Arizona’s crazy House and Senate election panel was filled with lies disguised as fact

Arizonans deserve better than what happened at the Joint Senate Committee On Elections and House Committee On Municipal Oversight & Elections hearing at the Arizona Legislature on Feb. 23.

The hearing consumed nearly seven hours, rehashing the issue of election fraud with unfounded lies disguised as facts and evidence.

Opposing views were not presented, and public testimony was not permitted. Instead of solving problems and improving lives – the very reason they were elected – some of our legislators chose to deliberately waste time and taxpayer dollars.

Arizona elections are safe, fair and well-run. This was further validated when the current attorney general released the actual findings from the investigation completed by Mark Brnovich, the former attorney general of Arizona. There was no evidence of fraud in Arizona’s election.

Two months into this legislative session, it is time for the Legislature to get down to business. It’s time for legislators to focus on issues that Arizonans care about: health care, education, water, immigration, environment, public safety, jobs and the economy.

Pinny Sheoran, Scottsdale

The writer is the president of the League of Women Voters of Arizona

College should not be free, but perhaps we could lighten the load

I do not think we should pay for people to go to college. I see that as unfair and open to abuse.

There are some who can afford to pay for college and some who need scholarships and loans to pay for it.

A better plan would be to make student loans interest-free with an extended time frame to pay them off.

It would be easier to set up, and it would be fair to all. You could also create a system in which payments are determined by a student’s ability to pay.

This could be done for existing loans and new loans.

Mickey Hughes, Glendale