My Recent Comments

• I guess the theater where I worked in the '60s was way ahead of its time. We had a "Cry" room in the back of the theater. It was sound-proofed, had a huge viewing window so you could see the screen clearly and had its own speaker system that was turned down. It was also equipped with red low-level lighting and 2 changing tables. Standard theater seats were installed in 2 wide rows for easy access. The whole family could go to the movies, but the baby and mom or dad could go to the "Cry" room if the baby got fussy.
  Aug 22, 2011
• What amazes me about this story is that now that Alpine would have to hire LEGAL workers, they don't need them. There was nothing that said he was planning a workforce reduction due to the new automated machines. According to the article, many of these people had been working there since before 2008. Something just doesn't sound right about that.
  Jul 30, 2011
• Call me cynical but, it seems to me that they were just trying for a free vacation. The article states that they burned through about $30,000 and had just $12,000 to give to the memorial. That's a pretty low percentage. If this were a non-profit organization, they would be under investigation. That's probably why they lost their sponsors.
  Jul 20, 2011
• The best thing we could do is put these politicians on unemployment. No cost to the state and $3.5million a week into the state's economy, where's the problem? Other states are taking the money. Our state has one of the highest employment rates. Give these poor people the money and THEN create jobs for them. Of course, there won't be ANY jobs anytime soon. So, let's look like we're being fiscally conservative and cut off funds for the needy. I'm surprised that they didn't take this opportunity to give more tax breaks to big business and the rich.
  Jun 14, 2011
• Now, if they would just raise the limit on Gilbert Road through the old downtown section. After all, it IS 4 lanes with turn lanes and no on-street parking. When we first got here and Gilbert Road was just 2 lanes WITH on-street parking in the downtown area, the limit was higher. That small stretch of road is the BIGGEST bottleneck in town. Since the state planners elected not to put an interchange for the U.S. 60 on Lindsay (even though the land was purchased and is still there), you either have to use Gilbert Road or Val Vista. Speeding up traffic even to just 35MPH through the old downtown would greatly help North-South traffic patterns.
  Jun 12, 2011
• In principle, I agree with the appeals process in SOME cases. However, as in the case of Gabrielle Giffords and the others who were killed in Tucson, appeals should be limited. There are numerous witnesses who saw this man kill these people. There is NO doubt who did the killing. Mental illness should not even be considered in a case such as this. If a dog kills someone, it is put down out of fear that it might kill someone else in the future. Humans are no different. In this Bible-thumping age we live in, "an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth" should be relevant. If someone, anyone, kills another human being, they should be put to death. If there are eyewitnesses to the crime, there should be NO appeals. Once it is determined that no DNA or other forensic evidence could incriminate anyone else, the date should be set for the execution. NO MORE APPEALS at that point. It has been proven, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the person on trial WAS the one that committed the offense. End of story. End of their life.
  Jun 12, 2011
• They are saying what I have always believed. They should be left alone. We should stop supporting them. We gave them the right to have what would otherwise be illegal casinos in our state. We let them have their own courts that provide almost NO punishment when they commit crimes off the reservation. They charge us exorbitant amounts to put roads, which they then use, across their land. Now, they want more autonomy? Throughout history, when indigenous peoples are defeated by invading forces, they are absorbed into the new civilization. They need to choose which way they want it. Autonomy or cooperation. If they choose autonomy, then all aid to them should be cut off and they should have to use some type of passport when they leave their reservations and come into OUR country. They should also be bound by our laws when they are off the reservation with extradition treaties in place. Right now, there is a Native American man who killed a little girl living quite peacefully in plain site of the accident scene on the reservation. As long as he stays there he will never be prosecuted for running her over while he was drunk. It seems to me that they only want the best of both worlds. Autonomy when they want to be left alone and U.S. government support when they don't want to work.
  Jun 12, 2011
• Another shot by big business to open the border to illegals. This is just another way of creating an open border so that businesses have legal access to illegal cheap labor.
  Jun 10, 2011
• Putting his union affiliation aside, this guy should have been terminated long ago. He is a prime example why so many people in this valley and the nation in general have such a low opinion of our police officers. Police officers should be held to a MUCH higher standard of conduct if they want to keep being considered "our heroes". If they are content with being treated like everyone else in the public sector, then fine. The City of Mesa fired a long-time electrician because he got a DUI. They said that his conduct (a FIRST offense) could not be tolerated because he sometimes was required to drive a boom truck. We all got a memo stating that a FIRST DUI offense on our record would result in immediate termination. Why won't they do that for the police? What makes them better than the rest?
  Jun 10, 2011
• That is the WORST PhotoShop picture that I have EVER seen!!
  Jun 7, 2011