Married Men Who Mess With Other Women Should Get
Ass-Kickings
I’m writing in response to Anna C. Christensen’s Guest Commentary in
the Sept. 17 issue.
What happened to the married man who knocked up women left and
right? Did he get the ass-kicking he so deserved? How about the
hypothetical modern-day successor who keeps screwing women around?
Kit L. Lo
Yet More Evidence of the Obnoxiousness of the French
With the French language at the steps of la guillotine in many local
schools, it was refreshing to see at least the French culture get a
boost with the addition of a Best French Restaurant category in Best of
Tucson® (Sept. 24). But if you’re going to tempt our taste buds
with mention of such culinary delights as mignon de veau au Calvados
(served at Le Rendez-vous, winner of the title,) please keep the French
language as exquisite as the cuisine!
To your credit, several French expressions were spelled correctly.
However, “hors d’oeuvres” should be spelled without the “s” at the end;
the question in parenthesis should read “Comment dit-on ‘well duh!’ en français?”; the correct name of the restaurant, as
stated in the last line, should read “Le Rendez-vous;” finally, “nombre
un” should be corrected to “numéro un.”
You don’t have to be a member of l’Académie Française
to get it right. Any French teacher, including moi, will be happy to
help.
Merci beaucoup.
Barbara Russek
Yet More Evidence of the Obnoxiousness of People in
General
Hey, Weekly: Great job as usual with the Best of Tucson®
issue.
A couple of things:
Best Commercial Jewelry? Car Wash? Gym? Who gives a crap? If you’re
going to include Pet Supplies and Clothing Store in your Best of
Tucson®, why stop there? Why not Best Vacuum Cleaner Store? Best
Medical Supplies and Prosthetics? Best Stationery Store? Best Cooler
Pads? Oh, wait. You did include Best Cooler Pads.
What’s up with Charles Bowden? I’ll tell you the reason he can’t
answer Best Place to Take Someone Out for a Date: Who would want to go
on a date with a guy like that? If next year’s issue has a category for
Best Pessimistic Curmudgeonly Enviro-Grouch, I vote for Charles
Bowden.
Sam Partain
Perhaps If You Didn’t Call Him ‘Fatso,’ You’d Get a
Response
I lament Brian McCarthy’s attempts to get a response from fatso
Congressman Raúl Grijalva, but more taxpayer-funded aides isn’t
the answer (“Response Requested,” Sept. 17). These incompetent aides
are not responsible to the taxpayer in any sense.
I addressed a concern to Grijalva two years ago about Sandra Flint,
the Veterans Administration regional director for Southern Arizona. She
doesn’t answer her correspondence—at least I never got an answer
from her regarding rude employees who answer the Veterans Affairs’
1-800 line. One of Raul’s umpteen aides was supposed to help me. I’ve
explained the predicament more than a dozen different times to him.
Each time, he says he will find out how to contact Ms. Flint and get an
answer for me.
Each time, he never calls back, and I call him and ask, “Why no call
back?” Each time, he says he doesn’t remember what was discussed, so I
explain again.
Finally, I wrote Raul about this incompetent. I wrote several times.
I never got an answer.
More aides aren’t the answer. New politicians who hold their
hardworking and competent aides accountable—that is the
answer.
How do we get rid of arrogant dinosaurs like Raul, and Sens. John
McCain and Jon Kyl? Why don’t they get real jobs like normal
people?
Alan Neff
Why All the References to the ‘Success’ of Struggling
Ireland?
That was an excellent letter from state Rep. Frank Antenori
explaining his efforts on behalf of the citizens of our state
(“Antenori: We Cut Gift to Science Foundation Arizona to Help Fund
Education,” Mailbag, Sept. 24). I agree that cuts need to be made, but
not always in the areas the Legislature has pursued.
I recently finished a book, The Return of Depression Economics
and the Crisis of 2008, by Paul Krugman, recipient of the 2008
Noble Prize in Economics. I found the book to be very informative, and
I highly recommend it.
I am confused by continued references to the success of Ireland’s
economic mode (“Investment Issues,” Sept. 10). Currently, Ireland’s
unemployment rate exceeds our own (at 10.4 percent) and is faced with
crushing deficits; its home-building industry has collapsed. Ireland is
arguably in worse economic shape than the United States. This
information is widely available through news articles posted on the
Internet.
Greye Passarelli
Correction
In the Best Auto Repair category in the Best of Tucson® (Sept.
24), we reported that “Jimmy’s Broadway Automotive Service has been
fixing cars in Tucson since 1965.” Actually, Jimmy’s Broadway
Automotive has been open since 1956. We apologize for the mistake.
This article appears in Oct 8-14, 2009.
Props 401 and 402 are to increase our property taxes and give that money to TUSD for a huge new computer software program and new computer hardware plus a high speed connection throughout all schools and TUSD offices in the district. A terrible waste of taxpayer dollars. The people going over the software have not demonstrated a thorough understanding of precisely what each software vendor is offering. That system will cost millions of dollars — just for the hardware and software upgrades. And 401 and 402 will run for years — not just for one year. That’s right. Not just one small, temporary tax hike to pay for new computers. Each year that tax will go to TUSD even AFTER the computers and software have been bought. And where will it go then? To provide the money to bring back many of the people the parents are running to Charter schools to get away from. Additionally, the judge in the 30-year old discrimination law suit commented recently that he couldn’t understand why the attorneys for both sides didn’t request an end to the suit years and years ago. In other words, TUSD could have ended the suit long ago and saved countless dollars that could have been used for the resources they want now to offer more “exceptional teaching” programs like their excursion into Hispanic History. Courses in Hispanic History actually qualify in TUSD for student credits as though they had taken American History. That’s how they qualify for college if American History credits are necessary for college entrance. What’s wrong with funding this picture? Charter Schools are taking children from TUSD by the truck load because the parents find the Charter system to be better. Additionally, the legislature is contemplating an investment in charter schools of $15 million dollars which will save the state tens of millions of dollars that they won’t have to put into antiquated schools (and teachers?) in TUSD and other locales. Why do we need an override? To protect jobs that would seem to be better placed if they transition into Charter Schools and forget about raising our taxes to perpetuate TUSD.