisors do significant and noteworthy things for Mohave County’s residents, current and new businesses, and visitors of today and for those of tomorrow. Obviously, I wish that the outcome was different but the 32% of Mohave County’s…

Dear Editor, Mitch McConnell finally released his proposal this week. I’m sure you’re not surprised, but the proposal is bad. Simply put, it does not match the scale of the crisis. What McConnell is proposing for families and public education is woefully inadequate given the expenses schools are facing to reopen safely and people are facing just to stay afloat. It falls dramatically short by ignoring what schools need to reopen safely and, instead, prioritizes the President’s political agenda, tying the funding to in-person instruction and diverting money for private school vouchers. There is no money for states and no…