Opinions

Key to personal integrity is doing what you say you are going to do.

Editorial Page Cartoon No. 2: June 16, 2019

Editorial Page Cartoon 1: June 16, 2019

A familiar refrain in any government decision-making process is the admonition to “let us vote on it.”

We came through Sedona for the first time in late August 1969. It looked like a gorgeous place that was almost empty. We have come back to Sedona ever since and finally moved to VOC in 2012.

Controlled burns are viewed as part of the overall Forest Service management plan to spare us from raging wildfires that consume hundreds of thousands acres of forest land and leave the rest of the state buried in smoke so thick that visibility is all but lost within 100 yards.

Editorial Page Cartoon No. 2: June 12, 2019

Editorial Page Cartoon No. 1: June 12, 2019

It is very unfair to lump the Arizona State Retirement System in with this editorial about the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System.

So let’s stop calling people names and actually talk to people as opposed to talking down to people with the idea “I’ve been here longer and know better. so shut up”.

Cottonwood is an airport town, as are Sedona and Prescott. This gem is not hidden. The benefits go beyond funding. The benefits are all the commerce that is attracted in and around the airport.

Government pension programs promote an entitlement premise that there are guarantees in life.

Editorial Page Cartoon: June 9, 2019

It’s not over ‘til it’s over, but at first glance it looks as if some of the primary concerns about the Verde Connect project have been resolved.

It happened again. I was stuck in the misery on I-17 over Memorial Day weekend. What should have been an easy drive became the nightmare called “going nowhere fast” for more hours than I care to consider.

Editorial Page Cartoon No. 2: June 7, 2019

Editorial Page Cartoon No. 1: June 7, 2019

In a few weeks, we’ll be saying goodbye to Gayle as Clarkdale’s town manager. There will be no shortage of accolades to describe her two decades plus of service to the town and the Verde Valley.

Now, if in 2011 I had planted an Obama banner in the back of my truck and led a one-man parade, many, many, many times through our fine city, it would have been fair and balanced, and quite accurate to refer to me as a nincompoop.

President Trump has been successful with his promises and actions and has stolen the thunder in advance from Democrat hopefuls.

Editorial Page Cartoon No. 2: June 5, 2019

Editorial Page Cartoon No. 1: June 5, 2019

So, Hidden gem? Economic driver for the citizens of Cottonwood? Maybe, but the airport has to be subsidized by our sales tax dollars and the general fund. It has large expenses and produces little revenue.

Those of you who moved here, to the beautiful Village of Oak Creek, found a peaceful town with a high-rated school for our children. What happened? The Big Park Regional Coordinating Council has been trying to do what’s good for the people of the Village, with our zoning and community input.

Editorial Cartoon 2: June 2, 2019