Opinions

We’re sorry, but the backlash directed at the Clarkdale Police Department for its handling of the Cody Delafuente case comes across as cops protecting cops.

These young people are our future, let’s treat them decent, give them the benefit of the doubt. Hopefully they will become adults who treat young people the same way.

The actions of the party involved were deplorable and absolutely do not reflect the attitudes or opinions of any one of us nor of anyone associated with Bread of Life.

I keep hearing reference to Halloween being a holiday. No, it isn’t. Neither are Valentine’s day or St. Patrick’s day.

Innovation and a patient-centered approach are more important than ever in solving the challenges that Arizona families face when accessing quality health care.

The issue of student-athlete drug testing at Mingus is one that needs to be debated and decided on the basis of fact and not emotion.

Rimrock is not a wealthy area. We enjoy a quiet lifestyle, which is becoming more and more rare in Arizona. The area is generally single family residences, with a mix of site built and manufactured housing. There are very few multifamily housing units.

The Town of Camp Verde would like to thank and congratulate all of the individuals and organizations who worked together to help make Fort Verde Days such a success.

Trump came into office in the midst of a huge scandal: that Russia interfered in the election by conducting a high-level cyberwar campaign that helped him win the presidency. Trump called the scandal a hoax and “fake news” and denies he had anything to do with it.

Now, the American people deserve to know precisely why one party in the House proposes to remove the president. They deserve to know the facts behind the Ukraine matter. It is simply inconceivable that a party could seek to remove a president but say to the American people, in essence, “Trust us, we’ve got good reason.”

Despite all the bellyaching we’ve seen with this project, Yavapai County officials have yet to take a backward step in their planning for this new connector route.

The North Carolina Litter-Free Coalition’s America the Beautiful club concept is a program of litter removal which is worth the effort and should be embraced by all as a quality of life issue.

Dr. Mialocq is calling my suggestion to alleviating the traffic congestion from the Village to Sedona as bizarre.

On Sept. 27-28, a yard sale was held in Camp Verde to benefit Montezuma Veterinarian Services due to the building fire in July that affected their business.

Status quo is a term that is used quite often at many levels of government, usually as a comparison point when talking about a change or proposed change.

At the Oct. 2 Camp Verde Town Council meeting, at least 20 citizens wanted to speak against the Verde Connect road proposed to bisect the Verde Valley through Middle Verde.

It’s never too late to go back and get your GED. Many people find the path to higher learning to be neither straight nor narrow.

In addition to the founders of Verde River Day, there have been several local groups who have been there since day one and the Verde Valley Rotary Club has been one of them.

Gov. Doug Ducey, the self-proclaimed “Education Governor” has unfairly lashed out at Judge Neil V. Wake for Judge Wake’s ruling on the Prop. 123 enactment.

When Arizona House Rep. Thomas “T.J.” Shope, Jr. wrote to the state’s attorney general that age restrictions on tobacco poducts are pre-empted by state law, he takes a step back in time.

When discussing the Valley Academy of Career and Technology Education, there is always an important separation of eras to make: “Before Bob Weir” and “After Bob Weir.”

Potentially for years, the bridge on the proposed route wouldn’t be connected to anything more than the currently quiet neighborhoods at the end of West Middle Verde? Could Verde Connect’s bridge potentially become the largest homeless shelter in Northern Arizona?

I don’t know about you, but I’m disgusted and tired of watching what’s happening in Washington.

Some Arizona legislators want you to think that Arizona’s sex-ed curriculum is forced on students and their parents.

I have always been interested in improving relations between local law enforcement and the community."