Outrageous products and scrubbing trouble – The Scooba Floor Cleaner Robot article. To quote you, Ms. Hogan: “And it definitely doesn’t do as good of a job as my Consuella.” In one sentence you did nothing but further the stereotype of Latin women. Could you have not simply made your point by saying: “And it definitely doesn’t do as good of a job as cleaning the floor by hand”? But instead you perpetuate the stereotype by using a Latin female sounding name. To further question your journalistic integrity and intelligence, you call your “Latin housekeeper” Consuella. I believe the name you were referring to was Consuela or Consuelo. Frankly, I don’t believe you have a housekeeper. I think you are just being plain hurtful and racist. I was an avid reader of the North Scottsdale Times but after the hurtful and racist statement that was made, I can ensure you that this is the last time I ever read a North Scottsdale Times. Shanna Hogan should be reprimanded, and further the publisher should be as well. I am disgusted and appalled by the lack of integrity and penmanship that this paper has bestowed.
Hello. My name’s Tiny, and I’m calling to your Sound Off because I think that Scottsdale should do something about the busses, because they’re cutting back busses to the point that everyone who’s not a rich snob in Scottsdale that has to ride the bus can’t ride the bus as often as necessary because they only run once an hour.
Being a 60-year-old Italian, I am always looking for quality Italian food. I found a wonderful restaurant in Gilbert called La Calabria. The food is excellent. I had been eating at Carrabba’s, but this place is one step above. Great food and generous portions.
One only has to look at the Big Three bailout bill to see why U.S. citizens distrust Washington. With the economy and the auto industry in peril, Congress had to “load up” the bailout bill with special interest provisions that they knew could not stand on their own two feet. They forever slip unrelated items into an important bill that they believe will pass. Yes, this is how lobbyists earn their livings. I am referring to a provision to bail out transit agencies. These bus and rail systems entered into fancy deals with investors that have since been ruled to be illegal tax shelters. They owe billions of dollars that they now want the public to pay. Congress also slipped in a measure to give a raise to federal judges. While neither of these measures has anything to do with saving the Big Three, they certainly illustrate how congress thinks the American people are not only smelly but also stupid.
I want to urge all employers to start checking people out before you hire them! Go to Myspace or Facebook and check Web sites like the Arizona Superior and Supreme Courts’ public records. You can find out if your future employee is a flake, like so many of them seem to be these days! Too many people put on a fake front and then you find out later just what a jerk they turned out to be, but if you would have done your homework you could have avoided them to begin with!
This morning Washington lent the auto makers $17.4 billion. No one batted an eye. But what if the President had actually handed over this much money in one dollar bills? Visualize 9,765 forklift trucks rolling onto the stage. Each one would carry a stack of dollar bills 4 ft by 4 ft by 4 ft high. The stage would have to be as big as nine football fields to accommodate that many fork-lift trucks. Perhaps that would have raised some eyebrows.
Editor’s Note: How about this: When Paulson finally received his $700 billion, much of which he has yet to put to any good use, he was actually receiving the equivalent of $2,333 for every single man, woman and child in this country. How the bailout will ultimately play out is yet to be seen, but if they’re looking to jolt the economy back to life, I think a check for nine grand per family of four would certainly do the trick, especially if they would have sent the checks before Christmas.
It is time these goofballs who want to do away with the highway photo cameras smarten up and obey the speed, excuse me, the state speed laws. Who do they think they are? King Farouk? They got caught speeding and it’s their own fault. After nearly being hit by a yo-yo head doing 85 or better on the 101, I’m hoping that everyone that complains about photo cameras, that the state installs more and more of these traffic devices. Speeding at way above the speed limit shows that these people have lost their loose marbles. Recently I saw a young woman speeding while talking on her cell phone and smoking a cigarette. Stupidity is shown here. How stupid can one get? Wow!
Hi there, it’s Bill (leaves last name). The fake ad this month is on page 38. It’s the Holiday Stand In. Funny ad. My phone number is (caller then leaves Bogus Ad contest entry information).
Editor’s Note: You too can enter the Bogus Ad contest by calling our Sound Off line. Simply call 480-348-0343 ext. 300 and leave your full name, phone number, the name of the fake ad and the page on which it appears. You will automatically be entered into our monthly $100 drawing. See page 40 for more details.
I think it’s pretty crappy how in these hard times you try to give a guy a break and give him a job and all he does is rob you blind! My husband owns a very small company, and he gives this guy a job and what does the guy do? He takes the company credit card and racks up $10,000 in personal charges. And we’re not talking that he bought food for his family. No, he bought hobby supplies and other crap for himself! It’s guys like him that make me not trust people anymore! I wish I could yell out this flake’s name to the world to warn every prospective employer! But he shouldn’t be working for long since what he did is a felony! I can’t wait until he is behind bars!
Editor’s Note: No kidding! Send us a mug shot!
I’m calling to say merry Christmas. This is the day the Lord has made, and this is the season in which we welcome our Savior. I’m sick of everywhere I go people not saying merry Christmas. They have to say happy holidays. Happy holidays. Happy holidays. Have a nice holiday. How about saying what the season is about? It’s about Christmas. It doesn’t matter what your religion is, this is Christmas time. It’s when we celebrate the coming of Jesus. People say they don’t believe in Jesus. There’s nothing to believe in when you celebrate Christmas other than that he was born, and most every religion in the world recognizes that Jesus was a real man who lived in Jerusalem. Plain and simple, he was born. Now if you don’t celebrate Easter, which is what the Christian faith is about, then so be it. But why would anyone be offended about Christmas? So, ho, ho, ho, merry Christmas! Have a great New Year too. Thank you.
This is for I think it’s, uh, Paul, in this month saying that photo radar only punishes criminals who go over 10 miles over the speed limit. That might be true, but photo radar doesn’t make any sense in terms of safety. It doesn’t make it safer. No one has been able to prove that it makes roads safer. In fact, I think it makes the freeway more dangerous. So, Paul, I think you’re wrong there, buddy. If it’s not about safety then what’s it about? You got it right. Money. Thanks.
Anyone who believes that illegal immigration is a victimless crime should read the 12/16/2008 AP story by Jonathan M. Katz titled “4-year-old inspires aid for Haiti.” There are literally millions of kids like Venecia Louis in the world who, like their parents, are starving, facing persecution, mutilation and death. Fifteen million are seeking refuge in the U.S. or other affluent countries. While they wait in the legal line, the jobs, housing and food that should be made available for them are being diverted to illegal immigrants. This injustice is the result of the trashing of the rule of law on which our nation was founded. While the pandering politicians, exploitive employers and misguided religious leaders support the illegal immigrants, no one speaks for the real victims like Venecia Louis and her parents. God save us!
It’s the network, the network. That’s all we hear on the ads, but I had a call come in from my niece who is, or was, on her way home after they were coming back home. Her husband is stationed in Iraq and is home for leave. But she called me three times, and every time the call went silent. I have a cellular phone that I use rarely, but I was so disappointed that we couldn’t have a conversation. She finally gave up, and I didn’t hear from her again for a couple of more days. I just wonder if these cellular phone companies aren’t selling us on a bad bill of goods. What good is this type of phone if it doesn’t work? It’s of no use to anyone. Thank you.
Editor’s Note: Get out of town! This reads like something we’d have printed ten years ago. Nowadays cell phones can do just about everything but tie our shoes. Oh, and trust me, they do work – sometimes!
Now I don’t want everyone to get all bent out of shape, but I think tipping in this country has gotten out of control. Everyone wants a tip for doing next to nothing or just for handing you something that you overpaid for. If you go out of your way to do something for me, fine, I have no problem giving you a tip.
Hide the silver. Hide the gold. The Bushes are leaving the White House. Hide the valuables. Double-ya is fleeing the scene of his crimes!
