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KINGMAN, Ariz. — The Beale Street Theater (BST)

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Letter to the Editor
City of Kingman addresses annexation myths and provides

Dear Editor, As discussion continues regarding the proposed

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The buzzword and the rabbit’s hole

Dear Editor,

President Bush, Jr., was the first to call it for what it is. After Donald J. Trump’s 2017 inaugural speech Bush walked away shaking his head and said, “That was some weird stuff!” He got that right.

Trump’s speech was filled with doom and gloom tearing our country down and disrespecting America’s intelligence like we’ve never heard from any American president. Ever!

He trashed our country repeatedly, calling it a wasteland and an American carnage, and kept saying, “Listen to only me. Only I can fix it.” Like a cult leader would say, or worse a dictator.

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