Copper Valley Carnival successful thanks to sponsors’ support
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
Dear Editor,
The Copper Valley Carnival and Car Show was held on Aug. 14, 2010 and was a huge success due to the generosity of our sponsors, the talented entertainers, the informative information booths, the thrill makers, the car show participants, our dedicated law enforcement officers and firefighters, and our wonderful volunteers.
I want to personally thank each of the ...more
POINT AND COUNTER-POINT: A Private Prison for Globe
What impact and collateral effects would a 1,000-bed private prison have on the local community?
Posted: Wednesday, Sep 1st, 2010
For-profit-run Prison a Philosophical Issue
By Bob Zache
Aside from the economic impact we talked about last week, the biggest impact a 1,000-bed prison will have on our community probably will be after the next U.S. census ten years from now -- they count inmates. Some of the projected 350 employees and their families already live ...more
Response to proposed tax increase
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 25th, 2010
Dear Editor:
I see the City of Globe is considering raising the sales tax due to a financial shortfall every month. There doesn't seem to be many ideas how to cut spending.
One point I'd like to have explained to me is how the Globe Police Department can utilize it's vehicles and personnel to serve as traffic control outside ...more
Reader addresses Apache Leap story
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 25th, 2010
Dear Editor:
Apache Leap has been brought to our attention again. Another book now gives us a variety of accounts from numerous sources. In the latest article the works of two previously mentioned historians are brought up again, but are treated unequally. With the patient indulgence of Silver Belt readers, who are quite likely wearying of all this, I'll explain.
...more
First hand from Hardin prison fiasco
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 25th, 2010
Dear Editor:
I was in Hardin, Montana in 2005 and 2006 during the proposal and development of the private prison, which was subsequently approved and built and has been such a monumental disaster for that town. The developers, who realized their profit and then left Hardin to unravel the financial debacle in which they are now ensnared, are now pressing for a ...more
POINT AND COUNTER-POINT A Private Prison for Globe: What economic turnover effect would the prison have on the local economy?
Posted: Wednesday, Aug 25th, 2010
Turning a dollar over and over and over…helps
everybody
By Bob Zache
We pay our state taxes and that money goes to Phoenix where it's redistributed among the many state services; some of it comes back to Globe-Miami to run the prison out by the fairgrounds. On payday, Bobby, one of the guards there -- or maybe in the ...more
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