http://dcourier.com en-us Sat, 25 May 2013 02:18:12 GMT Daily feed of articles. No commercial use of these feed links is permitted without the written permission of the publisher. http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119488 • PARKING - Reader Tammy Connolly relates that this past weekend she and her husband were driving to Costco when they saw a Town of Prescott Valley photo radar van parked in front of a "No Parking" zone. Opinions Fri, 24 May 2013 04:01:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119489 National polls show that 7 of 10 people want to raise the minimum wage. Similar numbers want term limits for Congress, support building the Keystone XL pipeline to bring oil from Canada, and they back using government money to make preschool available to every child. Opinions Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119486 I have been the football coach at Granite Mountain Middle School for the past seven years. I am tremendously proud of the way our boys have come through. Opinions Fri, 24 May 2013 03:57:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119485 In a letter to the editor published May 17, reader Steve Osborn alleges that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is on record as asking, "What does it matter?" in regards to, as Mr. Osborn puts it, "the outcome of the (Benghazi) attack and the loss of life following the incident." Opinions Fri, 24 May 2013 03:55:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119487 In regard to the Courier's May 17 editorial, I don't know, and I submit neither do you, whether President Obama had anything to do with a supposed cover-up in the Benghazi affair. Opinions Fri, 24 May 2013 03:53:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119443 When it comes to border security, the federal government does not know whom to believe when it comes to whether the border is secure, and largely it all depends on who is talking. Opinions Thu, 23 May 2013 04:03:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119442 The First Amendment, among other things, prohibits Congress from "abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;" The Founders did not want the government to harass or arrest people, reporters or editors for expressing opinions that were against those of politicians currently in power. One of the main arguments against big government is that the bigger the government, the greater the chance that it will abuse power. Opinions Thu, 23 May 2013 03:58:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119440 For their entertainment and diversion values, I have always been a fan of Ted Bell, Vince Flynn, David Baldacci, James Partterson and I now find it appropriate to add frequent Courier contributor Bob Lynne to my spinners of fiction list, but unfortunately he is not as entertaining. Opinions Thu, 23 May 2013 03:51:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119441 A $25,000 party for Grad Night (Courier story, May 16) or sending 27 World War II veterans to the WWII Memorial in Washington DC? Tough choice. Opinions Thu, 23 May 2013 03:51:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119413 Seeing in the pages of The Daily Courier recent stories about small wildland fires, a trailer fire and other news of carelessness, in addition to the traditional May-June stall of precipitation, it is no wonder area governments, fire departments/districts and the Prescott National Forest are implementing Stage One fire restrictions. Opinions Wed, 22 May 2013 04:02:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119412 There is only one recent scandal that threatens serious, long-term problems. The others were the Benghazi attack and the IRS scandal. Opinions Wed, 22 May 2013 03:58:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119414 It was heartening to see the Arizona Republic editorial board endorse the Arizona Senate's action to support Gov. Jan Brewer's Medicaid proposal as "courageous." Opinions Wed, 22 May 2013 03:56:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119366 We've posited in this space often enough that the best way to get a handle on illegal immigration is to crack down on the reward for which folks will leave their families and risk a perilous journey to come to the United States. That would be the reward of a job. Opinions Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119363 EDITOR: Greyhound Pets of Arizona would like to thank the following merchants for their support of our annual Greyhound Picnic fundraiser. Opinions Tue, 21 May 2013 03:59:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119365 EDITOR: On May 2, Prescott Unified School District hosted its second Volunteers in Schools Fair at Lincoln Elementary School in Prescott. We are so gratified at the outpouring of interest and support from our more than 100 community members who packed the hall for two hours, answering our call to serve our schools. Opinions Tue, 21 May 2013 03:59:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119364 EDITOR: In a recent excellent "Letter to the Editor" Bob Ellis outlined the need for additional Alzheimer's research funding. Opinions Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119419 Our Prescott elected leaders, from the mayor on down, have been under intense pressure from folks who think it's a good idea for the city to purchase the Granite Dells property. The Citizens Tax Committee disagrees. Opinions Tue, 21 May 2013 03:58:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119347 Oftentimes bills come out of the Arizona Legislature that deserve a "job well done" accolade, measures that few in the public may have known about, because it's usually the controversial and heated legislative issues usurp the attention Opinions Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119344 EDITOR: In response to the letter submitted by Monica White, which was printed on May 7, and to the recent Courier editorial concerning the need to enact further background checks to express sympathy for the families of the Sandyhook shooting, I want to assure you that the gun community and NRA members do not lack a feeling of compassion towards those families. Opinions Mon, 20 May 2013 03:55:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119345 EDITOR: We, the people are sick of hearing the threats of the disaster if sequester happens, and reading about how hard it is to prioritize federal debt payments. Ugh! Opinions Mon, 20 May 2013 03:55:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119346 EDITOR: A couple of years ago I wrote a letter to the editor to help educate Mr. Don Huard about the First Amendment. The issue was the "Separation of Church and State" he thought was in the Constitution. I hope he studied the amendment well. Opinions Mon, 20 May 2013 03:55:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119325 When cries go out for "immigration reform," especially in Arizona, proponents are aiming higher than undocumented citizens and higher than Border Patrol. It's the U.S. employers that seem to be getting away with chronic encumbrance. Opinions Sun, 19 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119326 EDITOR: We would like to thank the community for making the first-ever Cinco de Mayo celebration at La Tierra Community School a great success. La Tierra is an Expeditionary Learning K-7 charter school where all students incorporate Spanish language and cultural learning into their everyday experience. Opinions Sun, 19 May 2013 03:58:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119327 EDITOR: The entire Prescott High School community would like to thank the following Prescott businesses for their generosity in contributing to the PHS Perfect Attendance drawing on May 10: York Motors, Raskin's Jewelers, Credit Union West, Country Bank, Barrett Propane and Big O Tires. Opinions Sun, 19 May 2013 03:58:00 GMT http://dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=119328 EDITOR: I'd like to answer Mr. Garfield's letter on money spent for education. I don't know if he is a teacher or involved in education in any way. I'm assuming he isn't if he says that money doesn't make education better. Opinions Sun, 19 May 2013 03:58:00 GMT