Is the (entire) news media corrupt? Listening to the news on any TV or radio station or reading almost any newspaper, leaves one with the impression that the entire media in this country is corrupt. The media continues to insist that retirees are receiving too much in the way of medical benefits, pensions etc. Where is the outrage about our tainted Washington politicians who receive free medical care, free pensions (they never contributed one dime, yet they receive a pension which gives them 100 percent salary without having to vote on the increase.) The free workout gymnasium, free haircuts and dye jobs, free transportation etc. When is the (so-called) free media going to expose the politician for what he/she really is, a criminal?

Where are all the left wing loons and progressives who did not hesitate to call President Bush a war monger and so many other nasty names during the Iraq war? They daily called for the president to end the war immediately and bring our solders home.

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This is in response to “Mesa businesses wary about light rail,” a March 8 Tribune article by Sonu Munshi in which Tom Verploegen, president of the Downtown Mesa Association, told the City Council that opposition to running a 3.5-mile light-rail extension along Main Street in downtown Mesa has decreased.

State budget — Must hold back some spending

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