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Letters to the Editor

Sunday 05/19/2013
Letter: Local Komen foundation arm supports Brewer's Medicaid plan
Posted: May 19, 2013

Susan G. Komen Central and Northern Arizona supports Governor Brewer’s Medicaid Restoration Plan.

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Saturday 05/18/2013
Letter: Regressive thinking prominent in politics today
Posted: May 18, 2013

Regressive thinkers like Paul Ryan and Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, who just had their invalid austerity facts exposed by three researchers from UMass, are running scared now. So scared, in fact, that they are talking CRAZY.

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Friday 05/17/2013
Letter: What price do we put on education?
Posted: May 17, 2013

To those people who are petitioning the Gilbert School Board to not raise their property tax by an average of $36 a year so there will be some minute chance for the employees to get any increase in pay, I say this: Who is your employer? How about we all petition the CEO of your company and beg them not to raise the price of their products so you can’t get a raise? How about we ask them to cut back and lay you off instead of raising their prices?

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Thursday 05/16/2013
Letter: I've made my last call to Mesa PD for help
Posted: May 16, 2013

We had a shoplifter at our store just waltz out with a bag of chips, a peach (that he was eating) and a bottle of whiskey. I demanded the items back, he raised the bottle with “come and get it”. Now, my work has a strict no-physical-confrontation policy and I don’t want to risk getting fired. I told him that I just wanted the items back or I’d call the police. “Go ahead and call the police”, he said, and continued walking away. So I called Mesa’s non-emergency number and explained what was going on.

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Wednesday 05/15/2013
Letter: Let’s examine the facts about taxes
Updated: May 16, 2013 - 11:23 am

Buzz words such as “subsidies” and “loopholes” have been thrown around by politicians for decades. If you’re seeking to impose punitive financial policies, these words are certainly more appealing than terms like “tax” or “penalty.” The Obama Administration is currently pursuing tax increases on the oil and gas industry under the guise of ending accounting loopholes.

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Tuesday 05/14/2013
Letter: Obama administration makes Education a top priority
Updated: May 16, 2013 - 11:23 am

America has always made a commitment to putting a good education within reach of anyone who is willing to work for it. The promise of a good education for everyone is part of what makes America great. As a person who works in the high tech industry, I am deeply committed and concerned about the success of all students.

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Sunday 05/12/2013
Letter: Oil companies paying their fare share
Updated: May 16, 2013 - 11:23 am

American oil producers are in the crosshairs of the Obama Administration once again, this time the president is promising to force the Big 5 oil companies to pay their “fair share.” This begs the question: Who gets to decide who’s not paying enough? Who gets to decide which American taxpayers or businesses need to pay more?

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Saturday 05/11/2013
Letters: Gilbert’s great reputation being wiped away by elected officials
Updated: May 16, 2013 - 11:23 am

At one time, the community of Gilbert had a great reputation. It had great schools and a proud economic future that led to Gilbert being one of the best communities to live in in the United States.

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Letter: Laws regarding prohibited possessors need to be enforced
Updated: May 16, 2013 - 11:23 am

My mother submitted a letter to the editor back in 2003.

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Wednesday 05/08/2013
Letter: State should not be in business of building more prisons
Updated: May 16, 2013 - 11:23 am

The plan to build a new 500 bed maximum-security prison is bad public policy and bad economics for Arizona. Every other state is downsizing or closing maximum security prisons because they have learned that they are inefficient (they cost much more than regular prisons) and they are ineffective (they cause more problems including violence and mental health issues).

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