Tim Wiederaenders - Editor

Oh, what a difference 10 years makes! In this space in 2012, we published this:

As the prices at the pump continue to fluctuate (higher?), and the suggestion has surfaced to suspend at least temporarily the federal gas tax (more than 18 cents per gallon)...

We have all heard about increases in the minimum wage. In Arizona, it has been ratcheting up over the years and now stands at $12.80 per hour. Across the country have come calls for $15 per hour or more.

Lately law enforcement agencies have been conducting “enforcement details” to make sure the motoring public is following the laws they’re supposed to.

The threat of death changes a man, or at least the way he lives his life.

School districts here in Arizona are facing a quandary. This spring, unless the legislature enacts a spending-limit exemption by March 1, they will have to cut about 17% from their budgets.

“Too often in the name of ‘progress,’ which in my opinion is merely a synonym for ‘profit,’ we forfeit not only our liberties and personal rights, but we also sacrifice the reasons we live where we live.”

David Stringer, who sought to defeat Sheila Polk in 2020 in the race for Yavapai County attorney, has been reprimanded by an Arizona Supreme Court Presiding Disciplinary Judge for using mailers unethically in his campaign.

This year, 2,236 liens are listed for a Feb. 8 Yavapai County online auction.

Like Leroy Jethro Gibbs (NCIS), I do not believe in coincidences.