Letters to the Editor

We are writing to update you about a case in Maricopa County Superior Court that addresses our serious concerns about how Pinal County Attorney Brad Miller has been using taxpayer money, time and resources. As your elected leaders, we are responsible for protecting the public and safeguarding your investment in Pinal County. When those core respons...

America is at war. A war accompanied by mixed messages from our national leader who suggested he was on a mission to dictate regime change in the fanatical Iran dictatorship. Publicly urging Iranians "to take back your government." While another message declared the preemptive attack was to prevent an immediate threat from a nation whose nuclear ca...

Mr Chairman, Today we heard updates from both Supervisor Miller and County Recorder Lewis on pending legislation and essential voter information related to Pinal County. However, I want to underscore concern for two proposals – SB 1570 and SB 1635. SB 1570 which would require Pinal County to have immigration agents at our polling places, and SB 163...

We've heard from a lot of Pinal County residents who are confused by the Board's public claims about our Task Force Model agreement with ICE and what the law actually allows.You deserve clarity - not spin.This partnership isn't politics. It's public safety. PCAO is using every lawful tool in the toolbox to protect our residents.It also aligns ...

Mr. Chairman, today the Board has a teaching opportunity on truth telling in Pinal classrooms and in this Board of Supervisors. This past month you addressed County Attorney Miller's unlawful 287(g) ICE agreement. Decisive actions that have hopefully saved taxpayers from costly expenses while also emphasizing the value of truth-telling. However, yo...

If you're shopping for a child in your life this holiday season, you may soon run into an AI toy – a stuffed animal or toy robot - that can connect to the internet and use a chatbot like ChatGPT to have conversations with children. The toys come with built-in microphones that record what you say to them and the chatbot then decides what to say back...

Mr. Chairman, Thanks to Arizona's first Mexican American congresswoman Adelita Grijalva, yesterday's historic vote on the Epstein pedophile case, dramatically signals the beginning of the end of Donald Trump's decadent dictatorship that has defecated on the legacy of the once Grand Old Party. I can't help but recall the Grand Old Party leader Ronal...

Mr. Chairman, at the October 15 Board of Supervisors meeting, Mr. Jeff Serdy speaking during Call to the Public, revived the two most divisive political issues facing our nation since the Civil War.Without evidence, he revived the discredited Big Lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from candidate Donald Trump, along with his claim th...

Another week in Trump's government shutdown, and another abomination from the extremist racist and antisemitic fringe allied to Trump's dictatorial declaration of war on American cities. This time a revelation about a group of Young Republican leaders who with friends from New York, Kansas and Vermont engaged in an orgy of violent language against ...

Mr Chairman this past week's violence has brought into sharp focus the need to confront death by firearms and the challenge to free speech.Tragically, Charlie Kirk, the most recent victim of political violence accepted that some gun deaths are a price to pay in protection of the Second Amendment and First Amendment free speech. I happen to disagree...

Mr Chairman, We're living in tragically historic times. With Donald Trump's armed military occupation of our nation's Capital and plans to occupy other American cities led by Black mayors, these days demand truth-telling in support of Democracy and resistance to Dictatorship.Americans are facing a governance crisis fueled by the President's unparal...

Mr Chairman,Congratulations to the San Tan voters who exercised their right to vote on incorporation.Today is the 60th anniversary of signing of the Voting Rights Act that outlawed racial discrimination against citizens seeking to exercise their right to vote. A right that ensures each vote is equal.And yet that basic right today is sadly not value...

Households are under intense financial pressure across America, including here in San Tan Valley. Over the last decade I have been in the debt counseling and mortgage industry as a certified debt counselor and a licensed mortgage loan officer. This has allowed me to have a window into the challenges households are facing with cost of living increas...

I'm retired and live on a fixed income. I've spent decades working hard and planning carefully for my retirement. I chose San Tan Valley because it was affordable, safe, and both my son and daughter live here. This whole Prop 495 thing to turn our area into a new town - I'm not buying it. Incorporation won't fix our roads, schools, or public s...

To the Editor, As residents of San Tan Valley, we face a critical decision in the upcoming August 5th special election regarding the proposed incorporation of our community. While the allure of "local control" may sound appealing, it is imperative that we critically examine the significant financial burdens and bureaucratic complexities that incorp...