Archive for the ‘Opinion/Mailbag’ Category
December 24th, 2009
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Author: Kids Don’t Need a New Science Center to See Thought-Provoking Exhibits Regarding “The Curious Society” (Currents, Dec. 10): Joe O’Connell and the folks at Creative Machines are fantastic. Their interactive exhibits are imaginative, engaging and high-quality. The Tucson Children’s Museum is proud to call Joe our friend, supporter and consultant. Any venture that allows kids to explore science in a fun way deserves consideration and would be a nice addition to what the Tucson Children’s Museum offers. While many of…
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Oppose Health-Care Reform? Then You Get to Pay More! Effective immediately: Due to the crippling cost of health care, all Republican and “moderate” Democrat customers opposing health-care reform will be assessed a $30 health-care surcharge. It is the Joe Lieberman surcharge (Downing, Nov. 12). An ashamed Republican, James Stilley Smokers Should Not Get Government Assistance Regarding “License Crisis Averted?” Currents, Nov. 19: The state of Arizona can immediately save millions of dollars and lives by simply ending all public assistance…
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Libertarian, Green. Green, Libertarian. Jonathan Hoffman: Are you open to Green Party perspectives (Guest Commentary, Nov. 26)? The key to cooperative residences in any neighborhood is communication. The fact that the Feldman’s Neighborhood Association did exist before developer Mike Goodman planned the mini-dorm development (with the aid of Tucson Development Services) doesn’t mean he ever communicated his intentions with the association. It was only after approval by City Council that the developer recognized the Feldman’s Neighborhood Association as worthy of…
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Don’t Whitewash the Matter: Americans Are Ignorant! I want to address the Bob Benzinger interview; he is doing a horrible disservice (TQ&A, Nov. 5). When asked, “Do you think Americans lack a good, basic knowledge of foreign policy?” he answered, “Yeah, but a lot of it is cultural, and cultural isolation. But other countries are culturally isolated, too; we’re not even the worst. In a lot of ways, we’re actually less-isolated and less-racist than a lot of other cultures. We…
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Our Nation’s Health-Care System Offers Excitement! Renée Downing (Nov. 12) seems uncomfortable with our nation’s health-care system, failing to realize how cliffhangingly exciting it is to live in the only great nation that looks with transcendent indifference upon its citizens bankrupted by medical expenses or sentenced to death because they don’t qualify (can’t pay) for care. It’s been years since I tried to challenge a charge for $16 for one aspirin in a California hospital, but considering inflation, the $20…
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MOCA ‘Controversy’ Yet Another Example of Republicans Trying to Control Personal Lives Over the past decade, I’ve been continually amazed by how members of the Republican Party concoct stories, with no basis in the truth, to further their political and social-control agenda. Now we have the national drama playing out in our own backyard (”Bunch of Dicks,” Currents, Oct. 22). While extreme-right Republicans claim to want less government, they actually want more government control over our personal lives and values.…
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Claim: The Damage Done by Illegal Immigrants Should Be a Censored Story I think you left out the biggest story not covered by the mainstream media in 2008 and 2009 (”Censored! Oct. 22). The damage done by illegal immigration is almost a taboo subject within the mainstream media. They filter the truth and facts through their political views rather than just report the news when it comes to immigration. Even during California’s huge budget crisis earlier in the year, the…
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Prop 401, 402 Supporter Is Disappointed in the ‘Weekly’ Many thanks to the Tucson Weekly for endorsing Propositions 401 and 402 to help improve funding for schools in the Tucson Unified School District (Oct. 8). I know the Weekly also understands the important role of our local print media in accurately describing the complexities of the school-funding issues underlying the need for these ballot measures. For this reason, I was disappointed that the Weekly’s coverage (”Budget Boost?” Currents, Oct. 8)…
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Hey ‘Weekly,’ Why WasThere No Green on the Cover? Your cover picture (Oct. 15) was missing a city council candidate. Could it be that Mary DeCamp, the Green Party candidate in Ward 3, is so far ahead in her thinking there was no room to stylistically represent her position on the two-party money-laden scale you chose to show? The Green Party is looking at global issues—planetary climate change, a crumbling federal economy, and an unraveling of our social fabric—and advancing…
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Uhlich Makes Her Case While I respect the Tucson Weekly’s prerogative to take a non-endorsement position on the race for City Council in Ward 3 (Oct. 8), I disagree with the rationale and want voters to know the full story. The Weekly reported that I “led an effort to delay a 25-cent increase in bus fares last year, only to agree to an increase this year,” and concluded that I was “waffling on budget issues.” Unfortunately, the Weekly missed the…
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