by Ryn Gargulinski | Nov 5, 2017 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, environment, gross stuff, life, police, fire, law
This is an open letter to Local First Arizona after 19 of the Arizona businesses that attended the Fall Fest each ended up with $290 parking tickets after parking in a dirt lot as instructed by Local First AZ. The violation? Parking on Non-Dust-Free Lot or Area. Talk...
by Ryn Gargulinski | May 20, 2013 | Blogski Archives, column, crime, danger, health, life, police, fire, law
Being young, drunk and stupid can come with lifelong consequences. And those consequences can come even if you weren’t drunk. Just ask a Tucson guy we’ll call Sam. Twenty-something Sam was an upstanding person: a former soldier, an intelligent and...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Jan 13, 2012 | Blogski Archives, column, danger, death, life, police, fire, law
Despite Tucson’s copious amounts of crosswalks, being a pedestrian in Old Pueblo means taking your life in your hands. Many motorists have neither patience nor tolerance for pedestrians, with 2010 Tucson Police Department statistics showing seven pedestrians hit and...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Oct 7, 2011 | Blogski Archives, crime, danger, immigrants, life, police, fire, law
Alabama now has the toughest immigration law in the nation. Leave it to a state some 1, 200 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border to show Arizona how it’s done. What’s next — saguaro-care tips from Wisconsin? Regardless from whence we get our cactus-care guidelines,...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Sep 23, 2011 | Blogski Archives, column, crime, danger, gross stuff, life, odd pueblo, police, fire, law, stupidity
If you thought Tucson’s seemingly zillions of traffic cameras are an invasion of privacy, just wait until you hear about our Peeping Toms. It’s been a busy year for Old Pueblo voyeurs, with peeping and privacy invasion crime statistics up from last year in a couple of...
by Ryn Gargulinski | Sep 7, 2011 | animals, pets, Blogski Archives, crime, life, police, fire, law
Dog thefts are always sickening, but the English bulldog reportedly stolen Aug. 30 from the Mountain Vista Mobile Home Park is even more heartbreaking. The dog, named Winston, is owned by Richard A. Gomez, who is currently serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan....
