Creeping Globalism by Foreign Trade Zones
Dear Editor,
This last Arizona primary election on July 30, we only had a 32.31% turnout of voters.
Category: Opinion
Commentary on Johnson letter
Dear Editor,
I could not agree more with Mr. Michael Johnson‘s piece in last week’s Standard more. I too am thankful and have thanked the City Council and have walked the street during the Beale Street rebuild to personally thank all those amazingly hard-working construction people who worked so tirelessly to get our new downtown put together.
Voting matters – now, more than ever
Dear Editor,
I have always been a music fan, especially live music, and I recall a particularly frigid night in January ’82 when friends and I loaded into cars and headed for the Meadowlands to see The Kinks (a Rock & Roll Hall of Fame “British invasion” band). To escape the cold parking lot, we went inside to watch the opening band. Halfway through the set we realized, “This guy isn’t bad.”
Competition and the freedom to choose – cars, hamburgers, schools, and ice cream
Dear Editor,
In 1975, I bought a four-cylinder Chevrolet Monza. In my opinion in was a terrible buy and a lousy car. There was one episode after another of maintenance issues and the four-cylinder engine was just a piece of junk.
I survived that car long enough to trade it in on a Toyota Celica.
Red Lake … a magnet for misuse
Dear Editor,
I am surprised to note just how many outside interests are drawn to our county solely for access to the Red Lake Playa for their (very un-apologetic) monetary gain.
A Hanging with Two Horses
At a nameless turn on the trail between El Paso and Tucson lay the carcass of a young woman. Morning light found her the same time Roger did. Eyes wide and nostrils wide with terror, the grey gelding beneath Roger refused to go near the smudge of black clothes. He dismounted the pony and patted the lean neck. Roger could feel the horse still leaning back on its back legs, ready to return at the drop of a hat.
