Category: Opinion

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…

Dear Editor, Halloween is typically a relaxed day for America’s kids to fill their coffers with candy. Children and adults often don their favorite wacky attire for a day of comic relief. America needs a day of some kind of relief and maybe Halloween will provide some insanity or terror relief. Because nothing about Halloween is as scary as what America and the world has been experiencing. We have buried over 220,000 Americans from Covid-19. Over eight million have been sick. Nursing homes and Intensive Care Units have become horror wards. The projections for more sickness and death scare most…

Dear Editor, The Kingman Area Chamber of Commerce is in support of authorizing the City to sell and develop approximately 1813.40 acres of City-owned property located in the Kingman Airport and Industrial Park.  Having this land available for sale will encourage future industrial and airport growth as outlined in the 2019 Kingman Airport and Industrial Park impact analysis. The land has been formally declared as surplus property to be sold to interested companies or at public auction. Per statute any City-owned property valued above $1,500,000 must be referred to voters for authorization of sale. Passage of this initiative would eliminate…

To all Arizona State Representatives: Please review AZ Statute 26-303 (Emergency Powers of Governor). During a “State of Emergency” the Governor shall have “COMPLETE authority over ALL agencies of the state government…” The Governor himself/herself is the single source of the determination and declaration of an emergency. “Emergency” is so vaguely and broadly defined that virtually ANYTHING will serve as an excuse to make such a declaration. I intend no hyperbole or figurative language here: By law, Arizona is a de facto dictatorship. I think our state legislature should rethink that statute’s intent and language, even if only for the…