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Get to know the real Arizona

Sun., July 18, 2010

Gary Crooks (“Smart bombs,” July 11) is so uninformed about Arizona. He should live there for a few months and see what it is really like. We spend the winter there and know what is going on. Almost every week they find drop houses where the drug lords bring in 65-70 illegals and keep them until their families pay ransom or the police find them.

I hope Cheryl Kilday will not stoop so low as to capitalize on Arizona’s tourism.

Shirley Carr

Spokane

Editor’s note: Associate Editor Gary Crooks lived in Arizona from 1978 to 1997.

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