Category: Opinion

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…

Dear Editor, Just read the letter from your reader about ignorance being a risk to our country, and I could not agree more. A couple of days ago, while on Stockton Hill Rd., I witnessed a Trump rally with a lady holding a sign saying, “The U.S. is a Christian nation”, and I had to wonder. Where was she educated? She should look up the Treaty of Tripoli, 1797 Article XI, “The government of the United States is in no sense founded on the Christian religion …” Ignorance should have no place in society today with information so readily available…

Dear Editor, Well it is that semi-annual time of year when teacher/schools/education needs more money. (Daily Miner, June 13, 2019). “KUSD board approves special bond issue”. They don’t really know how much they want, maybe $18 million, naw $25 million, I know, let’s ask for $35 million. We can go out and pluck it off the money tree, called taxpayers. Schools are continually the most fiscally irresponsible government agency. Throwing money at a broken product does not fix it. Educational budgeting is comprised of spend it all now and ask for 10% more next year. Why suddenly has this amount…