November 12, 2014
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Most people watch their expenses to ensure that they “do not live above their means.” In 2008, there were many people who took mortgages that they could not afford and also spent over their discretionary budget for consumer items. Businesses also overspent. The result was the Great Recession, which President Obama and the Federal Reserve prevented from turning into a depression.
For the last many months, there has been a daily “Save the Dells” rant printed in this paper, and I am thinking just about every citizen in the county is aware that there is a large number of folks that think development of this area of the Dells will destroy its beauty and attractiveness as a Prescott landmark.
At this time in human history, of unrestrained expansion and development without much consideration to its impact on the natural environment and whether it is even realistically sustainable, the thought of a development that will devastate the Granite Dells area is deeply disturbing and heartbreaking, yet not really surprising.
What illegal immigrant story is Trump not telling us? Columnist John Micek, here’s what you ignore: the USA spends $110 billion to $150 billion annually on illegals: capturing, housing, feeding, clothing, medical care, educating, representing, adjudicating and deporting; that is not spent on America’s children, America’s veterans, America’s homeless, America’s poor, America’s infrastructure ... every year.
In regard to the proposed increased property tax issue in Chino Valley, the article states that some of the areas to be amended would be Appaloosa, Brightstar, Mesa View, Highland Ranch, Parkside Village, and Vista Grande Estates. Where in the equation does Meadows 1 and 2, etc. and other lower income areas fall into this measure?