A funding shortfall could mean the final phases of Tucson’s Grant Road widening project won’t be completed, officials say.
Re: Roadwork funds fall short
I’ve lived within 1/2 mile of Grant Rd. for nearly 4 decades. I voted for the Regional Transportation Authority specifically because improvement of Grant was 20 years behind schedule. Today’s paper says roadwork now in progress will dry up before RTA is finished. However, it can be completed with renewal. Grant is hostage.
Meanwhile, the exurbs — those roads beyond the urban and suburban area — have new roads. This is unacceptable. The City of Tucson has 1 vote, just like the other jurisdictions. But Tucson has half the people. Sahuarita, South Tucson, Marana each have substantially fewer people, but the same votes.
Unless the allocation of funds is more fairly distributed, I cannot support renewal of RTA. I’m being ripped off by “fairness.”
John Yoakum
Midtown
January 6 redux
I believe that the amended federal Electoral Count Reform Act does not solve the problem of potential “fake electors.” After the 2020 presidential election, and after each state’s popular vote for president determined each state’s slate of electors, several MAGA state Legislatures picked slates of “fake electors.”
All the amended law says is that a state’s Electoral College electors have to be appointed “in accordance with the laws of the state enacted prior to Election Day.” So if a MAGA state Legislature “appointed” its own separate slate of electors prior to presidential Election Day, but after the enactment of the previous electors-selection law, the state Legislature would be following a literal reading of the Constitution. Article II, Section 1, paragraph 1 says that “Each State shall appoint (electors), in such manner as the state Legislature thereof may direct ...” The Constitution does not specify that legislative appointment of electors be enacted into a law signed by the governor.
Gerald Farrington
Foothills
Endorsements come too late for this reader
I was happy to see that the Star finally published endorsements for this critical election. However, I am disappointed you waited until the last day of early voting. I won’t speculate on why your endorsements are coming so late (you even admit this yourself). I would have changed my vote on two candidates and one proposition, if your endorsements had come sooner. How many others are like me? Also, we were encouraged by our party to vote early.
We are avid supporters of The Star. We understand the importance of having a local paper. Next election, please publish your endorsements at the beginning of early voting and not at the end.
Clarence Chaplin
Foothills
Bring back Doonesbury and prior puzzle page
I agree with others who have submitted opinions that the cartoons on the Sunday paper are lame, very old and need to be changed back to what was presented previously. This also applies to the puzzle page as the current page is worse. Bring back the prior puzzle page.
Don Stevenson
East side
Senior welcomes Jumble return
Thank you Daily Star for returning the Jumble puzzle to our daily paper. We seniors appreciate your contribution to our efforts to maintain and improve our mental acuity.
Lois Spacapan
Northwest side
November and Wildcat football
Our woeful Wildcats.
Steam rolled this week by (Fill in the blank).
How many three — season coaches have we been subject to?
How long will this new coach last and what will be his buyout price?
We’ve had more than our fill of “rebuilding” years.
The last guy was pretty good and we beat those jerks from Tempe.
I wonder if he even unpacked his bags before leaving for Washington?
I bet if we ask nicely, Coach Ryden’s State Champs, the Lancers, could
sneak into the locker room, don the red and blue, and nail ASU!
We could call it a recruiting trip ...
Scott Thompson
East side
Thank you, Wendy Simmons
I just read Wendy Simmons eloquent story and feel moved to respond. First, thank you, Wendy, for your courage in sharing your experience. Second, my deepest sympathy for both the loss of your pregnancy and the horror of not receiving essential, life-saving, medical care. Your writing is powerful and important. It shows the personal impact of what can seem like an impersonal political decision. Thank you for sharing your personal loss and traumatic experience for the benefit of your community, your state, and your country. The rights of women to have full access to health care should not be a political pawn.
Juanita Ramsey-Jevne
St. David
At last, athletics not politics
If the University of Arizona cared about its student athletes and its fans instead of money, they would have stayed with Oregon State and Washington State in the rebuilt Pac 12. There would be shorter travel times and distances for the athletes. Fans would be able to conveniently and less expensively attend games. The U of A might also win more games than in the Big 12. Oh no, money talks for the UA. That’s all that matters.
Dennis Winsten
Northeast side
Jumble is back!
Thank you for bringing Jumble back to the Star. It provides an oasis of calm in an otherwise chaotic world. I always do it AFTER reading the letters to the editor.
Tony Kuyper
Foothills
No time to lose
I am a mother who wants more than anything for my young son to have a healthy, fulfilling life.
This year Tucson had a record 112 days above 100 degrees, over double last year’s record of 53. Globally, the last 10 years have been the hottest in recorded human history.
Fossil fuels like oil, natural gas and coal, are created from plants and plankton that stored carbon, died and were compacted over millions of years. When burned, carbon is released forming a greenhouse gas layer in atmosphere that lets sunlight pass through but traps heat waves that normally would reflect off the earth back into space.
If we continue to burn fossil fuels at an unchecked pace, we will all suffer. The days will get hotter, the weather more severe, food supplies will be unstable and social unrest will ensue. The window of opportunity for action is closing rapidly. It is up to us to elect leaders that appreciate the gravity of the situation before it is too late.
Marnie Lamm
Foothills
Red-light cameras
So now “we” want red light cameras back? It seems to me we voted those out of existence a few years back. Someone didn’t get their way? Stomping their feet? Get over it!
Scott Thompson
East side
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