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Letter to the Editor: When enough is enough

Dear Editor, Kingman taxpayers deserve accountability, transparency, and

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Win or lose, we all lose

Dear Editor, In a tweet, President Trump instructs Treasury Secretary Mnuchin to stop negotiations on a new stimulus plan with House Speaker Pelosi until after the election. He tweeted “… immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill.” Then, presumably upon realizing the potential damage that plan might possibly inflict on his re-election prospects, (especially since he had just tweeted “Work together to get it done”), while hospitalized, he changed his tune. Now Trump would like to give $25 billion to bail out airlines as well as supporting troubled businesses. Never mind there are perhaps millions of…

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Service Line Repair – Northbound Lake Havasu Avenue between S. Palo Verde Boulevard and Papago Drive on Thursday, October 15

LAKE HAVASU CITY – In an effort to continue to provide safe and secure water service to the community, Lake Havasu City announces the scheduled repair of a water service line on Lake Havasu Ave. near Papago Dr. requiring the closure of the northbound lanes from S. Palo Verde Blvd. to Papago Dr. on Thursday October 15, 2020. Southbound lanes will not be affected.  Papago Dr. will be accessible from the southbound directions of Lake Havasu Ave. The work is scheduled to occur between 3:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. subject to weather and other conditions. Both left turn traffic from…

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What do you want your tax dollars funding?

Dear Editor, I want to thank first of all The Standard newspaper for the privilege of allowing me to share week after week with the people of faith and others in Mohave County. Thank you all very much. Today I’ll be brief, as I call every Christian or all red blooded Americans, of faith or not, to heed what is happening here in America and globally. I want to draw your attention to a few terms, hoping that you’ll educate yourself on what is transpiring. Most people are unaware as I was, until a couple of years ago. These terms…

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Prison ordered for man who brutally attacked his partner

KINGMAN – Her chilling, blood-curdling screams pierced a Mohave County courtroom as a Kingman woman’s attacker was sent to the Arizona Department of Corrections Thursday. Their home security surveillance system captured 43-year-old Brian Crossland’s brutal assault of his long-time partner in their Kingman home on Golf Drive on May 13. Crossland can be seen striking the woman, holding a knife to her throat and yelling at her during the near nine-minute video segment played during the sentencing hearing before Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert. “I think the video speaks for itself,” said Deputy Mohave County Attorney Reed Weisberg. The victim…

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Lake Havasu City Stand Down

LAKE HAVASU CITY – The Lake Havasu City Veterans Resource Team is hosting a Stand Down event on Saturday, October 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Lake Havasu City Aquatic Center, 100 Park Ave. Many local veterans’ resource organizations are present to assist with legal aid, housing, resume guidance, employment opportunities and more. This community-based intervention program is designed to help the veterans who are homeless combat life on the streets. The hand up philosophy of Stand Down is carried out through the work of volunteers and organizations who make this event possible. Lake Havasu City Veterans…

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Exercise your voting privilege

Dear Editor, Honor the memory of people who died in battle to defend American freedoms. Vote. Lives were sacrificed so that America can continue to experience freedom – that includes the freedom to vote! All citizens must vote so as not to trivialize these war dead. Don’t allow yourself to be immobilized by your indecision, indifference, or sense of powerlessness. Vote! Certainly, each woman and man who has died for our freedom deserves no less. To vote is your civic and patriotic responsibility. When you exercise your right to vote this allows you the privilege to actively engage in post-election…

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