Teacher says vote yes on Prop. 123
Please vote yes for our kids on May 17. As a public school teacher I have closely followed this issue for the last six years. End the stalemate with the Legislature and governor and move on.
Then in November vote to change the way our Legislature supports education. And write to your legislators and the governor now to tell them how to support our kids as they negotiate the next yearβs budget.
Arizonaβs children, their families, and the businesses and organizations that depend on a well-educated and productive workforce deserve better than we are giving them.
Letβs all agree to move forward and begin to work together to help our local educators provide best possible educational experiences for our kids. We need your support.
Peter Coston
Midtown
Stellerβs Republican contempt is boring
Re: the May 4 column βWelcome, Caterpillar, to a state that wonβt help kids.β
Thank you, Tim Steller for your βWelcomeβ letter to Caterpillar. In the wake of this good news, you scurry (or should I say slither) to throw a wet blanket on the whole Caterpillar move.
Iβm sure that CAT executives are fully aware of the KidsCare issue and the fact that by participating in this amended program now, federal dollars end on Sept. 30, 2019, with Arizona taxpayers then footing the bill.
It is painfully obvious and, frankly, boring to be continually exposed to your contempt for the Republican-led legislature and Republican governor.
Continually bellyaching regarding their activities gets old, particularly when Arizona is financially healthy, unlike big spenders such as California, Illinois, Puerto Rico and, yes, our federal government.
Tom Vana
Marana
Mail-in ballots make voting convenient
If you would like to avoid future problems like those many Arizonans experienced in Marchβs presidential preference election, here is a suggestion: Sign up for the βPermanent Early Voting Listβ at
After your form has been processed, you will receive a ballot in the mail about four weeks before every election as long as you are registered and living in Pima County.
Then you can sit down with your voterβs pamphlet, review the candidates and ballot measures, and fill out your ballot at your leisure (but before the deadline.) You donβt even need a stamp.
If you do not receive a ballot by the third week before the election, you will still have time to find out what went wrong and get it corrected before Election Day.
So, if you are frustrated with voting hassles, donβt give up on voting. Try the Early Voting List.
Democracy depends on everyoneβs participation.
Valerie Craig
West Side
Letβs stop killing mountain lions
I am curious. How many mountain lions have to be hunted down and killed before Arizona Game and Fish Department deems the bighorn sheep reintroduction project a success?
How about this: Save time, money, resources, mountain lions and bighorn sheep by killing this ridiculous project.
Nadine Sheehan
Midtown
