Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, Life can take unexpected turns at any moment: diagnosis of a terminal disease, a major health event or accident. If you were to experience one of these life-altering events, who would make important health care decisions for you if you couldn’t communicate them yourself? Advance directives are written “directions in advance” to guide loved ones and medical professionals regarding the treatments and interventions you would or would not want if you were unable to speak for yourself. A recent study showed 60% of people 18 and older would want their end-of-life wishes respected, but only a third had…

Dear Editor, Freedom. What does that mean to you Americans? When I was a boy there is something we always started the day at school with. “I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.” The meant a lot to me. I felt good about my country and my heritage of freedom and justice. Now, what do you believe in America? Nearly 70% of you think it would be all right to have a socialist president. I guess…

Dear Editor, Thank you to the sponsors of our 2019 eevnts – Memory of Karl and Millie Prumers; Dr. Barbara Dorf and Ali Ranney; Chicago Title Insurance Co., Inc.; Mission Bank; Taco Bell; Larry Carver, AAMS; Diana’s Wine Bar; T.R. Orr Construction; UPS Store; and Mohave Artists and Craftsmen Guild. Thank you to our vital partners: The Kingman Daily Miner, The Standard, KGMN Radio, KFLG Radio, Turner Broadcasting, Cameron Broadcasting, Murphy Broadcasting, and all who helped with our publicity. Gratitude to those who donated raffled items during 2019: Greg Arnold, L.K. Powell, and Diana Caldon of Diana’s Wine Bar. And…

Dear Editor, Thank you to the sponsors of our 2019 eevnts – Memory of Karl and Millie Prumers; Dr. Barbara Dorf and Ali Ranney; Chicago Title Insurance Co., Inc.; Mission Bank; Taco Bell; Larry Carver, AAMS; Diana’s Wine Bar; T.R. Orr Construction; UPS Store; and Mohave Artists and Craftsmen Guild. Thank you to our vital partners: The Kingman Daily Miner, The Standard, KGMN Radio, KFLG Radio, Turner Broadcasting, Cameron Broadcasting, Murphy Broadcasting, and all who helped with our publicity. Gratitude to those who donated raffled items during 2019: Greg Arnold, L.K. Powell, and Diana Caldon of Diana’s Wine Bar. And…

Dear Editor, The good old boys of Mohave County are at it again. Why has the county hired an interim communications director without following the process? Why has Mike Hendrix allowed and supported a secretary for Buster Johnson to assume the interim communications director position? Who is driving this? Buster? Hilda? Is the appointment merely so those in county leadership positions have a puppet in their midst in an election year? Why is County Manager Mike Hendrix allowing this to happen? Is he also bought and paid for? Since the search for Mohave County’s communications director was completed just two…

Dear Editor, Over the past three years I have watched the justice system fail people who need help. I have seen people be put on probation and the probation department of Kingman overlook the violations of probation time and time again. Yes, they will violate the person on probation and it goes in front of a judge. What does the judge do? Give a slap on the wrist with no real consequences. It becomes an endless cycle. Just recently there was a woman who was violated on her probation. This case went back in front of the judge. The probation…