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I have repeatedly tried to contact Sen. Kyrsten Sinema鈥檚 offices (Washington D.C., 蜜柚直播 and Phoenix) to express my opposition to her entrenched views on reforming the filibuster, supporting voting rights legislation and moving forward on the nation鈥檚 infrastructure needs. After listening to her obligatory 鈥渢hanks for calling since your views and opinions are so important to me鈥� message I am then told that 鈥渟orry, my inbox is full so please do call back later!鈥� What better illustration of a senator who remains deaf, disconnected and dismissive of the very residents of 蜜柚直播 who elected her to office? Guess it鈥檚 time for a new answering machine, senator?

Scott Feierabend

Northeast side

Co-dependent triangle

I worked at Sierra 蜜柚直播 and Cottonwood discovering the co-dependent triangle of victim, persecutor and rescuer realizing that explains Jan. 6, Trump and America鈥檚 divisions. Victims of every sort become angry and become perpetrators (abusers) like on Jan. 6 and once caught become victims again never realizing that victims have responsibility and persecutors have choices.

Eventually persecutors feel guilty and become rescuers and then feeling sad and fearful become victims all over again. Rescuers can negotiate and flee this trapped triangle. This triangle is a part of every tribal and dualistic group in America and the world. It is a vicious cycle of negativism.

The rule of law illustrates democracy. The law of rules illustrates fascism. The rich elites strive to destroy democracy and substitute an autocratic dictator to do the 1% bidding. This is all evolving before our eyes and we are doomed unless/until we all discover it soon.

Lawrence Quilici

East side

Way off base

Re: the Jan. 3 article 鈥淯S would be more happy with more people.鈥�

Wow! With the unemployment rate below 4%, companies begging for employees, a birth rate below the replacement rate and over 800K and climbing American deaths due to COVID-19, the writer is advocating to keep immigrants out as a solution to the climate crisis? Let鈥檚 start with the birth rate. We need immigrants to maintain our population and many of the immigrants at the border are poorly educated and would welcome the service jobs that are going begging. Keeping them out will not affect the climate crisis. They will still be 鈥渞esource consumers鈥� in Mexico. As far as 鈥渞educing the human population鈥� COVID is doing that all by itself 鈥� 5.5 million deaths worldwide and climbing. The Third World is poorly inoculated giving the virus ample opportunity to continue coming up with new variants to infect people.

Tyler Cowen was right on in his editorial. We need more people.

Morton Smith

Foothills

Protect voting rights

Dear Sen. Sinema,

The 15th Amendment gives Congress the power to enforce the right to vote. Now is the time to exercise that power. The right to vote is under attack from all quarters. Congress needs to take control over these abuses. Now is the only time to do so 鈥� soon it will be too late. I am sure you do not want democracy to die on your watch. Quiet women do not change history. This is your opportunity to change history. Please welcome it. You need, we need you, to pass the voting rights bills by any means necessary.

Rick Jones

Downtown

We all pay

Re: the Jan. 11 article 鈥淒eadly extreme weather year as emissions soar.鈥�

This article about climate change and the negative impacts on humans and property should be lauded. The costs of these weather events are enormous ($742 billion in the past five years). Thousands of people have died. Who pays for this? Everyone does.

Pricing carbon is a fast means to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This is a way to approach burning fossil fuels since the total cost includes the pollution and the extreme weather events. The Business Roundtable, about 75% of Republicans under 40 years old, all living Federal Reserve Chairpersons, Sens. Romney and Graham, and over 3,500 economists support carbon pricing. Economists agree that dividends should be paid to households. Current bills do that. It is time for our representatives and Sens. Sinema and Kelly to support carbon pricing legislation because it saves money.

Bill Jones

East side

Continued attacks on Sinema

On Jan. 13, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema took to the Senate floor where she gave an impassioned speech defending the Senate鈥檚 long-standing filibuster and said she has not changed her mind about it.

Afterward, Sarah Michelsen, an ACLU senior campaign strategist and former state director of Sen. Bernie Sanders鈥� presidential campaign in 2020, tweeted that Sinema 鈥渟ounds like she鈥檚 going to cry,鈥� 鈥渒eep going鈥� with the attacks because they are 鈥渂reaking her.鈥� So this is how progressive Democrats treat women, with hate, harassment and intimidation and no respect for their views. They will attack anybody who gets in the way of their leftist agenda.

The mantra from Democrats used to be about Republicans鈥� war on women. Well, in fact it is Democrats who are engaged in a war on Sinema. How much longer can she withstand the onslaught of attacks before caving? She should have a U.S. Secret Service protection detail assigned to her, Sen. Joe Manchin too. Why has Twitter not silenced people like Michelsen?

Audrey Flowers

Midtown

Trump鈥檚 no Christian

I鈥檝e struggled with Americans who supported Donald Trump in 2016, however, I鈥檓 especially confused by continued support of the Christian/Evangelical voters.

I recently saw a bumper -sticker on a car: 鈥淛esus is LORD Trump is NOT.鈥� He鈥檚 been divorced twice, married three times, ironically twice to immigrants (while disparaging other immigrants routinely). He鈥檚 been quoted on a hot-microphone 鈥淲hen you鈥檙e a star you can do anything you want!鈥� He鈥檚 filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy six times between 1991 and 2009. Why? To stop paying contractors and vendors he owed money to. As of June 2021 there were 11 civil and three criminal cases pending against Trump. Look at all the men he brought into the White House, charged with crimes, many serving time in prison.

The only miracle Trump knows is how COVID-19 will 鈥渄isappear like a miracle,鈥� while thousands died. This is a man you want as president? A role model for your children and grandchildren?

Robert Ryan

Midtown