Category: Opinion

In response to the Veradt, Lucero, and Brown letter published in The Standard News Editorial dated October 21, it seems there are very different opinions. It is a fact that these three individuals are very close personal friends of Wayne Eder. Wayne Eder is attempting to fill the NACFD Board with his close personal friends for what possible reason? Who is going to benefit from having these three people on the NACFD Board? If you think about this, do you want people with no experience in the fire service, or emergency medical service, making decisions that affect our entire fire…

Dear Editor, I live in Valle Vista and have experienced nothing but disrespect from the local (Kingman) Fire Department. I have met on several occasions in person and by telephone with the assistant fire chief. The fire chief has never returned my calls. Over the past few months I have reported several apparent fire hazards locally and have received no response. I have been told by fire personnel, “to get volunteers to correct the issue if you thinks it’s an issue,” and “you have a local church. Get them to do it.” When asked if the fire department would drive…

Dear Editor, The D.A. and the courts take property owners, lien owners and banks’ rights away to protect thir property and investments. It takes nine months to a year-plus to evict people who don’t pay home or rent payments. These people will strip your property and have unsanitary conditions and destruction. If you go on your property, the D.A. will file charges of criminal trespassing and assault. The D.A. and court systems discriminate against the true owner of property. The true owners of the property get screwed three times: one, no payments; two, attorney fees, court fees, and trespassing charges;…

Dear Editor, The marijuana sellers who wrote Prop 207 had the marketing all figured out. This time, they would give the ballot proposition a respectable sounding name, tweak a couple of details without really limiting their potential market, and spread the word that this recreational marijuana proposition was “Smart and Safe.” Polling indicated their ploy was working. Polls consistently showed Arizona voters would likely support such a measure. Then, the details began to emerge. Voters learned Prop 207 does far more than decriminalize recreational marijuana. The 17-pages of changes to Arizona laws would affect drivers, teens, kids, employees and employers,…

Dear Editor, The marijuana sellers who wrote Prop 207 had the marketing all figured out. This time, they would give the ballot proposition a respectable sounding name, tweak a couple of details without really limiting their potential market, and spread the word that this recreational marijuana proposition was “Smart and Safe.” Polling indicated their ploy was working. Polls consistently showed Arizona voters would likely support such a measure. Then, the details began to emerge. Voters learned Prop 207 does far more than decriminalize recreational marijuana. The 17-pages of changes to Arizona laws would affect drivers, teens, kids, employees and employers,…

Dear Editor, I used to enjoy the news. Taking into account the week’s happenings, I’m really ashamed of all the negative press and commercials for both candidates. Where have all the good reporters gone? When did they decide to become liars and story tellers instead of telling the truth and inform the people of facts so we could make up our own minds about these candidates? I can remember when being a reporter was an admirable thing. We looked to them to give us what we needed to make informed decisions. Now, I don’t believe anything they write or say…