Comment Archives: Last 30 Days
Re: “Farley on State Budget: "This Is the Type of Budget That the People of Arizona Have Been Waiting For"”
If this indeed happens it will be a long-awaited miracle.
Re: “The National Gun Death Rate is Two-Thirds That of Arizona's”
Even though Tucson is kind of the "liberal "bastion for the state of Arizona, it is getting harder and harder to live here. For years, much of the retirement and resort business came from North-easterners that regarded Arizona a "hip" place. That is rapidly changing, the people in that corridor are more and more starting to regards Arizona as kind of a "Alabama with Cactus" kind of place where "Yahoo's Rule" . Our lawmakers and the "pro-gun", anti-abortion" and "anit-imigration" forces in Maricopa County that dominate our state government, along with our "national embarrassment" governor, are scaring away the businesses and talent that could help Arizona grow in a positive way.
Re: “Community Conundrum”
I'm very sorry to see this kind of conflict at Wingspan. Zami and Casey have been instrumental to keeping Wingspan afloat. Carol is excited about leading Wingspan and making it stronger. She brings leadership that Wingspan hasn't had for awhile. We must hope that fences can be mended and that Wingspan will go on to be stronger.
To jbuchman - you should have lived in Phoenix. Tucson is an oasis compared to that place. Tucson has been a wonderful community for LGBT people compared to the rest of the Southwest. You can't beat the West Coast, but you landed in a good place if you came this far away from the coast. Count your blessings. You had some here.
Re: “Flake's Background-Check Problem”
How about Flip Flop Flake? There is a nice alliteration. And it might be constructive if it helps to get him out of the office he barely won in the last election. More guns for everyone and more money wasted for useless border security are the politics of fear. And you know how Mexicans are laughing at our fear of them.
Re: “The UA Commencement Ceremony Was Bananas”
I disagree that they have reached the end of the road. They are just beginning their journey and while it is not without possible pitfalls and problems, having a college education is a definite plus with regard to jobs and life in general.
Congratulations to all. May your life be filled with wonder and joy.
Re: “The Amy's Baking Company Saga Is Only Going to Get Weirder”
from the episode of kitchen nightmares and watching the way they treated their customers I'm surprised there hasn't been any law suits yet, if I was the guy on the show who ordered a pizza waited over a hr and then was told to pay and leave without never getting any food, when he argued his point sammy pushed him, no owner of a resturant should ever put their hands on a customer unless they are protecting themself or another employee, if he put his hands on me like that the police would've been called sammy would've stayed the night in jail and we would be going through the court system right now.
Re: “The Amy's Baking Company Saga Is Only Going to Get Weirder”
"When re-opened, a portion of proceeds will benefit a charity organized to bring awareness to cyber bullying. " - Yes, it is called Amy's Pockets.
Re: “The Amy's Baking Company Saga Is Only Going to Get Weirder”
I would bet all the money in the world that every last person attending this "sold-out" event are friends, family and supporter's of this restaurant. No self-respecting PR firm would allow them to let even one single person they don't know and trust into this event that is supposed to shine a redeeming light on this train wreck!
Re: “Say It Ain't So: Kai, the Hitchhiking Hatchet-Man, Wanted for Murder [Update: He's Been Arrested]”
I hope "Sammy" picks this guy up. They deserve each other.
Re: “Gargulinski”
Anyone who can throw a human arm in a dumpster is scum, period, point blank, jdsmith. He isnt the only one who has committed a crime and had to endure the consequences (myself included). Thats life. The disheartening part of it all is that he STILL doesn't take any responsibility for his own actions, showing he still hasnt learned his lesson. Probably because of the teeny slap on the wrist he received.
Re: “Popcorn Paradise”
Casa Video has great customer service. I was looking for the Japanese film Survive Style 5+ on DVD. Apparently the previous copy had been damaged, so the staff on duty made a note of it and one week later it was replaced with a new copy.
Re: “The Amy's Baking Company Saga Is Only Going to Get Weirder”
I would love to see the "Chef Amy" demonstrate for the press at to how "she" makes all her great desserts -- made fresh daily according to their website. THEN have her multi-talented hubby -- internet security expert AND world class photgrapher -- set up the food photography. After all, and as he said, Amy made that beautiful food, and he shot the "pictures." THEN, people like Martha Stewart "stole them."
And to all those who have made reservations for the "Re-Grand Opening" -- HERE'S AN IDEA: When your bill arrives, pay with a credit card, and Note the Tip line as "Cash Tip" -- and hand your server their tip directly. Then sit back and watch Sammy melt down.
Re: “The Amy's Baking Company Saga Is Only Going to Get Weirder”
This is the link to the petition that is spreading like wildfire to get the Dept of Labor to investigate and hold ABC accountable for theft. Please sign, every single signature means getting closer to some kind of justice for the current and ex workers of this business.
https://www.change.org/petitions/the-us-department-of-labor-and-the-wage-and-hour-division-whd-investigate-amy-s-baking-company-bakery-boutique-bistro-in-scottsdale-az
Re: “The Amy's Baking Company Saga Is Only Going to Get Weirder”
That Samy guy is so creepy and ingratiating. His wife has the "crazy eyes" like Jodi Arias.
Re: “The Skinny”
Hey at this point the ONLY person we have any hope with on the BOS is Ms.Miller! The rest of them are on the "county payroll" for the long haul and follow blindly what the county administrator wants.
Re: “The Amy's Baking Company Saga Is Only Going to Get Weirder”
so why hasn't the labor department looked into this??
Re: “Seriously, People, Tell Domestic Harmony to Go F—k Itself”
David, thank you for presenting, what is to you, a rational argument. I will "lay off it" when these words cease to be presented on the Yahoo news website, without me doing a search. I live in Tucson, and this nonsense adversely affects outsiders' perception of my current home town. If you believe that presenting yourself as a culturally deficient person is acceptable, then do not call it discrimination when I, too, believe that fact.
Enough said on the subject.
Re: “The Amy's Baking Company Saga Is Only Going to Get Weirder”
Samy was shown on TV admitting to taking the tips. So any BS they say is a bunch of lies.
And yes, lets decide; a chef, who has worked in the business for 20+ years, has restaurants all over the world, and is known for his cuisine, or these two trolls who are doing nothing but damage control.
Re: “The Amy's Baking Company Saga Is Only Going to Get Weirder”
Ellen Miller, the minimum wage for servers is lower BUT that is because legally their tips must make up for the rest and put them at least at minimum wage. If a server's tips do not total up to miniumum wage, then the restaurant legally must compensate for that.
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Re: “'SF Chronicle' Calls Tucson Cool, So It's Time to Abandon the City”
As an escapee from Portland, I would Tucson is not "Portland without the rain".
Tucson is Portland without the rain and without the self righteous know-it-alls.