After reviewing a long-standing policy prohibiting Letters to the Editor, the Saddlebag Notes staff has decided to create a space for resident commentary both in print and on the website. Due … Read more
Letters to the Saddlebag Notes
Most of us don’t like speed bumps, but many of us like to go too fast. There is a way to eliminate the need for more speed humps which disrupt a smooth drive, potentially damage vehicles, and … Read more
SaddleBrooke has a brand-new public forum for opinions, discussions, and observations. For the first time SaddleBrooke residents can submit Letters to the Editor potentially for publication mo… Read more
Letters to the Arizona Daily Star
It’s much easier now to understand how fascism took hold in Germany in the 1930s. A "leader" took advantage of economic distress by embracing a mythic past of greatness, sowing division, and a… Read more
I am thoroughly disgusted with calls for President Elect Biden to heal the divide in America. Uniting our polarized electorate will certainly be among the highest priorities of his administrat… Read more
Tim Steller's Sunday article is spot on! AZ RepresentatiVe Mark Finchem (R- LD 11) is a disgraceful and defiant public servant who needs to be immediately relieved from any AZ office he curren… Read more
The unimaginable attack on January 6 by domestic terrorists on the U.S capitol in their attempts to change the results of one of the most secure presidential elections this country has seen wa… Read more
Today was frightening. It was frightening because a large group of people blindly followed the suggestions of a leader to attempt what appeared to be a coup...in the United States of America! … Read more
Thank you, Arizona Daily Star, for the Year in Review which was in the December 31 issue. I only hope that similar articles were published in newspapers throughout the country. It may serve to… Read more
I just KNOW that 2021 is going to be a better year....the first POSITIVE thing will be the LACK of Bill Walton! I don't see him scheduled to 'yammer-on about his days at some concert back in t… Read more
The Republican Congressmen and others who signed on to a lawsuit that would harm, if not destroy, democracy in the United States have done some of Vladimir Putin's bidding. In that regard, eac… Read more
If the Nashville Bomber were alive, I would like to inform him that I have already forgotten him. Read more
Obviously, many of your readers suffer from “Trump Derangement Syndrome”. This is not surprising since 90% of the news coverage is nastily anti-Trump, Arizona Daily Star included, thanks often… Read more
The 126 Republican Congressman and others who signed on to a lawsuit that would harm if, not destroy, democracy in the United States have done some of Vladimir Putin's bidding. In that regard,… Read more