Editor's Note: These letters to the editor have been sorted by topic by the Tribune editorial staff in an effort to allow readers to read varied opinions on the issues, candidates, and other circumstances surrounding the 2012 general election. These submissions are the opinions of the author, not the Tribune, and have not been edited for grammar or content.

Maricopa’s 28-26 football win over Sells Baboquivari on Friday was easily the school’s biggest this season, but if you take into account the problems surrounding the team’s trip to Sells, the win looks even more impressive.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors appointed a citizens' committee Monday to recommend a replacement for outgoing Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas.

More than 750,000 Maricopa County voters will get early ballots in the mail as soon as Thursday, when voting begins for the Aug. 28 primary elections.

Future bids to oust public officials through recall could get a lot harder under the terms of legislation given preliminary approval Tuesday by the Senate.

The Maricopa County Attorney’s office said last week it intends to drop criminal charges against Roberta Smith, a former Gilbert Chamber of Commerce board member accused of removing signs related to the town’s 2011 elections.

A Senate panel added one more hurdle in the path of those seeking to oust a public official through a recall.

June 29, 2004

Maricopa County negotiated the sale of a large chunk of San Tan Mountain Regional Park behind closed doors — and behind the backs of municipal leaders who believed they were partners in the park’s planning, East Valley officials complained Monday.

A 21-year-old Globe resident was killed in a four-car, chainreaction crash Monday on Loop 101 near Broadway Road in Tempe.

For the second time in a week, newspaper owners and publishers won a battle to preserve requirements that some governments and organizations purchase legal advertising from them.

A plan to revamp the state's recall laws for all future elections fell apart Thursday as some Republican senators broke party ranks.

It’s that time of year to hand out some honors for the year’s best. So it is without further ado that I bring you the Third Annual Hammer Awards.

Arizona voters head to the polls today to decide which candidates will carry their party’s banner into November’s general election. But remember to bring identification. A voterapproved law passed two years ago requires proof of citizenship to vote. Acceptable forms of ID include a driver’s license or a state identification card.

Let’s be clear about one thing: Roberta “Bobbi” Smith is innocent. Charges alleging that she unlawfully removed political signs in Gilbert last May have been dropped, according to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.

The Maricopa Association of Governments is expected to scrap plans to build itself an $87 million office building in yet another example of how local plans are being affected by a sluggish economy.

So let’s look at Arizona’s reaction to the gun control controversy.

Arizona is on its way to financing its first segment of border fence.

Senate Republicans are moving to keep Democrats from doing to them what they did to Russell Pearce.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge delayed setting a trial date for the Tempe mother of a missing boy and the woman who wanted to adopt him.