Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, Valle Vista Property Owners Association, Inc. is governed by our CLRs and By-Laws. Valle Vista is within Mohave County. Valle Vista has several requirements for construction that may be additional to those of Mohave County. To construct within Valle Vista, each builder must obtain a copy of the CLRs and By-Laws. The following requirements and procedure must be followed in addition to all federal, state and local building requirements. 1.Pick up copy of CLRs and By-Laws at the administration office at the club house building. 2.Obtain a Mohave County building permit from Mohave County Development Services. 3.Return to…

Dear Editor, It would seem some individuals think those of us who possess differing opinions are ignorant, and then go on to write letters which reveal just the opposite. A writer (Sept. 2 edition of The Standard) accuses some of us of using the Constitution to destroy America, purportedly by advocating some support for social programs. (I have to assume the writer of the letter in question sent her $1,200 stimulus check back, and thinks Social Security is an idea cooked up by a bunch of conservatives.) Since the First Amendment guarantees freedom of speech, even if the content of…

Dear Editor, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden released a $2 trillion climate plan, that won praise from the previously-critical Sunrise Movement. Unfortunately, so far as I’m aware, the plan does not include funding for cultured-meat research. For those who don’t know, cultured meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering animals. It requires a fraction of the greenhouse-gas emissions that raising livestock does. Dr. Mark Post created the first cultured-beef hamburger in 2013. It cost a whopping $280,000. Soon, he thinks, that price could be reduced to $10. Still, more research is required to make cultured meat economically viable. Politicians who…

Dear Editor, Work hard. You feel better and have more money working than if you are doing nothing. Your job is not forever. Visualize the work you want to do and then move your life toward that kind of work. This may require training. Working a low-level paying job in the profession or industry of interest to gain knowledge will help. Be flexible realizing the work you are doing now is preparing you for other opportunities. Working jobs, you don’t enjoy will still provide valuable lessons for wherever you want to be later in life. You will also have some…

The ole’ Covid Cowboy caught my ear again. He done tol’e me he searched the holy list of lyrics and in the Woods behind Yasgur’s Farm, his two favorite Angels, Lo and Behold helped him re-discover that resounding cheer by Country Joe and the Fish which shall forever be ensconced in history. Here is what he sang to me: Gimme a V Gimme an O Gimme a T Gimme an E What’s that spell?? (Vote) What’s that Spell?? (vote) WHAT’S THAT SPELL?? Come you sisters and bretheren Uncle Sam needs your help again Got himself in a terrible jam Fair…

Dear Editor Going over the manifesto that is being proposed by the democratic party. I am amazed on how they are going to pay for this miracle plan that is supposed to build us back better. It seems that no matter how you look at it and no matter how you try to be fair, some of these plans are impossible to imagine. Most of them are just plain dumb and will put us right back to the Obama days.  Do we want to go back to the mandates and pay when we do our taxes if you don’t have…