Vote for 123 supports anti-public school stand
Re: the April 25 editorial βOur View: Vote yes on Proposition 123.β
What a disappointment that this editorial supports Proposition 123. We have become a state of low/no expectations and seem to have lost hope for anything better.
I have become increasingly convinced that passage of 123 will successfully reduce future funding for K-12 education and go a long way to destroying the environment of the state as Gov. Ducey sells state land to the highest bidder.
Why would anyone vote to support a proposal from a governor who has made clear his intent to destroy public education? A vote for Prop. 123 supports this vile effort.
Porter Edwards
Midtown
Duceyβs school plan shrewd, destructive
Gov. Duceyβs plan to satisfy a financially starved public education system is both shrewd and destructive.
It is shrewd because it provides the state with the ability to avoid a voter mandate while simultaneously enlisting the sympathy of desperate recipients who reason that it is better to receive 30 percent of a promise now than it is to struggle to get the entire promise.
It is destructive because it will not satisfy a desperate need in the short run while permanently compromising the source of that satisfaction, and it will defer the need to provide a permanent solution to the financial dilemma facing public school education.
If Prop. 123 is passed, what will change for the better? Public school funding (and teacher salaries) will still rank near the bottom of all states.
Its passage will ensure that the payout from the trust will be greater than the earnings, so the principal value will decline, thus causing future payouts to decline. A hundred years of inheritance will be quickly squandered.
Ben Tuchi
Northwest side
Protest is a problem, but vote snafu isnβt
Re: the April 22 article βTraffic blockers at political rallies draw senatorsβ ire.β
Sen. John Kavanagh and Sen. Jeff Dial are highly indignant about a group of protesters who blocked roads, supposedly preventing people from attending a Donald Trump rally in Phoenix.
Yet, as the article pointed out somehow Jan Brewer, Joe Arpaio, and even Trump managed to get to the rally, as did many of the other attendees.
As a consequence of protesting, our dear legislators now want to impose an even-more-stringent penalty. Yet, when it came to voters having to stand in line for hours to express their civic responsibility on primary day, these same self-centered legislators did not even raise an iota of βprotestβ about how this state interfered with the democratic process of its citizens. Who really should go to jail?
Patricia Baker
Oro Valley
Dog noise incessant in βBark-muda Triangleβ
I live in the Palo Verde neighborhood of midtown. My partner and I have renamed the 1400 block of North Camilla Boulevard and adjoining area as the βBark-muda Triangle.β
We are literally surrounded by obnoxious dogs; combined, this cacophony of canines barks round the clock. One desolate animal barks nonstop for hours at a stretch.
Another howls along with every single siren, no matter what time of day or night.
I would respectively ask that these pet owners take better care of their animals and see to it that they are not left unattended for long periods, nor should they be allowed to bark or howl for solely recreational purposes.
A guard animal is one thing; a bored, lonely or neglected animal is another. I would also ask my fellow sleep-deprived neighbors to report offending animals to the county animal control.
Lou Fitz
Midtown
