http://www.dcourier.com en-us Sat, 04 Feb 2012 02:17:18 GMT Daily feed of articles. No commercial use of these feed links is permitted without the written permission of the publisher. http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102806 In an age in which every cent of public money spending is itemized, scrutinized and generally disharmonized - and usually for good reason - occasionally there are the no-brainers on which we must all agree. Opinions Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:59:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102808 • GOLDWATER'S - This past week we showed you a photo of what was hidden under the remaining "ski jump" awnings downtown at Cortez and Union streets. ... Opinions Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:55:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102814 The Keystone XL pipeline rejection is bad for the economy, but it is even worse for national security. Opinions Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:52:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102813 A few comments on this past holiday's lighting of the courthouse plaza - carnival-like, psychedelic, excessive, gaudy, etc. ... Opinions Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:51:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102810 President Obama has rejected the proposed oil pipeline from Canada to the Gulf. Opinions Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:50:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102812 Bah, humbug! Computers are good for some things, but whatever happened to good old-fashioned, courteous verbal assistance, writing, books, etc.? I am always getting the response to "go online" to find it or buy it! Opinions Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:50:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102757 In a bruising presidential primary, Florida Republicans signaled they care more about winning the White House than defying the establishment. Though state GOP voters have been rebellious of late, they went with the insider candidate in Mitt Romney by a sizable margin Tuesday. Opinions Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:58:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102755 EDITOR: After reading Randall Amster's column on Jan. 16, about "we embrace each other," I have to make a comment. The column started out OK, but degenerated into a left-wing hate America comment. Opinions Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:56:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102754 EDITOR: A recent story in the Courier says the Chino Grande Ranch owners are planning a $5 million feasibility study for a "closed-loop hydroelectric power facility." Opinions Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:55:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102756 EDITOR: Some time in the late '90s, I had a Good Samaritan experience. We were waiting outside a downtown Prescott restaurant for a table, just after the courthouse lighting. I put my purse down and promptly forgot it. A kind man picked it up, came inside, and returned it. Opinions Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:55:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102750 Success begins in the planning, and the Yavapai County Board of Supervisors worked at it all day on Monday to review where they have been and what potholes exist in the roads ahead. Opinions Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:04:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102752 A little bad news, a lot of good news. First the bad news. You've probably read about Andy Tobin's wanting to try, yet again, to defeat the voter-approved independent redistricting commission. That is local state Rep. Tobin, speaker of the House. Opinions Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:03:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102746 I am both fascinated and repulsed by our national campaign and election system. It gives a significant advantage to those with the most money and doesn't always accurately reflect the will of the people. I'd like to suggest two improvements. Opinions Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:01:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102749 There is an old saying that if you repeat an untruth often enough, people will begin to believe it. Such is the case wherein people believe that Social Security is an entitlement and not an earned benefit! Opinions Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:48:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102748 I have never written to a paper about a letter, but this one got to me. Opinions Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:47:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102747 Mountain View Elementary School in Prescott Valley would like to thank local businesses and the community for helping with our Christmas Angel Tree Program. Opinions Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:46:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102679 If the candidate process for the expanding Yavapai County Board of Supervisors is any indication, the county's political potential is either optimistically ripe with public involvement or is in more need of a makeover than ever. Opinions Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:01:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102678 In 1746 Benjamin Franklin said, "When the well is dry, we know the worth of water." The Verde River Basin Partnership (Partnership) believes that statement holds as true today as it did back then. Opinions Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:57:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102676 EDITOR: Thank you to state Senators Linda Gray, Nancy Barto and Steve Pierce for sponsoring emergency legislation SB1043 that would define bath salts as a dangerous drug. Opinions Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:56:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102677 EDITOR: There have been a number of letters lately about how we must return to the days where everyone fended for themselves. It is interesting how the people who advocate this also are fighting for the "rights" of big corporations to have the freedom to pay starvation wages. Opinions Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:55:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102654 Common sense is not something lawmakers can legislate. Instead, they have to write laws that penalize people when they fail to use good judgment. The books are full of punitive consequences for people who allowed stupidity to get in their way, all too often putting others at risk. Opinions Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:59:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102652 EDITOR: What is Arizona thinking? The Daily Courier reports, "Failing Grades, Ariz. Schools near bottom in the nation." Opinions Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:58:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102653 EDITOR: My wife and I were fortunate enough to attend the Sundogs hockey game vs. the CHL All Stars at Tim's Toyota Center on Wednesday, Jan. 11. With over 120 saves made by both teams' goalies, to say the game was thrilling is an understatement! Opinions Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:57:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102635 President Barack Obama's rejection of the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas certainly won't be the last word on the project, and even Democrats are supporting the pipeline's eventual approval, according to the Associated Press. Opinions Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:04:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102634 There are few, if any, police on the roads. Opinions Sun, 29 Jan 2012 05:59:00 GMT