Letters To The Editor

[WizardOfAz]

If anyone gets the East Valley Tribune delivered, I was wondering if there were any letters to the editor in today's (5/8/2003) edition about the ASU/Cards fiasco. There weren't any in the Republic that I saw.

It looks like the "pro-ASU" group is trying to get 500 letters done today at McDuffey's.

Might be a good chance to test your wrtiing skills by sending one in with an opposing point of view - both papers in town tend to balance off issues by running both "pro" and "con" letters.

 

[SECTION 11]

Here's some info for anyone that wants it.

List of Cardinal Charities:

Affordable Accessible Homes, Inc.
• Ahwatukee YMCA
• Aid To The Adoption of Special Kids
• Aid to Women Centers
• American Indian Christian Mission
• American Lung Association
• American Red Cross
• Anti-Defamation League
• Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation
• Arizona Black United Fund, Kids Place
• Arizona Boys Ranch
• Arizona’s Children Foundation
• Arizona Commission for Post-Secondary Education
• Arizona Ecumenical Society
• Arizona Educational Foundation
• Arizona Foundation For Women
• Arizona Governor’s Council-Frank Kush Youth Run
• Arizona Hispanic Sports Authority
• Arizona Interscholastic Association
• Arizona Kidney Foundation
• Arizona Opera League
• Arizona Recreation Center for the Handicapped
• Arizona S.I.D.S. Alliance
• Arizona Transplant House At Brusally Ranch
• Assistance League of the East Valley
• Association For Supportive Child Care
• A.S.U. President's Club Scholarship Fund
• Back To School Clothing Drive Association
• Barrow Neurological Institute (Citibank NFL Visa)
• Betania Community Center
• Big Brother/Big Sisters of Case Grande
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Flagstaff
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of The Valley
• Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Yuma
• Black Family & Child Services
• Boys & Girls Club of Case Grande
• Boys & Girls Club of The East Valley
• Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz County
• Boys & Girls Club of Tucson
• Boys & Girls Club of Metropolitan Phoenix
• Boys & Girls Club of Arizona
• Brophy College Preparatory
• Carondelet Foundation (Tucson)
• Casa de los Niños (Tucson)
• Catholic Social Services-Central & Northern Arizona
• Centers For Habilitation
• Central Arizona Shelter Services
• Chandler/Gilbert Arc
• Chicanos Por La Causa
• Child Crisis Center-East Valley Inc.
• Christ Child Society of Phoenix
• Christian Athlete Ministries
• Christmas House
• Christmas In April
• Community Food Bank (Tucson)
• Community Information & Referral Services
• Community Outreach, Inc. (Tucson)
• COMPAS (Heard Museum, Phoenix Zoo, Phoenix Symphony, Phoenix Art Museum)
• Desert Botanical Garden
• Craniofacial Foundation Of Arizona
• Crisis Nursery
• Crisis Pregnancy Centers
• Crossroads, Ind.
• Desert Botanical Garden
• Desert Voices Oral Learning Center
• Devereux Arizona
• East Valley Catholic Social Services
• East Valley Hospice
• Educational Enrichment Foundation (Tucson)
• El Rio Health Center (Tucson)
• Emily Anderson Learning Center (Phoenix Children’s Hospital)
• Epilepsy Society of Arizona
• Ernest W. McFarland Foundation
• Family Emergency Service Center
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes
• Firebird Young Marines
• Foundation for Burns & Trauma
• Friendly House
• Girls Ranch of Arizona
• Golden Gate Community Center
• Gompers Center for the Handicapped
• Greater Phoenix Youth At Risk Foundation
• Guadalupaños United for Advancement & Development
• Habitat For Humanity
• Hacienda de Los Angeles
• Heard Museum
• Holy Spirit Catholic Church
• Homebase Youth Services
• Homeward Bound
• Hospice of the Valley
• Jewish Family and Children’s Services
• John C. Lincoln Health Foundation
• Junior Achievement
• KDSTR Radio
• Kids Voting
• Kivel Campus of Care
• Kivel Geriatric Center
• Kyrene Schools Community Foundation
• Las Salas, Inc.
• Laura Hall ASPIRE Foundation
• Leadership Workshops Foundation for Youth & Family
• Life Teen Program
• Literacy Volunteers
• Local Initiatives Support Corporation Phoenix Program
• Los Diablos (A.S.U.)
• Lutheran Hospitals Foundation
• Mahnah Club of Mesa
• Make A Difference
• Make Way For Books
• Marcus House
• Maricopa County Accommodation School
• Maricopa Pediatric Foundation
• Mesa Community Action Network
• Mesa Senior Centers, Ind.
• Metro Tech
• Mission of Mercy
• Mountain Park Health Center
• Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Muscular Dystrophy
• Museum of Northern Arizona (Flagstaff)
• National Jewish Center, Immunology & Respiratory Medicine
• New Day Educational Center
• New Directions Institute For Infant Brain Development
• Northern Arizona Council of Government Agency on Aging
• Northern Arizona Food Bank (Flagstaff)
• Phoenix Children’s Hospital
• Phoenix Day Child & Family Learning Center
• Phoenix Indian Center
• Phoenix Memorial Hospital Foundation
• Phoenix Suns Charities
• Phoenix Symphony
• Phoenix Urban League
• Phoenix Zoo
• Prehab of Arizona
• Prescott Child Development CTR
• Prescott Free Clinic
• Prevent Blindness America
• Primavera Services
• Ronald McDonald House
• Salvation Army
• Save The Family Foundation of Arizona
• Scottsdale Foundation for the Handicapped
• Seton Catholic High School
• Sisters of St. Benedict
• Society of St. Vincent DePaul
• Sojourner Center
• Southern Arizona Aids Foundation
• Southwest Autism Research Center
• Southwest Craniofacial Foundation
• Southwest Human Development
• Special Olympics
• St. Joseph the Worker
• St. Luke’s Charitable Health Trust
• St. Mary’s Food Bank
• St. Michael Indian School
• St. Peter’s School
• St. Luke’s Medical & Behavioral Health Centers
• Steve Pascente Memorial Fund
• Sun Sounds Radio Reading Services
• Tempe Community Council/Kyrene Communities In School
• Tempe Schools Prevention Resource Center
• Tempe YMCA
• Thomas J. Pappas School
• Timber Trails Children’s Project, Inc.
• Top Dog (Tucson)
• Town of Queen Creek Parks and Recreation Department
• Taveler’s Aid Society of Tucson
• Turning Point School (Tucson)
• United Blood Services (Blood Systems)
• United Food Bank
• University Of Arizona Foundation
• Valle Del Sol
• Valley Big Brothers, Big Sisters
• Valley Christian High School
• Valley Lutheran High School
• Victim/Witness Service of Coconino County
• Waste Not
• Wesley Community Center
• West Valley Child Crisis Center
• Xavier College Preparatory
• Yavapai Big Brothers, Big Sisters
• YMCA Ahwatukee Foothills
• YMCA of Maricopa County

 

[WizardOfAz]

Tribune Editorials

Letters to the Editor

The Tribune welcomes all letters to the Editor.

You can mail your letters to :
Tribune Letters to the Editor
P.O. Box 1547
Mesa, AZ 85211

Letters can also be faxed to (480)-898-6362


e-mailed to [email protected].

 

[WizardOfAz]

Republic can be done on-line:

http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/sendaletter.html

 

[WizardOfAz]

From Today's Paper

Cards deserve better


How many of your readers know that the Arizona Cardinals are demanding $21 million from ASU, which the university claims will bankrupt its athletic department? Probably most of them.

How many of your readers know that legally, the Cardinals are more than likely in the right - that ASU breached its contract? Probably fewer.

How many of your readers know that the Cardinals are reaching out to women and minority-owned businesses to do work on their new stadium? Probably very few, because the story was buried in the middle of the local section.

Why is it that when there's a story that makes the Cardinals look bad it's splashed across the front page, but when there's a story that makes them look good, it's hidden?

If The Republic would treat the Cardinals the way it treats the Valley's other major professional teams and give their good deeds the same level of coverage it does their foibles, maybe the fans would start giving them a break and perhaps even supporting them more.

Roger Hall
Chandler


http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/sports/articles/0517yourturn0517.html

 

[Renz]

Thanks, Wiz.

That article was right on. Once you get a certain reputation, like the Bidwills for being cheap, it becomes nearly impossible to change public perception. And let's face it, bashing the Bidwills/Cards makes for better copy, and more papers sold, than reporting on the good they are doing for the community.

 

[WizardOfAz]

Nice to see, you're right Renz. Specifics on sending a letter to the Republics Sports Page, if you are so inclined:



Letters should be addressed to:

Your Turn, c/o Sports
The Arizona Republic
200 E. Van Buren St.
Phoenix, AZ 85004.

They also may be sent by fax to (602) 444-8686

or by e-mail to [email protected]

All letters must include a signature (or full name if e-mailed), address and phone number for confirmation purposes. Writers will be identified in the paper by their name and city of residence only. All letters are subject to editing.

 

[WizardOfAz]

Another nice effort

ASU-Cardinals dispute is sad
May. 21, 2003 12:00 AM


The ongoing community heartburn surrounding the signage issue at Sun Devil Stadium is nothing more than a private business dispute gone public.

For the people to turn it into a public controversy is self-serving and troubling.

ASU's attempt to get out of a signed agreement with its tenant, the Arizona Cardinals, is unseemly. Are these the ethics and methods our local institution of higher learning is teaching its students? Is dishonorable ethos now the university's mission?

Judging by the recent classless, unbecoming, incendiary comments of ASU's director of athletics, Gene Smith, which only fueled controversy and heightened discord, the university is succeeding! -

John P. Brandt
Phoenix



http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0521wedlet215.html

 

[Krangodnzr]

Re: Another nice effort

Originally posted by WizardOfAz
ASU-Cardinals dispute is sad
May. 21, 2003 12:00 AM


The ongoing community heartburn surrounding the signage issue at Sun Devil Stadium is nothing more than a private business dispute gone public.

For the people to turn it into a public controversy is self-serving and troubling.

ASU's attempt to get out of a signed agreement with its tenant, the Arizona Cardinals, is unseemly. Are these the ethics and methods our local institution of higher learning is teaching its students? Is dishonorable ethos now the university's mission?

Judging by the recent classless, unbecoming, incendiary comments of ASU's director of athletics, Gene Smith, which only fueled controversy and heightened discord, the university is succeeding! -

John P. Brandt
Phoenix



http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0521wedlet215.html

That's the best letter I've seen so far!

Gene Smith is a disgrace to the University, using those petty little remarks. ASU needs to do the "right" thing, and pay what they owe.

 

[WizardOfAz]

Take your medicine, ASU

May. 29, 2003


Once I was caught in a speed trap by a local officer of the law.

Upon pulling over, I began to express my disgust at the ordeal. I explained to the officer that it was unfair to hide in my neighborhood, around corners, to fine hard-working citizens. Furthermore, I told the officer that I was a taxpayer and that I was paying her salary.

When I had finished my complaint the officer responded by saying, "That's all very interesting, sir. I am writing you a citation for traveling 11 mph over the speed limit. You broke the law, please sign here and take your ticket like a man!"

Legal arbitration has ruled that Arizona State University broke the agreement it had with the Arizona Cardinals. ASU, take it like a man!


- Mitchell Ryan
Cave Creek



http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/opinions/articles/0529thurlet298.html