Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, As early as January 2020, the Supreme Court will rule on the Trump Administration’s decision to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, as they are set to hear oral arguments surrounding the case on November 12th.  Today, there are thousands of DACA recipients – many of whom are children – anxiously awaiting a decision that could cause them to be separated from the only country they have ever known.  These young immigrants are American in every way. They have made their homes here. They go to school, play sports, work, and give back to their…

Dear Editor, What that gentleman in Seligman wrote really hurt my soul, but he was wrong. My Bible teacher and I looked it up. Yes, Tripoli did write it but they were an evil empire that hated the new United States of America. What he failed to say was one word: asserting. Look that up! Asserting the government of the U.S. is not founded on the Christian religion. If you read the Marine Hymn, part of it concerns Tripoli where the Marines took care of Tripoli, but good! Let me give you a little history about the Church of England,…

Dear Editor, I was given your paper with a story about a child that lied and destroyed a man’s life. I have the same problem. CPS/DCS, won’t listen to me at all. I would like everything to come out. He had acting classes starting at two. I love my grandson; he can’t get anyone to believe him. I would like my side heard. They won’t listen at all. What a child said when they are in state custody/ foster care: they believe them first, no matter what. Please hear my story. Rhonda Vasquez Lake Havasu City

Dear Editor: In his letter to the editor ”Vote ‘no’ on school bond issue” (The Standard Oct 23, 2019) Larry Kersich makes a good argument for voting against the school bond. I would like to expand upon his letter by questioning a tax (this Bond IS a tax) that “Provides additional classroom space by renovating and reopening Palo Christi as a permanent home for our preschool and teacher training/development center.” Keyword: Preschool. Why are the property taxpayers being asked to fund a public preschool? I did a quick check of preschools in the Kingman area and found nine privately operated…

Dear Editor, Leading our nation’s youth is one of the most important jobs an American can do. This generation holds future congressmen, senators and presidents. Teen Age RepublicanS, known as TARS, was founded in 1966 by Barby Wells with the help of Senator Bill Brock, Congressman Buz Lukens and Fulton Lewis III. National TARS is now in its 53rd year! Barby has been running the organization since its conception. Being a MCTAR provides an opportunity to have an impact on elections and learn more about the process that makes the United States of America the greatest nation in the world….

Dear Editor, In time of everything that plays into a society, that people judge people without actually talking to the people, and when children rule the household instead of the parents. My story is this. There is a man in a Kingman neighborhood that, when he was sitting on his front porch having a cigarette, because he doesn’t smoke in the house. And he was upset because his father was in the hospital in ICU. A neighbor kid rides his bike up to his house and yells at the man: “Are you a —- like your father?” The man just…