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
I just voted YES on Oracle School District Propositions 438 (Override Continuation) and 439 (Critical Health and Safety Bond). Read more
So, according to former senior Foreign Service and State Department officers, the main beneficiaries of Trump's impromptu, erratic and ignorant foreign policy regarding Turkey and the Kurds ar… Read more
Did Turkey’s strongman President just take a page out of America’s strongman President’s playbook? Maybe Erdogan threatened to nationalize Trump’s properties in Turkey unless Trump pulled U.S.… Read more
Re: the Oct. 9 article "Warren standing by account of once being fired over pregnancy. Read more
Late in the afternoon of August 7, 1974, AZ Republican Senator Barry Goldwater, and AZ Republican House Minority Leader John Rhodes, along with Republican Senate Minority Leader Hugh Scott of … Read more
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday (Oct 1) signed a bill into law which will allow college student-athletes in the state to make money from images, names or likenesses. The law would only … Read more
After being subpoenaed, Rudy Giuliani made the smug comment: "Those guys should remember that I'm a lawyer." More correctly, he's a consigliere for the White House mob. And Giuliani should rem… Read more
We all know the words by heart. The problem we have had throughout our history is that too few of us actually take the time to reflect upon how our actions and thoughts reflect the meaning of … Read more
Shortly after Donald Trump was elected, with much help from Vladimir Putin and his Russian trolls and hacks, I commented that our national nightmare had begun. That national nightmare has now … Read more