This is for Sound Off. All the SB 1070 is about is job security and guaranteed income retirement benefits for lawyers. Who do they think they’re fooling? Thank you. This is Old Claire.
Hi, I live in Gilbert, in, uh, the, well I’d rather not say, I guess. But there’s a gentleman on our street that has a business, oh, I don’t even know what he does exactly, but he has a nice big work truck and a nice big work trailer. Now in our HOA he’s not allowed as I understand it to have a work trailer parked in front of his house. I have called them. I know a few of our other neighbors have called them. I think they fined him, but he still has that trailer there at least three days a week. I guess I’m just doing a little bit of venting, but I want to say I guess that what are the HOA people for if they can’t stop a guy like this, and why do people get houses in the HOA if they plan to have a work trailer? We have been here for over seven years. He’s new to the area, probably two or so years, but it’s a very ugly truck and it brings down the neighborhood. Does anyone else have this going on in their neighborhood?
Hi, Don in Gilbert. I want to say that the Gilbert area no longer has a newspaper. I’ve read the, uh, the Mesa Tribune today, and it has very little about us in it. I get the Gilbert Times, and I don’t see anything at all in here about Gilbert. Why doesn’t somebody start a little community paper for Gilbert? I would think if you call this Gilbert Times you’d have some stuff about us in it. Anyway, am I missing something here?
Well, first of all, my husband, Robert, found Coin #2. We would like to thank Steve and Times Publications for the wonderful time at Chase Field on Friday. We all had so much fun and even stayed for the fireworks. The $1,000 was much needed at this time. I have read some of the other questions about Coin #2. It was at the Red Mountain Christian Center parking lot, on the corner in the crevice of a palm tree bark. We had been there a number of times to look for it, but we actually found it at nighttime, which we never thought would happen. I hope this answers any questions other hunters had. You were on the right track about Bush #41 and 42, though. Thanks again to the Times Publications. We’re looking forward to the next hunt! – Elizabeth Kucera
Hi. My name is Norma. I’m calling regarding the law that we’re putting into effect here in Arizona regarding the immigration law. I believe it has been affecting many people today whether they are brown, black or white. I believe it has affected each and every one in a different way. I believe we’re the so-called United States of America, and it happens to be that we’re all trying to take Mexico out. Now we are looking at each other with hate and racism. Regardless of who you are, I believe whether you’re smuggling drugs or causing trouble, you need to be dealt with accordingly, and it doesn’t have to be necessarily color. In many parts of this world we have put our focus on color and not safety. We have truly lost our focus. The people we should really be targeting are making their way into this state because we’re so caught up in protesting.
This is in response to Slim Smith’s recent “Small Pleasures” (July 2010) commentary. Let me get this straight: You willfully chose to endanger my kids’ lives by driving while impaired, and now you want people to feel sorry for you? Sorry, I don’t buy it! It is this very attitude of accepting no personal responsibility for one’s actions that is wasting away this country. In my world you would never have gotten your drivers license back, so feel lucky. Yes, you “paid a debt to society,” but by your own words you show no remorse. Quite the opposite, in fact. You feel that you were wronged. I’m sure that was the first time you had driven impaired (insert sarcasm) and hopefully your last, but by your tone I still fear for the lives that you will probably endanger in the future.
Thankfully you didn’t maim or kill my children on that day that you chose to be an irresponsible being. You were judged impaired by the court, and in your own words you self admit that you are a “cripple.” If only you could see the extent of either of your conditions! – Arnie West
Hi, this is in response to Slim’s View, uh, “Small Pleasures” (July 2010), where he couldn’t drive for three years and he’s a cripple. Tell the guy to grow a set. Get off his whiny little horse and become a real boy. I mean, there are people with real handicaps and real issues and who will find that totally offensive, as I do.
This is in response to Slim Smith’s article “Small Pleasures” (July 2010), uh, big egos, uh, totally out of whack perspectives? Uh, excuse me, self indulgence to the grandiose level that I have not yet encountered. My goodness, how does this man, poor thing can’t drive for three whole years. People in other parts of the world aren’t able to leave their village. They don’t get past ten and are handicapped, and he’s whining about having to ride a bicycle. My goodness, are you kidding me? You allow this self-indulgent guy to run around? At best, he’s a hick with very little to contribute. Uh, you consider, definitely consider somebody, anybody, a man on the street. Anybody, uh, maybe even me (leaves phone number). I’d be happy to take over his column. I could even do it by text message, but, oh yeah, that’s handicapped.
As a lifelong rancher and farmer in New Mexico who provides power to Arizona from windmills on my land, I understand the importance of renewable energy in providing a key to America’s growing energy independence. But just like traditional sources of energy development, we need to take steps to ensure that when these projects happen on public lands that they are put in the right places, and that taxpayers are adequately compensated. That is why Interior Secretary Salazar should be commended for his efforts to see that development of clean energy is done smart from the start. His common-sense policies encourage solar and wind farms in the right places on public lands – protecting wildlife and our natural heritage. New policies also ensure a fair return to the American taxpayer for use of our public lands. This represents a win-win for everyone – from states and local communities to our growing renewable energy sector. – Steve Tapia
Yes, my name is Crystal, and I’m calling to Sound Off on a couple of items. One is, I’m a single mom who in this economy has suffered from fallout from domestic violence and had to do a name change and now am finding it extremely difficult in this world to be able to reestablish my life because everything is based on a credit score instead of me as the individual. I just find it sad to know that I’ve been reduced to a three-digit number at the credit bureau. It’s a number dictating if and when I will ever be able to get a job again. And I also found it very discouraging to read two new opinions that were passed by the Arizona courts regarding DES. One of them found in favor of DES bending over backward for a drug-addicted father to retain custody of his children when in his care they received bodily harm. Then another father – even though he was incarcerated as a juvenile and did not know that he was a father – he went through steps to change his life, and DES denied him access to his children. It’s a discouraging thing when paperwork, rules and regulations take precedent over common sense. If anybody has any comments my email address is c.jewel1@yahoo.com. Thank you.
Hi, my name is Greg, and in my apartments they’re holding the tenants ransom in requiring us to buy renters insurance. Renters insurance really don’t cover anything, and the renters insurance amounts to a lot of money. I think it’s really a shame that even in these tough economic times that they’re willing to stick up the residents even more. Thank you.
Fathers of Arizona: Wake up. You’re about to get blindsided…see below, from www.glennsacks.com. The State of Arizona is poised to implement radical changes to its child-support guidelines. The result will be sharp increases in levels of child support most dads are required to pay. The result will also be further inducement for mothers to file for divorce, thus increasing the divorce rate. Put simply, it is the intention of the new guidelines to ignore the actual cost of raising children and focus on transferring income from the non-custodial parent to the custodial parent. Because the new guidelines would mean such steep new obligations and because they frankly aim to transfer income from one parent to the other irrespective of the needs of the child, the process of amending the guidelines has been very hush-hush. – A Concerned Father
Uh, well hello Greg Mauz. I’m the leading researcher of red light and speed ticket cameras in America. I did a report called Arizona Ticket Cameras Cost 28 Lives. You can Google my name (spells his name). It’s just sad that Camera Fraud was not able to get enough signatures, but that changes nothing. Cameras are a criminal enterprise and they have been declared illegal by several courts in several states. All of those courts judged it on our state and federal constitutions. Not only that cameras cause more crashes, injuries and fatalities. The cameras need to be brought down no ifs, ands or buts. Thank you very much. This is Greg Mauz from San Antonio, Texas and I hope you will please publish this. Thank you and have a nice day.
I am tired of the broad disparagement of President Obama, his initiatives and his accomplishments. I am tired of statements that he has either done nothing or what he has done has been harmful. President Obama is intelligent, articulate and committed. We should be proud of him as president. His naysayers, especially the uncooperative Republicans, are tiresome. Let’s review some of President Obama’s accomplishments. He has helped us salvage our economy from the depression era state in which he inherited it. He has provided a good step towards comprehensive health reform for all of us. He has improved our foreign relations for the better and has been recognized with a Nobel Peace Prize for his peaceful initiatives. He is making progress towards financial reform, clean energy development and global warming moderation. Let’s all applaud President Obama for actively pursuing things for the common citizen! And vote for candidates who support laws that are for citizens and not for the special interest groups. –George
