Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, A recent meeting of public versus Kingman City Council concerning an ordinance banning use of exotic animals as entertainment, appears to have been entertaining in its own right. Testimony from those opposed to banning the use of exotic animals for entertainment purposes ranged from . . . doing so would be a slippery slope, loss of entertainment, loss of revenue, and for some odd reason it was suggested people not being able to distinguish the difference between a Hollywood stunt man with his hair on fire and the use of tortured animals performing tricks. My initial question is,…

Dear Editor, This is written with the most sincere thankfulness to each and every Cop. (yes, Cop emphatically and respectfully  capitalized) Every single one of you ladies and gents who put on that uniform, and lay your life on the line for those of us who rely on you to stand between us and evil, are truly heroes and heroines. Your job may have its satisfactions, but you pay one heck of a price for those ephemeral rewards. To my way of thinking, it is unimaginable to go out every work day into a battlefield where, unlike a military battlefield,…

My wife and I were fortunate enough to live in the house listed on the Historic Registry of places in Kingman. Built in 1910, the house was once the home of the J. Duffy Brown family. The first and former residents of Canada came to Kingman to open a mine. The home, which has always been beautiful, received a badly needed coat of paint during the time that we lived there. Being that it has four different colors as a part of the craftsman style, the project took three weeks to complete. The painters were meticulous in their work, and…