So how does Jim Nintzel know Ducey is acting out of political spite? Must be wonderful to know the motives of people you don't even really know. Maybe Ducey feels the city, county and local non-profits could do a little more to get people from "distressed neighborhoods" to the UA for those unfilled slots. It's not as if the UA is located at La Encantada. That's just a thought since I don't have the stealth cam into Ducey's reasoning that Nintzel purports to have.
Peabo's Ghost, your inability to analyze and discuss is showing. Dismissing ideas that challenge your world view simply by alleging racism is pleading guilty to inability to support your beliefs.
Captain Arizona, if you've been hearing this for 50 years, what's your reply? What do Justice Department statistics tell us about African-Americans and violent crimes? Did Roger Stone and Lori Loughlin recklessly lead the police on a chase through the city endangering innocent citizens? For the record, I do believe police tend to be more defensive and reactive when suspects are black, but there are a number of causal factors that are being ignored. Many bad incidents could be avoided if the video below became mandatory in all high schools. Meant to be a comedy, but it works as a training video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_HUNQIAAR…
We're constantly being told that African-Americans are arrested or subject to use of force by police at much higher rates than whites. But that means nothing unless we have data showing how often members of each race put themselves in situations to be arrested or subjected to force. For example, does anyone have a study of police stops and arrests showing frequency of fleeing from or resisting officers by race? If not, we can only speculate that African-Americans MIGHT be subject to harsher treatment than others. We really can't know until the victim group's behavior has been analyzed.
The "two camps" dichotomy promotes conflict and creates opportunity for political activism, fundraising and crusading journalism. The writer obviously did some research and touched on many of the major issues underlying conflicts between consumptive and non-consumptive wildlife advocates, but each issue needs a more thorough examination to be meaningfully understood. For example, taxing non-consumptive wildlife enthusiasts has been proposed for decades but has failed to get traction for many good reasons. (Missouri is a spectacular but not necessarily desirable exception.) Tax revenue potential is finite and needs to fund all of our public services. How well would - and should - wildlife services compete with law enforcement, education, transportation, health and social welfare and other chronically underfunded services in the budget process? If there's additional revenue capacity, why a special tax for wildlife management instead of these other areas? If the writer wants to insist on scientific proof to justify any government action, where's the scientific proof that the health of wildlife populations - either huntable or non-huntable - are being harmed specifically because of how wildlife is currently managed?
Leila, I'm sorry to hear you share an echo chamber with David Safier. I wish we could replace you with the person who wrote the comment immediately above.
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