Mayor Wong Seeks Re election After Stroke Comeback
Editorial notes Mayor Wong filed his re election petitions in person as he begins campaigning after a stroke on Oct 26. He aims to resume council meetings and address concerns about his fitness while aides report memory and issue study improvements. The piece backs his courage and urges support for a speedy recovery.
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Mesa
Kirby Allan
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Inger Sandal
Jerry Boyd
Ellen Pence
Symington budget targets crime, schools, and health care
Governor Symington’s budget expands public schools with an inflation factor, halves a local district debt, funds university expansion and ASU East at Williams Gateway, and returns some windfall to taxpayers. It includes a $31 million anti crime package, a $24 million DES boost, a $54 million raise for state employees, and aims to cover 183,000 working poor via AHCCCS while reducing state AHCCCS funding using unspent federal Medicaid money. critics urge prison reforms and smarter crime policy alongside budget growth.
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Symington
Arizona State University
Williams Gateway
Arizona
Corrections Department
Jackson shifts civil rights stance on black violence reform
Joseph Perkins argues that Jesse Jackson endorses a shift to address youth violence in the black community. He cites Moynihan’s theory, critiques welfare dependence, and calls for rebuilding two parent families to curb crime and marginalization of young black men. Perkins urges focusing on men’s inclusion in mainstream society.
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Jesse Jackson
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America
Sam
No Playoff, No Breath, A Riffs on Football Championship
The piece argues against a college football playoff, noting flaws of polls and the complexity of selecting eight or more teams. It claims a playoff would extend the season, cut into academics, and face money-driven resistance from universities. It questions whether smaller schools would gain and warns against losing bowl revenue.
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