Category: Opinion

Dear Editor, Nikki Haley is overall respected for her political service.   She did a good job as Governor of South Carolina for two terms and as an Ambassador for our country. Personally, I can see her as doing a fine job as President of the United States, but it won’t be this time around.  Haley has already lost Iowa, New Hampshire and even her home state of South Carolina. She wasn’t even in the contest when it came to the voting. Outcomes don’t look any more promising for her in the state of Michigan and the following Super Tuesday states.  There…

Dear Editor, Kingman has a 2024 population of 37,016. Kingman is currently growing at a rate of 2.92% annually and its population has increased by 12.53% since the most recent census, which recorded a population of 32,895 in 2020. Most Kingman residents already know the difficulties identifying “available” medical professionals for an appointment, medical evaluation and treatment. Given our recorded and prospective population growth, those tasks will increase proportionally – leaving many residents without needed medical care. Many, if not most, know I am currently a candidate for Kingman City Council. In prior writings and messages, I’ve noted my commitment…

Dear Editor, We are saturated with news in America. We know about the legal troubles of former President Donald Trump. Every day we are updated about the latest court proceedings and what is still to come. What can you do about it? Nothing. You didn’t loan Trump the money and he doesn’t owe you.  Loan officers from lending institutions worked these deals with Trump. It’s between Trump and them it seems to me. Every day you are bombarded with every detail of Trump’s legal issues from a woman he reportedly assaulted to a porn star who is dissatisfied with the hundred…

Dear Editor, I had the privilege of being a stay-at-home mom which enabled me to volunteer regularly in my children’s classrooms, but as they moved into High School, I looked for another way to serve in my community. My husband was speaking with a co-worker who told him about the CASA program. I looked up our county program in Washington State where I was living at the time and became a CASA in 2007. I wanted to continue to work with children and after learning about the critical support a CASA provides to a foster child, I began my service…

Dear Editor, My name is Joan “Joni” Mogensen, my husband and I have worked with the Minnesota Board of Animal Health, to save “adopted” BLM burros from feed lots in St. Paul, MN. My husband was also a criminal animal investigator in northern Minnesota. We had a large, permitted, 501c3, large animal rescue. We have saved many abused and malnourished burros which were also “adopted” from the BLM. As per the numbers of burros: 478 to over a million acres is ridiculous at best! Another government official reportedly states that there are several thousand burros in government holding facilities, not…

Dear Editor, My name is Joan “Joni” Mogensen, my husband and I have worked with the Minnesota Board of Animal Health, to save “adopted” BLM burros from feed lots in St. Paul, MN. My husband was also a criminal animal investigator in northern Minnesota. We had a large, permitted, 501c3, large animal rescue. We have saved many abused and malnourished burros which were also “adopted” from the BLM. As per the numbers of burros: 478 to over a million acres is ridiculous at best! Another government official reportedly states that there are several thousand burros in government holding facilities, not…