http://www.dcourier.com en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:16:52 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=102895 There's nothing like a 56-degree February day to help steer thoughts toward springtime and all that comes with it. Opinions Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:01:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102893 Lordy! Where to begin? On Jan. 22, the Courier ran not one but two letters to the editor that were beyond belief. Opinions Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:59:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102892 I don't want to appear overly critical of The Daily Courier editorial staff, but occasionally your editorials lack basic logic. Opinions Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:55:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102894 On two consecutive Sundays this past December, Yavapai County Shrine Club treated a total of 193 children from Mayer to Prescott to a shopping spree at the Highway 69 Walmart store to buy clothing for Christmas. Opinions Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:54:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102856 When the average Joe walks into the boss' office for his annual performance review and gets an F, so to speak, for his accomplishments, he's not likely to walk out with a pay raise. Opinions Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:02:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102854 Len Hines, in his Jan. 22 letter, claims that the Occupiers are un-American. He likens them to the anti-war activists of the 1960s who he says were communists trying to bring down America. Opinions Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:55:00 GMT http://www.dcourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=73&ArticleID=102855 We have been season-ticket holders since day one for the Sundogs. We feel it is disrespectful to hear the National Anthem embellished by so many of the singers at Tim's Toyota Center. Opinions Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:55:00 GMT 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