Avoid accidents with left-turn arrow
Re: the March 26 article βWoman, 46, killed in crash at Oracle and Orange Grove.β
I drive through the intersection at North Oracle Road and Orange Grove often, and unlike many others, this intersection allows drivers to turn left without an arrow, despite poor visibility in all directions. This accident could have been avoided by allowing left turns only on a green arrow.
Susan Vance
Northwest side
Lots of near misses at Oracle-Orange Grove
After another tragic accident at this intersection, when will Pima County, or whoever is responsible for traffic control in this area, realize that southbound Oracle traffic should only be allowed to turn left onto Orange Grove on a dedicated green light, and northbound traffic is halted? You cannot see northbound Oracle traffic in the southbound Oracle left-turn lane. I have seen too many near misses, and this is only going to get worse.
Doug Smith
North side
McSally should back climate-change offering
I would like to urge Rep. Martha McSally to take a leadership position on the pressing issue of climate change. Referred to as the Gibson Resolution, H. Res 424 represents a breakthrough among Republicans and offers hope that Congress will have bipartisan, science-based discussions and work toward enacting solutions to address the economic and environmental effects of climate change.
H. Res. 424 recognizes the impact of climate change and calls for action to reduce future risk. Twelve other House Republicans are co-sponsoring this resolution. Please join me in asking Rep. McSally to join them and sign on. Contact Rep. McSally at cj.karamargin@mail.house.gov
Kathryn Babcock
Green Valley
Legislature should make it easier to vote
It seems our Legislature and governor were looking in the wrong place in their vigilant concern over voter fraud, even passing a law this year making it a felony to deliver a sealed ballot for another person. We have heard cries of βvoter fraudβ all over the country in the past several years. But evidence indicates the cases of voter fraud are almost non-existent. So why all the actions to make it harder to vote? It seems to be aimed at certain communities and constituencies.
The recent primary with people waiting hours to vote is a much more serious issue than voter fraud. It means there were many people who could not stand in line for three or four hours in Maricopa County and did not get to vote. Not everyone can leave their job or children for hours . Instead of using the scare of voter fraud to disenfranchise people from voting, our Legislature should make it easier for every legal voter to cast their ballot.
John D. Kautz
Midtown
Excluding some from primaries isnβt unfair
The purpose of the so-called primary election is for political parties to choose the person whose name will go in the partyβs slot on the actual, aka general, election ballot. Parties do a lot of work to get and keep these slots in accordance with state law. Anyone else who wants to get on the general-election ballot can do the same: collect enough signatures on petitions during the statutory period.
It is not unfair to exclude those not members of a party from voting to choose who that party will run. In fact, it is unfair to the registered party members to allow anyone else to vote in their private party election. It is as if you had to let non-members vote for the officers of your church. We do not have a two-stage election process; one does not have to win a primary to get on the general-election ballot, and the general election is not a runoff between the two biggest primary vote-getters.
David P. Vernon
Southwest side
