East Valley Tribune - The Vent http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/thevent East Valley Tribune - The Vent © Copyright East Valley Tribune 2009. All rights reserved. en-us http://backend.userland.com/rss Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:27:18 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ web@evtrib.com East Valley Tribune http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/images/evtlogo_rss.gif http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ 88 33 East Valley Tribune <![CDATA[The Vent: Nov. 8]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146837 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:09:47 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146837 “Thanks to the fed tax credit extension, new home sales are up by as much as 20 to 25 percent, according to one builder. So, why shouldn’t developers pay a proportionate amount in impact fees to cover the increasing cost of water, sewage, parks, roads, schools, fire and police protection? Why should economically strapped cities bear the burden of growth while builders and developers get to keep the cash?”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: Nov. 6]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146733 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:25:28 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146733 “The ‘what’s in it for me’ voters have again outvoted the struggling homeowners that have to pay for the Mesa school budget override. It also tells the school board they don’t have to have any responsibility to spend within the budget.”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: November 4]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146618 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:57:17 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146618 “Have you noticed all the new huge trucks and sport utility vehicles the automakers are bringing out? Five or six years from now, all the dealers will get extra rich again on the new Cash for Clunkers that Congress will pass. Yippee!”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: Nov. 1]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146477 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:56:56 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146477 "Vote 'no' on (Tuesday). First, you have a state budget, stick to it - no override. If that is allowed for education, why not for health, roadways, etc.? It's for the kids - bologna, that dog won't hunt anymore!"

]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: October 30]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146430 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:21:47 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146430 “Bravo to (Mesa) Mayor (Scott) Smith and the city leaders. They clearly understand the benefits to having (the Chicago Cubs) here and have a plan to present to the new owners. I hope the residents see all the benefits the team brings to our city.”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: Oct. 28]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146344 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:48:31 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146344 “So (President Obama) continues to procrastinate in sending more troops (to Afghanistan) while our soldiers are in harm’s way. Had he sent those troops when requested approximately two months ago, one of those support troops might have prevented one soldier who was there from being killed.”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: October 25]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146239 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:42:14 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146239 “Why are the feds spending so much of our money building fences on the border but fight (Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio) for helping them with the problem?”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: October 23]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146124 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:15:56 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146124 “If our Mesa Mayor Scott Smith was so serious about keeping the (Chicago) Cubs, he needs to take the Cubs’ owner and the team around Mesa to impress them."

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: October 16]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/145835 Thu, 15 Oct 2009 14:26:23 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/145835 “To the person who did not read Jim Ripley’s fine article about the (Mesa schools budget) override: It will not cost you a penny more. It is an extension of the override from 1995.”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: Oct. 14]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/145791 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:18:32 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/145791   “Sending a rocket to the moon to search for water has got to be the silliest idea of all time. With that much barren desert, APS could just cover the place with solar panels to run a water machine to produce free water.”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: Oct. 7]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/145468 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:27:22 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/145468 “So (President Barack) Obama waits to send the soldiers needed (to Afghanistan) and has five more meetings planned. Each day that he waits is a day the soldiers fighting the war don’t have the support they need and may be killed because of it. What a disgrace for a commander-in-chief! You send the troops requested by those fighting war, and then you have your meetings to refine the strategy.”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: Nov. 11]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/130148 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:56:30 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/130148 "Regarding the firemen working out on the clock to perform their job. We all need to be in shape for our job and for our own health. They can work out on their own time like everyone else."

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: Nov. 8]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146837 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:09:47 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146837 “Thanks to the fed tax credit extension, new home sales are up by as much as 20 to 25 percent, according to one builder. So, why shouldn’t developers pay a proportionate amount in impact fees to cover the increasing cost of water, sewage, parks, roads, schools, fire and police protection? Why should economically strapped cities bear the burden of growth while builders and developers get to keep the cash?”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: Nov. 6]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146733 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:25:28 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146733 “The ‘what’s in it for me’ voters have again outvoted the struggling homeowners that have to pay for the Mesa school budget override. It also tells the school board they don’t have to have any responsibility to spend within the budget.”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: November 4]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146618 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:57:17 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146618 “Have you noticed all the new huge trucks and sport utility vehicles the automakers are bringing out? Five or six years from now, all the dealers will get extra rich again on the new Cash for Clunkers that Congress will pass. Yippee!”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: Nov. 1]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146477 Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:56:56 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146477 "Vote 'no' on (Tuesday). First, you have a state budget, stick to it - no override. If that is allowed for education, why not for health, roadways, etc.? It's for the kids - bologna, that dog won't hunt anymore!"

]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: October 30]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146430 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:21:47 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146430 “Bravo to (Mesa) Mayor (Scott) Smith and the city leaders. They clearly understand the benefits to having (the Chicago Cubs) here and have a plan to present to the new owners. I hope the residents see all the benefits the team brings to our city.”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: Oct. 28]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146344 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:48:31 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146344 “So (President Obama) continues to procrastinate in sending more troops (to Afghanistan) while our soldiers are in harm’s way. Had he sent those troops when requested approximately two months ago, one of those support troops might have prevented one soldier who was there from being killed.”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: October 25]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146239 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:42:14 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146239 “Why are the feds spending so much of our money building fences on the border but fight (Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio) for helping them with the problem?”

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]]> <![CDATA[The Vent: October 23]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146124 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:15:56 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146124 “If our Mesa Mayor Scott Smith was so serious about keeping the (Chicago) Cubs, he needs to take the Cubs’ owner and the team around Mesa to impress them."

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