By Grant Woods on
3/30/2009 7:37 PM
Dear Mr.President,
Patriotic retirement:
There's about 40 million people over 50 in the work force- pay them $1 million apiece severance with stipulations.
They leave their jobs.
Forty million job openings - Unemployment fixed.
They buy NEW American cars.
Forty million cars ordered - Auto Industry fixed.
They either buy a house/pay off their mortgage - Housing Crisis fixed.
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By Grant Woods on
2/20/2009 6:43 AM
When I was a kid growing up in Mesa, there weren’t a lot of big events. Little League was big and the Mesa-Westwood football game always got people excited. On Friday nights we went to games, on Saturday we ate Mexican food at El Charro or Matta’s, and on Sunday we went to church, some all day and the rest of us for an hour. Our population was in the five figures then and the most important person I can remember ever visiting was the Mazola margarine lady (she called it maize) at the Salt River Pima Parade.
Times have changed. Mesa grew rapidly after I left and became one of the larger cities in the country. The orchards and the cotton fields disappeared and were replaced by houses, gas stations, and con ...
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By Grant Woods on
2/16/2009 8:43 PM
It was March of 1991, I was 36 years old and the new Attorney General from Arizona, and this was my first time at the United States Supreme Court. There was a huge gathering of dignitaries in the large marble foyer outside the courtroom and I was dividing my time between eating as many jumbo shrimp as possible without getting busted for bad manners and trying to spot one of the Justices. Just as I spotted Justice Breyer piling on some taquitos with his won tons, I felt somebody tug my sleeve. I looked over to see that it was Roland Burris, the also newly-elected Attorney General from the grating state of Illinois.
We exchanged introductions and small talk for a few minutes. Roland looks and acts very similar to George Jefferson of “Movin’ On Up” fame. I found him to be pleasant and sort of endearing like George, but also n ...
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By Grant Woods on
2/3/2009 12:02 AM
Why is the US government continuing to systematically rip off consumers who are trying to get expedited passports? This is nothing but a scam: promise something you know you can’t deliver and then hope that nobody calls you on it. But allegations in a motion for summary judgment in a lawsuit filed in the federal court in Northern California (Chattler v The United States of America and the United States Department of State; No. 07-ev-04040MMC EMC) exposes the scam and now the federal government needs to come clean.
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By Grant Woods on
1/25/2009 10:23 PM
I hope this is a fun and informative way for us to communicate about the current issues of the day and to have some a few laughs along the way. I encourage interaction and hope you will feel free to communicate with everyone at DNP about what you like and dislike about the site and its content. Also, we need to hear what else you would like to see on the page each day along with your own input on other cool sites or articles or videos that we should share. I will be writing on the site in one form or another every week. You can check every day for links to articles or videos that I think are worth seeing. Karie and Mark will be blogging each week as well, and I encourage you to communicate with them. We will be taping our radio show each week and uploading it for your enjoyment as a podcast. You can also check out the archives and check in for show you may have missed. Our pilot was with Charles Barkley in the house and then he ran out, or drov ...
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By Grant Woods on
1/20/2009 1:37 PM
It is a new day in America and a new day in Arizona. Leadership at the top has changed and gone in a different direction. Our country chose its new direction and our state did not, but either way change is here. What I would really like to see now is change in the way we treat our leaders as they try their best to solve very difficult problems. We need to change as well.
During this past campaign, I worked for my old friend and boss John McCain. We go way back and it was fun to relive our old times. There were special moments for me along the way: seeing him win in New Hamp ...
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