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Visit the Democrats of Greater TucsonWritten Answers of Rex Scott in Debate for Pima County Supervisor District 1
Here are the Answers of Rex Scott: QUESTION #1 Q: The poverty rate in Pima County is about 15%. What should the county’s role be in lowering that rate? Do you see any steps the county has taken in recent years that you think are working well, or any that aren’t working and should be … Read more
Written Answers of Jake Martin in Debate for Pima County Supervisor District 1
Here are the answers of Jake Martin: Q: The poverty rate in Pima County is about 15%. What should the county’s role be in lowering that rate? Do you see any steps the county has taken in recent years that you think are working well, or any that aren’t working and should be discontinued? The … Read more
President Biden Strikes the Right Note on Protests
Again, President Joe Biden showed why he deserves a second term in the Oval Office. In comments at the White House yesterday (May 2, 2024,) the President struck the right notes in supporting the rights of peoples and groups to protest with regard to both sides of the current Israelis-Gaza conflict while also condemning those … Read more
Mike Jette’s Audition for Pima County Attorney Did Not Go as Planned..? and a Personal Endorsement
With the hung jury and the decision not to retry him, Mr. George Alan Kelly has essentially gotten away with the murder of Gabriel Cuen-Butimea, a member of a class of persons whom the MAGAs consider less than human. They will certainly celebrate and lionize him as some sort of twisted ‘hero’, much like the … Read more
Coordinated Vendetta Attacks Pima County Prosecutor Laura Conover
Pima County Attorney Laura Conover is the target of an organized right-wing attack that aims to defeat her run for re-election. Her attackers include the former “war on drugs” County Attorney, an ex-staffer with a grudge and a MAGA think tank. ● Ex-County Attorney Barbara Lawall wrote a misinformation-packed editorial against Conover in the April … Read more
President Biden and Arizona Democrats React to Donald ‘I killed Roe v Wade’ Trump’s Approval of Red States Becoming Little Republics of Gilead
Donald ‘I killed Roe v Wade’ Trump gave an interview to Time Magazine where he, AGAIN, revealed to the American People how much he would pursue an authoritarian course if reelected to the White House this November. Among his declarations are his repeated assertions to mass deport illegal immigrants complete with concentration camps, send the … Read more
Arizona Legislative Senate Dems Lead Repealing Civil War Era Ban on Reproductive Freedom
On the day Floridian women saw their reproductive freedom severely curtailed with a six week ban on abortions going into effect, the Arizona State Senate, with uniamious Democratic support, repealed the Civil War era ban on reproductive freedom. Only Republicans Shawna Bolick and T.J. Shope supported the repeal. The repeal will go into effect 90 … Read more
While Most are Fixated on Donald Trump’s Hush Payment Trial, the Biden/Harris Administration is Making Life Better for the American People
This is an old story. When following the news, most are drawn to the stories involving some sort of scandal. Unfortunately for the country, the 45th occupant of the Oval Office is a perennial tar baby to scandal, whose numerous ethical and legal quandaries (his latest trial featuring the combined improprieties of corruption and sex) … Read more