I am sure you’ve seen the Courier stories about scams and fraud warnings. A look at Courier archives shows an average of two stories per month over the past two years.

Let me paint a picture for you. This past week, Yavapai County Sheriff David Rhodes, as president of the Arizona Sheriff’s Association, called on the Arizona Legislature to give law enforcement twice as much in funding moving forward (fiscal year 2024-25) – to help manage crimes related to illegal border crossers.

This weekend, I finally went to see the Healing Field in Prescott Valley.

Each one of us faces challenges every day. How I respond — to some of the phone calls I get at the office or people I encounter in my travels — is all a dance of life.

The little blonde-haired girl went missing, I learned. To my knowledge, about 50 years later, authorities never found her.

All I wanted was to play with the big kids.

This Memorial Day, May 29, which is at the tail end of a three-day weekend, is not about what you may think.

We live (rather, surf the internet) in a global world. No surprise there. And, nefarious requests for help from all points and beyond are business as usual. Again, no surprise.

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Editor’s Note – Tim is out of the office this week and he left this column for you to enjoy.

This just in: one in three Americans flunk citizenship test.

We live in an incomparable town.

Yes, in our past/present we’ve seen people who have wonderful ideas and opinions but do not always understand that some government entities are separate...

This is somewhat of a departure from the regular Friday Catchall:

We have at least two segments of our population that are vulnerable: children and seniors. Let’s look at the latter, again.

The Federal Reserve (Fed) is shrinking its balance sheet under duress, which makes a soft landing nearly impossible. (Market Watch)

Note – Tim is out of the office this week; he left us with this column from May 2017.

Philanthropy. It is a word that means a desire to improve the material, social and spiritual welfare of humanity, especially through charitable activities.

Why did the chicken cross the road … at the crosswalk? Consider that crossing a road is a risky proposition nowadays, especially when children are out of school (spring break and summer, the latter of which is approaching) and about town — darting from behind parked cars or chasing a wayward ball.

As I read this weekend about support and opposition to the Biden Administration’s planned (May 2022) sunset of Title 42, I was reminded of the following column from 2013: The hot topic for decades — illegal immigration and what to do about it — is evolving into a push for driver’s licenses.

It never fails — no matter where you go, that’s the place with the “worst drivers.”