Gallery: Photos from the election
By Troy Hutchison
4Nov 
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2Nov No Comments
No Comments The race for Pima County Assessor: Droubie vs Sabbagh
Photo: Suzanne Droubie (left), Jo Ann Sabbagh (right)
By Lanissa Patterson
With the election right around the corner, there is a lot of focus on federal candidates, but local candidates are feeling the pressure as well.
In the race for Pima County Assessor, Suzanne Droubie (Democrat) is running against Jo Ann Sabbagh (Republican).
The responsibility of the county Assessor is to identify and list properties, as well as determine tax eligibility for exemption, according to Droubie.
Assessors evaluate individuals’ real estate, as well as follow up with building permits that pass through the assessor’s office, says Sabbagh. The assessor’s office handles all business property tax and the county assessor should monitor or “touch” a property every 5 years.
Droubie was born and raised in Minn...
2Nov No Comments
No Comments The race for Pima County Sheriff
By Mylene Roberts
Mark Napier has been Pima County Sheriff for the past four years since defeating Chris Nanos, who was appointed after the previous sheriff retired in 2015. Both say they were asked to be a candidate for Pima County Sheriff by people in the department.
Chris Nanos has been in law enforcement for over 40 years. Nanos said that while he misses the job, he also misses the people in the department, and that the people that he worked with have become family.
Napier has been in law enforcement for 30 years. He has committed his life to public service and started as a police officer in 1981. He is running for Pima County Sheriff because he believes that there is a lot more work to be done including his Accountability, Community Engagement and Transparency (ACT) reform program....
2Nov No Comments
No Comments Column: Preaching from the congressional pulpit
By Kevin Hartung
A moralistic government is appealing but may not be plausible, unless you can conceive of a government without incongruities. Governments need to gauge what is fundamental to support wellbeing and what is an altruistic desire to support success.
Some believe that a government ‘by the people and for the people’ should provide equal outcomes for all its citizens. Their ambitions are the result of research that establishes the downtrodden are victims of injustices; the poor result from unfair labor practices and unequal educational systems that exist in our nation. These believers desire improvement in the circumstances of the disadvantaged.
Conversely, others believe that the blame for disadvantaged people lies on their own doorstep. The circumstances of indigents, they sa...
30Oct No Comments
No Comments Vote ‘YES’ on Prop 208: It won’t cost you a penny
By Noor Haghighi
The great state of Arizona is notorious for its failure to meet national education standards.
As of this year, we sit at 49th place for overall education based on data determining quality and safety. In 2018, Arizonans took to the streets to protest in favor of Red for Ed, a movement that pushed for an increase in state government spending on public education. Since the outcome of Red for Ed was unfortunately of little help, the state still has a long way to go. And now that the elections are coming up in November, Proposition 208 has come into play.
A stripped down, digestible version of what the proposition introduces in regards to educational funding in Arizona is as follows: A vote “yes” on the ballot will support increasing the income tax from 4.5% to 8% on incom...
30Oct No Comments
No Comments Four horror flicks for an indoor Halloween
By Nate Martinez
It's that time of year again: cooler air and pumpkin spice flavored everything signals the coming of fall and all the aesthetics that come with it. Yellow leaves litter the sidewalks, there’s a slightly darker tinge to the sky and that certain smell of the autumn afternoons all seem to make us Arizonans happier.
All of these things are miniscule compared to the big day that headlines fall: Halloween. This holiday holds a special place in my heart, from the feelings of nostalgia to simply carving pumpkins with friends.
This Halloween may feel a little bit different, due to the spread of COVID 19. However, do not consider Halloween cancelled just yet. October 31 is the perfect date to sit inside with your friends and/or family and enjoy a scary movie or two; no need to ri...
29Oct No Comments
No Comments Funerals in the age of COVID
Photo by Ashim D'Silva
By Troy Hutchison
In the last eight months, the world has gone through drastic changes to keep itself safe during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Events have been canceled, celebrations have been put on hold, classes gone from in-person to virtual classrooms, and these are just some examples of how society has had to adapt to the new COVID-19 world.
No matter how much society adapts to the situation we currently live in, nothing can prepare a person for a COVID-style funeral experience.
When talking about this, I am not speaking just about COVID-19 related deaths; I’m talking about any death that comes during this time and the changes a family has to make to keep the funeral safe.
That is something I recently went through, and it was an experience that I thought ...
27Oct No Comments
No Comments Column: Serious Thinking
By Kevin Hartung
How do you solve societal problems with people who are not seriously thinking them through and coming to rational and workable solutions?
Partisanship has mobilized the masses. The ‘us vs. them’ mentality of the populace is escalating. Volatile debates between political opponents have intensified stronger hostilities between the constituencies.
Our Founding Fathers were leery of identity politics and warned against it.
James Madison addressed the destructive behavior of ‘factions.’ He states in The Federalist Papers No. 10, “Among the numerous advantages promised by a well-constructed Union, none deserves to be more accurately developed than its tendency to break and control the violence of faction.” Meaning the inherent nature of ‘faction’ is violence and the union mus...
24Oct No Comments
No Comments Pima to host ‘Virtual Celebration of Life and el Dia de los Muertos’
On Friday, October 30, Pima Community College will be hosting “Virtual Celebration of Life and el Dia de los Muertos: Expressions of Love and Remembrance.”
Students and community members are invited to honor their deceased loved ones with:
Photos of loved ones or an ofrenda/altar, with 50-100 word description
2 minute video
PowerPoint/slide show
50-100 word commentary on local/regional traditions
Submissions will be posted to the event website on October 30, while video submissions will be posted to youtube starting at 3:00 pm.
The registration deadline for submissions is Tuesday, October 27. You can register your submission here.
The event is sponsored by the PCC Native American Student Association, Student Life, and the Social Sciences, Humanities and Education Division. ...
24Oct No Comments
No Comments Peanut Butter & Jazz Podcast #1: interview and announcements
The first episode of the Peanut Butter & Jazz Podcast, created by Pima students Max Luevanos and Juan Lizarraga, is out now on Youtube.
This week's guest is Elizabeth "Frankie" Rollins, an author, professor, Pima honor's coordinator, and faculty advisor to SandScript, the annual student-run art and literary magazine of Pima College. Click here to watch the interview.
Click here for the announcements, which goes over important events, club meetings, and information concerning Pima Community College and its students.