Editorial: State Collects Sales Taxes With Safeguards
The Arizona editorial backs House Bill 2326 allowing optional state collection of city sales taxes and permitting counties to levy in unincorporated areas. The package also dedicates 15 percent of state income tax to municipalities and preempts certain taxes to the state to ease property tax pressure. Endorsed by the League of Arizona Cities and Towns as a major tax reform step.
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Burton Barr
League of Arizona
AAA challenged as representing the public
A letter criticizes the Arizona Automobile Association for claiming to speak for the motoring public. It argues the group promotes car travel abroad and more roads while ignoring auto pollution safety and alternate transit to ease traffic and parking, suggesting limited public representation.
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Arizona Automobile Association
AAA
Mexico
Europe
United States
Budget ax scuttles Great Lakes cleanup plan
The White House veto blocks EPA's $141 million first-year Great Lakes cleanup program aimed at cutting pollution from industry and runoff. Critics praise the budget decision citing wasteful costs of advanced waste treatment and favor land treatment using spray irrigation and soil filters as a cheaper, more effective alternative.
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Stewart Udall
Jeff Stansbury
Cleveland
Pheets
Great Lakes
Environmental Protection Agency
Bill Ruckelshaus
U.S
EPA
Gale
White House
Ruckelshaus
Abner’“Mikva
Illinois
Muskegon County
Mich
Muskegon
Muskegon Plant
Budget Office
Mikva
Adlai Stevenson III
Gaylord Nelson
Gress
House Public Works Committee
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Lake Erie
Corps
Detroit
Chicago
Corps of Engineers
Progress invites letters to editor with 350 word limit
The Progress outlines that letters to the editor should be limited to 350 words due to space constraints. Writers must include name and home address for verification, and typewritten submissions are preferred.
Mailbag Letter Defends Hink Case Breath Test Issue
Scottsdale reader argues editorial about Dr. Hink misleads readers by implying special treatment. He notes Arizona law allows only breath tests for BAC and cites Scottsdale PD lacking breath test equipment, asking why other drivers aren’t treated the same.
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Hink
State of
Arizona
A.R.S
Scottsdale
Dr. Hink
AMS Mitchell Scottsdale
Scottsdale School District factions clash over leadership and education
A letter criticizes the bargaining union and school board in the Scottsdale district for focusing on strikes and salaries instead of educating students. It endorses Dr. Reuben as highly qualified and urges administration, board, and teachers to unite and prioritize teaching.
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SEA
She -Scottsdate
Reuben
Gratitude Expressed For Flower Show Publicity
Mrs John Marley president of Village Tillers Garden Club thanks the press and Scottsdale Parks and Recreation for facilities and publicity. She praises merchants and invites others to join in efforts to showcase what grows in the Valley of the Sun at Eldorado Park Flower Show.
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Eldorado Park
Scottsdale
Parks and Recreation - ‘Department i
Priscilla Allen
Merchants of
John Marley
Village Tillers Garden Club
Our Man Hoppe Anger at Realignments Over China Engagement
A reflective piece laments how leaders manipulated public opinion to switch from anti China to friendship. It notes Nixon Mao and Chou En-lai’s diplomacy, the geopolitics of containment and blocs, and the speaker’s resolve to resist future emotional games while seeking genuine goodwill.
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China
Nixon
Mao Tse-ting
Chou En-lai
Mao
Chou
Taiwan
Japan
Peking
Moscow
States abolish death penalty sparking nationwide debate
California becomes the 15th state to end capital punishment by court ruling while New Jersey previously declared it unconstitutional. The piece notes nationwide trends toward reexamining death as a permanent form of justice, with the U S Supreme Court yet to rule on cruel and unusual punishment.
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California
Supreme Court
New Jerse Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
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Nitor
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Rarshall
W. B
Doc” Wright
Scottsdale Daily Progress
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Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ariz
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