- Not an act of God, just official stupidity
- February 5, 2010
- Back in 1993, a brush fire rushed out of the California chaparral and consumed 400 homes in posh Laguna Beach. The flames tore through thick brush, leaping 50 feet in the air and generating temperatures of 2,000 degrees.
- Time to end forest wars
- February 2, 2010
- Seasons change. So do people. Sometimes even bureaucracies.
- GCC board’s bizarro world
- January 29, 2010
- Did you hear the one about the guy who killed his parents — then threw himself on the mercy of the court on the grounds that he was an orphan?
- School advocates must make their case for override
- January 26, 2010
- Fool me once – shame on you. Fool me twice – shame on me.
- Arrogance by GCC board chairman
- January 22, 2010
- The Gila Community College Board has officially run amok — or at least Chairman Bob Ashford doesn’t seem to believe he’s running a public institution.
- Attendance can promote good local government
- January 19, 2010
- It is a small story that probably won’t catch too many people’s attention, but in its own way it tells a tale that has taken us down a rocky path. The story reports that the Payson school board cannot afford to broadcast its meetings on the town’s public access cable channel. We have no problem with that decision.
- Closing Tonto Natural Bridge a blow to Rim
- January 12, 2010
- The state budget is shaping up like one of those monster movies — as our heroes vanish into the darkness one by one.
- Idiots spoil it for everyone
- January 8, 2010
- How frustrating. How strange. How typical. We’re referring to the dispiriting saga of the Cinch Hook snowplay area and what it reveals about both the average yahoo and the average bureaucrat.
- Forest Service waits as tragedy beckons
- January 5, 2010
- Ah, hindsight. So much easier than foresight. And so much less useful.
- Best of times Worst of times
- December 31, 2009
- Whew. What a year. Droughts, flames, hungry children, foreclosed homes, shriveling economies, lingering wars, mounting unemployment, an imploding state budget. Terrible times — especially for those who have lost their jobs, their homes, their hope.
- County must not abandon its residents
- December 29, 2009
- Seems like the politics of water are always muddy.
- Catching the Christmas spirit
- December 24, 2009
- I have this problem, maybe you can help me with it. Maybe, I can help myself with it.
- Giving a gift that keeps on giving
- December 22, 2009
- Is the last-minute shopping Christmas meltdown moving in — like the first storm of winter?
- Gammage issues challenge of funk
- December 18, 2009
- This hurts. Really hurts. But we gotta say it. Grady’s right. Rats.
- Each councilor should appoint
- December 15, 2009
- The committee appointment process for the Payson Town Council is still broken and needs fixing.
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