Today, probably anyone with an interest in a law enforcement career has not only fired a gun, but has spent countless hours playing video games involving gun violence. When I grew up, there were no video games period, much less ones involving gun violence. Is it any wonder why officers today have a much higher rate of officer-involved shootings than past generations?

The problem I see with the Condo Owners Association giving advice (“Agencies work to solve issues,” Sun City Independent,” June 30, 2021) is that it should begin with informing their members they are not condominiums.

We bought in Sun City West in 2012 and moved in permanently in 2015.

The odds are high that you or someone you know have turned to using digital payment apps, such as Venmo, Cash App or Zelle. Originally marketed as a way for friends to split expenses, a 2020 …

Summer is upon us once again. Before I retired from education back in the Midwest, summer meant great weather and time to spend with my sons. Summer still means staying active, but in Arizona it …

After more than a calendar year of virtual experience and a plethora of Zoom video conferences, presenters and students for the Rio Institute for Senior Learning, programs are scheduled to be back on the brick-and-mortar campus.

In his letter (“Reader offers alternative to watering courses,” Sun City West Independent, July 7, 2021), writer Terry Burks opines on the topic of Sun City West golf courses, our water usage and his idea to shut down one of the courses and sell off the land to developers.

My wife and I attended the last Sun City Home Owners Association Roads and Safety Committee meeting in hopes of prodding the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office into some kind of action on the speeding problem that has become so serious on West Peoria and on other through streets in Sun City, such as 103rd and 107th avenues south of Grand Avenue.

According to an article (“Vaccines get thumbs up,” Sun City West Independent, July 7, 2021), the claim was made that “three vaccines so far approved for use in the U.S. have proved to be effective in keeping people alive and out of the hospital.”

I’ve been reading your paper for a couple of years and overall I would say you live up to your printed pledge to the left of your letters to the editor section.

Maricopa County announced this week that it will comply with the Secretary of State’s direction and replace the tabulation equipment that was subpoenaed by the Arizona Senate Republican leadership and provided to an uncertified contractor.

The state of Arizona and Maricopa County now have the dubious distinction of having the fastest growing homeless population in the nation. What should we do, from a public policy standpoint, in response to this problem?

As you all have read, the Arizona Department of Water Resources has been publishing phases to redistribute water usage over the past 40 years.

Mr. Cohen suggests (“Decisions about COVID vaccine impacts others,” Sun City West Independent, June 23, 2021) that the science regarding COVID-19 has been established and because of this everyone needs to do the honorable thing and get the “shot” to protect others.

Northwest Valley Connect volunteers have a concern for those not vaccinated, who remain vulnerable to the possibility of contracting the virus. If one should be you, our volunteers have a solution: they have made themselves available for your assistance.

The Mission of the Sun City Community Assistance Network is to, “Connect people with resources to enhance their standard of living.”

I am a Recreation Centers of Sun City West Governing Board director but I am speaking as a resident and not for the board or the association.

Recreation Centers of Sun City management recently revealed their plans for the Mountain View Center remodel.

I moved here in 2003, the year the Recreation Centers of Sun City board changed the annual property assessment from “individual” members to “household.”

My idea of a good day begins with two-hour breakfast with someone who is interesting.

The pandemic forced the Sun City Poms to close its performances season September 2020 to May 2021.

Sunday, June 27, is National Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and Injury Awareness Day. It is a day dedicated to raising awareness around the signs, symptoms and stigma associated with PTSD.

The Sun City West tax issue urgently needs re-framing to ensure a beloved community asset is preserved and nourished.

This is an open letter to Sun City West residents.

In recent weeks, I have encountered a number of people in Sun City West who say they not only have not gotten a COVID vaccine shot, they don’t intend to get one.

As president-elect of the Recreation Centers of Sun City West Governing Board, I am extremely concerned about the recent unhealthy disruptive atmosphere.

I take offense at the Condo Owners Association of Sun City COA newsletter.

I just finished reading the article about the coyotes (“Coyotes infiltrating neighborhood,” Sun City Independent, May 26, 2021). I am wondering if as humans we will ever be able to coexist with anything.

We moved to Sun City West almost a year ago and we have found the people to be kind, generous and overall delightful.

My wife and I have lived in Sun City West for three years.

After reading Mr. Brian Reilly’s letter (“Letter writer misinformed about masks,” Sun City West Independent, May 26, 2021) I did some additional research related to his noted topics.

Let me explain why America and the state of Arizona need the proposed voter protection law known as Senate Bill 1 (the “For the People Act”).

This letter is in response to the Brian Reilly letter (“Letter writer misinformed about masks,” Sun City West Independent, May 26, 2021).

Mr. Mosely, I read your letter to the editor (“RCSCW needs to get a grip on finances, IRS,” Sun City West Independent, May 26, 2021) basically outlining that the board should let the management team run the operations.

Publishing a letter in response to a dare resembles a grade-school playground response.

Several people have commented on the Recreation Centers of Sun City West article regarding their plans to offer presale home inspections.

The Independent brings forth further details on the tax snafu Sun City West and its Chartered Clubs have gotten themselves into (“Chartered clubs must monitor financials,” Sun City West Independent, May 19, 2021).

It’s such a tragedy that Recreation Centers of Sun City West officials are so clueless about 501(c)(7) law.

I find it amazing that in a short three years the Recreation Centers of Sun City West has managed to potentially destroy Sun City West’s community by merely not paying attention to daily financial practices.

AARP Tax-Aide has completed the 2020 tax season.

In a guest commentary (“The larger promise of new vaccine tech,” Sun City Independent, May 19, 2021) Saul Anuzis wrote, “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that fully vaccinated Americans can gather indoors with friends and family -- without wearing masks for social distancing.”

For the past year, many of us have existed in vast silence and a self-imposed isolation.

When talking to my Sun City West neighbors, fellow church members, local clubs and people from the surrounding area, I found that I was not alone in being shocked and dismayed that our local hospitals did not adequately have basic needs, such as gloves, masks, gowns, etc., stocked and ready to go for any eventuality.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced that fully vaccinated Americans can gather indoors with friends and family — without wearing masks or social distancing.

This is in response to the opinion from Bruce Lamb (“Some employees don’t live in Sun City,” Sun City Independent, April 28, 2021).

I recall a couple of things my Mother said to me that I believe still apply today.

It has been my observation of late (several months) that many of the “old” letters to the editors have disappeared.

Recreation Centers of Sun City West board and general manager just keep coming up with bad ideas.

This is in response to the letter to the editor about grass (“Sun City golf courses need more grass,” Daily Independent, April 24, 2021).

Once again, Recreation Centers of Sun City West management along with the overpaid legal and financial consultants hired by the management has shown they appear to be incompetent.

Many of the Sun City West winter visitors have already flown home and others are getting set for the drive or flight home.

Many people look forward to retirement and all the enjoyment it can bring after having worked so hard for decades. But from a distance, whether a few years or many years away from retirement, it’s not easy to clearly see what retirement will look like.

In response to your article (“Water committee discusses management plan,” Sun City West Independent, April 28, 2021), we have lived here five years and all we ever hear is things are really getting bad and we really need to do something.

When my husband and I — six-year residents of Sun City West) — were vetting locations in which to retire back in 2005, there was so much to consider.

The short-term rental platforms are working hard to spin their recent loss. They would have you believe that they offered legislation to “fix” the STR rental problems that they created in our towns and throughout the state, only to have it rejected without reason.

I received the April 21 Sun City West Independent paper. As I’m reading I come onto page 42 under music.

In the Recreations Centers of Sun City West E-News edition of April 14, 2021, there is a link to commentary by RCSCW Chief Financial Officer Pete Finelli.

Supreme Court Justice George Sutherland (who also was a former U.S. Senator and congressman from Utah) famously noted in the landmark 1926 case of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. that: “A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place — like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.”

Distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine is well underway.

I have been reading about HR 1/S.1, the so-called “For the People Act,” which is under consideration in the U.S. Senate.

We are concerned about the unsightly trash at the recycling bins at Pebblecreek Golf Course, 18838 N. 128th Ave.

I’m writing in response to the letter from Bonnie Boyles of Sun City (“Reflecting on impotent society,” Sun City West Independent, April 7, 2021).

The Sun City West Foundation board and staff would like to thank our fabulous, generous neighbors for supporting our fund drive this year.

As one of those other “people” (quotes are his) referenced in George Aschendorf’s letter (“People can hang flags on property,” Sun City West Independent, March 17, 2021) a couple weeks ago, I take issue with his support of a neighbor flying the flag upside-down.

Now that all of the Recreation Centers of Sun City West indoor and outdoor venues are open, guests are allowed back into pools and fitness centers and the mandatory mask mandate has been lifted by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, our community still needs to be careful just more than a year after COVID-19 arrived on the scene.

In response to the letter (“Opinions should not be forced upon others,” Sun City West Independent, March 10, 2021), I would like to reply to the writer who found offense at my opinion from a previous letter.

We are in complete agreement with Sandra Witt (“Do house murals violate the rules?” Sun City West Independent, March 17, 2021).

Back in the fall last year I joined the Budget and Finance Committee and spent four months moving through the process of reviewing the financial policies and adjusting them as needed.

I lived in Phoenix for 35 years and experienced and saw rude drivers.

My wife, Ronnie, and I moved to Arizona in May 2018 after retiring from work life and desiring to leave Southern California.

Most of us think of the seasons in Sun City West as monsoon, allergy and citrus-picking. But we’re currently in the throes of another important season — it’s budget season for Recreation Centers of Sun City West.

Thank you for asking for input from Sun City residents regarding short-term rental properties (“Short term rentals on hot seat,” Sun City Independent, March 10, 2021).

This is my first time taking action like this but as a Sun City homeowner I have concerns as well.

The idea that anyone should be able to do anything they want with their property is just selfishness.

I support legislation that regulates short-term rentals to owner-occupied homes (“Short term rentals on hot seat,” Sun City Independent, March 10, 2021) during the rental and that renters meet the various CC&Rs that maintain the restricted age limitations that make Sun City an attractive residential choice for seniors.

We purchased property in Sun City for the relaxing atmosphere, no out of control parties, no noise produced by people who have no respect for others and no cars racing down the streets at all hours, plus property management companies that work with the HOAs to maintain the communities.

Short term rentals (aka Airbnb or vrbo) are businesses and don’t belong in residential zones(“Short term rentals on hot seat,” Sun City Independent, March 10, 2021). This shouldn’t be complicated, it is a zoning issue.

Sun City West Resident Frank Bagnato had been criticized for hanging his American Flag upside down.

I just read the article (“Resident hopes to share home murals,” Sun City West Independent, March 10, 2021) and would like clarification of C&R rules for Sun City West if displaying artwork on your house is permitted.

I recently experience a health issue, which was very serious. This letter is about MD Anderson Cancer Center and Banner Del E. Webb Medical Center, both at 14502 W. Meeker, Blvd., Sun City West.

The pandemic has been an ordeal that none of us want to repeat.

The Rec Centers of Sun City West operates independently of Recreation Centers of Sun City.

It is once again spring in Sun City West; the birds are singing, and the birds in the general manager’s office and Governing Board (birds of a feather?) are hard at work preparing to further pad their gilded nests and bloated budgets by gouging the citizens of Sun City West with unnecessary fee increases.

In golf, one of the most overlooked areas of importance is how you hold the club.

A recent letter writer (“Distress has different meanings,” Sun City West Independent, March 3, 2021) opined that I have no right to be distressed with how far our country has fallen in the past two months, and that my flying the American flag as I see fit is unwarranted.

As I have talked about with Rec Centers of Sun City West General Manager Bill Schwind on my Rec Center Show on 103.1 KSCW Radio, while we have learned a lot about COVID-19 and the vaccines, there is still much more to learn and to be careful about.

This morning there was a message on my landline phone from someone who was obviously very upset about getting phone calls, perhaps multiple times from the same number.

Thank you to all of the individuals who joined us Feb. 21 for the Ninth Annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life of the Sun Cities drive-through in the Sun City West Foundation parking lot.

The Knights of Columbus, Our Lady of Lourdes Council 11809, and Valley View Community Food Bank thank all those who helped make the “Give From The Heart” food drive Feb. 13 for the local needy and hungry of the community such a success.

This is in regards to Mary Pitzer’s letter (“Cases keep rising, what is the problem?” Sun City West Independent, Feb. 17, 2021).

The article on the front page says a first-term legislator convinced other lawmakers in our State House to ignore mask mandates. It wasn’t a lawmaker, politician or president who created …

This letter is in response to the letter from Rebecca Ettien (“No need to be distressed in Sun City West,” Sun City West Independent, Feb. 17, 2021).

I have seen too many people lose their ability to “hop around” and “pivot the hips.”

The Phoenix VA hospital is doing a good job!

Please do not donate any more plastic bags at this time.

It was a year ago when COVID-19 struck and our world changed.

This is in response to a letter from Frank Bagnato (“Accusation about resident was wrong,” Sun City Independent, Feb. 3, 2021).

The recreation centers in Sun City West ave been closed for weeks. Yet the COVID cases increase.

To set the record straight and to respond to Mr. Frank Bagnato (“Accusation about resident was wrong,” Sun City West Independent, Feb. 3, 2021) and Ms. Patricia Leopold (“Resident offers other side of flag letter,” Sun City West Independent, Feb. 3, 2021), here are the facts relating to my original letter to the Independent sharing my discomfort and disappointment in seeing the foremost symbol of our country, the United States flag, flying upside down on a high flagpole in Sun City West.

Staying well requires a strong, balanced immune system combined with reducing exposure to pathogens.

The vaccination process continues in our community at the State Farm Stadium, 1 Cardinals Way, Glendale and other locations but everyone needs to keep in mind that after you get your two vaccination shots, you still need to keep COVID-19 out of your lives by doing what you have been doing to this point.

As the chairwoman of the Sun City Home Owners Association Government Affairs Committee it is my privilege to be a part of SCHOA’s advocacy efforts, particularly as they relate to utility rates.

We need more help!

This is an open letter to all elected officials at the federal, state and local levels.

This letter is in response to a letter (“Resident upset with inverted U.S. Flag,” Sun City West Independent, Jan. 27, 2021) relating to our flag being flown upside down.

The Sun City West Community Fund officials want to thank the many residents of Sun City West who recently donated to the Fund and claimed their donation as an Arizona Tax Credit.

I have been using the gym and indoor pool at the Beardsley Recreation Center for the last 14 years.

Two letters were printed in the Sun City West Independent Jan. 27, 2021 I feel need some response.

It is unfortunate that Sun City West resident Jim Somerville in his letter to the editor (“Impeachment necessary to send message,” Sun City West Independent, Jan. 27, 2021) completely missed the point of my comments pointing out the ugliness of an Impeach Trump banner hung on a home in our community.

The Mission of the Sun City Community Assistance Network is to, “Connect people with resources to enhance their standard of living.”

I wanted to give a big shout out to the Banner team administering COVID shots here in Sun City West. Fantastic!

The Friends of the Library continue to be impressed by the generosity of our community.