TOM CARPENTER Columnist
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- Sep 27, 2026
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Letter to the Editor: What exactly does infrastructure and equipment in Prop 405? (opens the original)
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Before you vote on Prop 405, ask one question: what does âinfrastructure and equipmentâ mean? The ballot text for Prop 405 authorizes a $40 million bond for âpublic safety infrastructure and equipment.â Thatâs the entire legal scope. No definition. No list. No exclusions. Keep it Clean. No obscene, vulgar, or sexually-oriented language. No Caps Lock. Don't type in all caps. Don't Threaten. Threats of harm will not be tolerated. Be Truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Letter to the Editor: If you want change, help flip the Congressional seat (opens the original)
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If you are wanting change, and wonder after reading the news what is to be done, please consider donating money -- or better yet time -- to the Jonathan Nez campaign. The only way to flip Congress is to flip our Congressional seat. There is something to be done and it is immediate and local. Replace Crane with Nez. Your time and money can help. Keep it Clean. No obscene, vulgar, or sexually-oriented language. No Caps Lock. Don't type in all caps. Don't Threaten. Threats of harm will not be toler
Flagstaff History: County jail's sweat lodge offered inmates path back to their roots (opens the original)
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1926:Â With the return of P.J. Moran, president of the Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce, and Dr. M.G. Fronske from Oklahoma City, where they attended the meeting of the board of the National Hospital for Tuberculosis Children Inc., came the news that Flagstaff and Colorado Springs were the two cities left in the ring, one of which will be selected as the site for this national institution. Inasmuch as some 14 cities were considered at the opening of this meeting, and Flagstaff is one of two to rema
Carpenter's Column: From the Fool’s Guide to Warfare Stylebook (opens the original)
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The following idiomatic expressions are interchangeable and are recommended for use by the Secretary of War and others in the Administration in response to any question asked during a press conference. For example, the idiom having a moment in current affairs, âLocked and Loaded,â long ago lost its original meaning. As early as 1745, the Royal Navy used gunlocks on cannons. Before the cannons could be fired, explicit confirmation was required that a cannon was locked (fitted with its firing
Carpenter's Column: What you see is what you get (opens the original)
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âYou keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.ââ â Inigo Montoya, in The Princess Bride Iâve grown increasingly uncomfortable with what I believe to be the deceptive use of the word âtransparent.â For most of my life Iâve understood its optical meaning as its definition. Glass is transparent. So too are certain fabrics. See: Dance of the Seven Veils. Diaphanous is a synonym. So, too, is pellucid. Pellucid. Can't wait to use that one. Keep it Clean. No
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