Tucson Daily

2008-02-12 \Tucson\News\Daily\Feb 12 2008\
Bill aims to boost emergency medical care (citizen-local) : Rural Emergency Healthcare http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/76
My daughter has been a trauma nurse for 11 years and has worked level 1 trauma centers in the inner city.  She says there is no way they can teach life-saving diagnosis and trauma care in a 6 hour class and frankly it sounds ridiculous to me.  That policeman ... read more

2008-01-09 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jan 09 2008\
RTA databases to be released (starnet-local) : Excellent! Open records, transparency, election integrity win http://pol.moveon.org/paper2008/o.pl?id=
Thanks to all who went to the meeting to defend our elections!  Lets hope that the US Congress votes to require paper ballots in 2008 (see URL)"

2007-12-17 \Tucson\News\Daily\Dec 17 2007\
Michael is being bullied (starnet-local) : Become a Big Brother or Big Sister http://www.tucsonbigs.org
I haven't done the big sister thing but before I had kids I used to volunteer in group homes, and it was a really rewarding and learning experience.  If you have time and can make the committment please give it a shot!

2007-10-26 \Tucson\News\Daily\Oct 18 2007\
Educator/felon is teaching in TUSD (starnet-local) :
It's interesting that this guy was hired by TUSD DESPITE the background checks we all have to supposedly go through before we're offered a position.  Maybe I'm just bitter because Canchola was my "Legal and ETHICAL Issues in Education" prof right before ... read more

2007-10-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Oct 25 2007\
"That's 30 days of income they don't have for their families"
When we say we are 'Proud to be Americans' , is this what we are proud of?   Imprisoning people who are willing to risk their lives to feed their family?  

Yet this is what the policy supporters are saying.   Another supporter, Neville Cramer ... read more

2007-10-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Sep 11 2007\
Department of Justice 2nd Year ADA Compliance Report (city) : test Is this why playgrounds all have wood chips?
Several years ago, I asked the Parks & Rec dept in Pasadena,CA why they were replacing sand with wood chips in all the parks.  The answer they gave was 'ADA'.  But, wood chips aren't all that accessible in reality (my husband is in a wheelchair), and ... read more

2007-10-25 \Tucson\News\Daily\Sep 11 2007\
Department of Justice 2nd Year ADA Compliance Report (city) : Is this why playgrounds all have wood chips?
Several years ago, I asked the Parks & Rec dept in Pasadena,CA why they were replacing sand with wood chips in all the parks.  The answer they gave was 'ADA'.  But, wood chips aren't all that accessible in reality (my husband is in a wheelchair), and ... read more

2007-10-21 \Tucson\News\Daily\Oct 21 2007\
1,000 new trees won't be those that 'go bad' (starnet-local) : Who is getting the trees, and how do we get one? http://actrees.org/files/Newsroom/nw_tuc
Here's the press release from Trees for Tucson

http://actrees.org/files/Newsroom/nw_tucson.pdf

and here is one contact number:
Marilyn Hanson
Trees for Tucson
520-579-6525

Probably its too late to ask for a tree on this round, but calling ... read more

2007-10-21 \Tucson\News\Daily\Oct 21 2007\
1,000 new trees won't be those that 'go bad' (starnet-local) : Who is getting the trees, and how do we get one? http://actrees.org/files/Newsroom/nw_tuc
Here's the press release from Trees for Tucson

http://actrees.org/files/Newsroom/nw_tucson.pdf

and here is one contact number:
Marilyn Hanson
Trees for Tucson
520-579-6525

Probably its too late to ask for a tree on this round, but calling ... read more

2007-10-14 \Tucson\News\Daily\Oct 13 2007\
Desert Museum to fly both flags again (starnet-local) : Thanks to Desert Museum for standing up to terrorists!
That's what people who make death threats are: terrorists.  We should never bow to their demands.

2007-09-21 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 09 2007\
Photo radar cameras coming soon (kvoa) : Ephing extortion
Photo radar, on tucson's streets with their absurdly low speed limits, is extortion.  "

2007-09-15 \Tucson\News\Daily\Jul 18 2007\
Mentoring of troubled girls leads to some jobs success (citizen-local) : Helping Troubled Teens - Important for parents and families http://www.troubledteensguide.com/Teenag
It is always important to help girls. Your daughter should also be like your friend. Give them space to live and grow. If there is any troubled girls in your familiy the find best place for her. Some options are schools, camps, homes and summer  programs ... read more

2007-09-05 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 22 2007\
DPS K-9 "Rico" killed in line of duty (kvoa) : loss of rico
This is the 3rd k9 to died by a vehicle this year. this should not have happen, when a k9 is after suspect [he the dog ]doesnt know he is crossing a freeway,his drenalin is very high. Him partner should have put [his dog]on a long line to control his ... read more

2007-08-22 \Tucson\News\Daily\Aug 22 2007\
Lenders hard to check out (citizen-local) : Someone knew...
I am sure many people did see what was coming, but perhaps for fear of losing their jobs did not speak out.

This points to the need in some industries for anonymous whistleblowing.  It can also be abused, obviously, by individuals wanting to smear ... read more