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WEST VALLEY VIEW NEWS | AUGUST 18, 2021

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Interesting letters Editor: Well, finally, we see letters sent in that are worth reading, not the political rubbish we have seen. Thank you, Dr. Leonard Kirchner and Michael Pekar, for the very interesting and well-written letters you both submitted. Doug Goodin Goodyear

All the housing and warehouses

Editor: I finally figured out why all the hurry to build on all the agricultural land. The warehouses will be used in the future to make recycled food and all the houses will provide the food! Just look up “Soilent Green.” The movie explains it all. Lynda Fiorini Historic Avondale

The women to the rescue

Editor: When Evan Mecham was impeached as governor of Arizona, it was Rose Mofford to the rescue. When Fife Symington resigned as governor of Arizona, it was Jane Dee

Hull to the rescue. When John Kitzhaber was forced from office as governor of Oregon, it was Kate Brown to the rescue. With Andrew Cuomo resigning as governor of New York, it will be Kathy Hochul to the rescue. Perhaps it is time for a constitutional amendment that only women can be governor. It would cut down on the drama and chaos. Dr. Leonard Kirschner Col. USAF (Retired) Litchfield Park

Sinema should fight

Editor: Health care reform is always going to be a concern, so it is my sincere hope that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will bring her sensible, centrist style of policymaking to the debate over how to best ensure all Americans have access to high-quality, affordable health coverage and care. There is no question that we need to improve health care so it is more affordable and accessible, particularly for those in need most, like low-income children and families, those living with disabilities, and our nation’s veterans. However, some of the current proposals currently floating around Washington not only fall short of these goals but could actually put them even further out of reach.

Unaffordable proposals that call for starting over from square one to create a new, one-size-fits-all government health insurance system — like the public option — would add tremendous new costs that could increase taxes on working families while reducing, instead of expanding, patients’ access to care. We need a better solution; one that strengthens the aspects of our current health care system that are working well while continuing to address its problem areas. That is what Sen. Sinema should fight for in Washington. Charles Bertini Buckeye

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‘Biggy Rat’ departs the political rat race BY J.D. HAYWORTH

West Valley View Columnist

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ewton H. Minow, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) under John F. Kennedy, de-

nounced television as a “vast wasteland” in 1961. But at that same time, the nation’s children viewed the flickering images inside the electronic box as a “vast wonderland” — especially on Saturday mornings. With parents and children freed from the routines of work and school for the weekend, mom and dad would sleep

in, while the kids would pour bowls of sugar-infused breakfast cereal and plant themselves in front of the television for the morning’s animated fare. Comedy, action and even morality play came into the nation’s homes, courtesy of cartoons. It didn’t take long for the kids to distinguish the “good guys” and “bad guys,”

as the contrast was as stark as the black and white in which it was televised. One dastardly duo of that era’s animation — Biggy Rat and Itchy Brother — came roaring back into the collective consciousness of baby boomers last year

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