Larry Bodine

Larry is an articulate and insightful commentator whose views are shaped by a combination of journalism, entrepreneurship, law practice, and leadership.‎ ★★ Sign up for my occasional newsletter at Bit.ly/LBNow. ★★ ✍ He is an experienced leader, having served as Chair of the LD18 Democrats, and President of the Democrats of Greater Tucson, a teacher at the UA Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Video Manager for Iskashitaa Refugee Network, ‎ ✍ A common-sense business leader, he operated a successful marketing consultancy for 20 years. He is skilled in fundraising, artificial intelligence, and online communications.‎ ✍He considers multiple viewpoints before forming an opinion. His ethos is the Boy Scout Law.‎ ✍ Larry is a lifelong writer, having worked as a seven-time award-winning journalist for the New York Daily News and as the author of 600 articles for the Blog for Arizona.‎ ✍He is a graduate of Amherst College and Seton Hall Law School and has also attended the University of Munich in Germany.‎ ✍He is not all work and no play. Larry enjoys singing and playing the guitar, hiking Tucson's beautiful trails, going on outings with his Portuguese Water Dog, weight training, and meeting his many friends for breakfast.‎ ‎▼ Scroll down to see my articles below. ▼

Arizona Electric Customers Deserve Utility Commissioners Who Show Up at Hearings

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Democratic candidates Jonathan Hill and Clara Pratte accused the Arizona Corporation Commission, which regulates utility prices, of ignoring struggling electric ratepayers, mishandling data-center growth and retreating from renewable energy. Republican Commissioner Kevin Thompson defended his record of approving a 10% TEP rate increase in 2023 and an 8% APS rate increase approved in 2024. His … Read more

Are You Better Off Than You Were 2 Years Ago?

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Ronald Reagan asked this question in 1980. The answer to the question in 2026 is We don’t want murderous ICE agents with electric gloves and masks. They are badly trained outlaws who have deported 675,000 hard-working, tax-paying residents since 2025. It’s time to ABOLISH ICE. We don’t want the stupid Iran War, which has killed … Read more

Five Years Ago, Andy Biggs Worked Secretly to Cancel Your Vote

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Gubernatorial candidate Andy Biggs worked surreptitiously to block Arizona’s electoral votes in the 2020 election. He failed and later begged for a pardon. Biggs, a MAGA Trumper, actively worked to nullify your vote and 3.42 million other ballots that were cast that year in Arizona. Now this dictator wannabe wants to run the state government. … Read more

Mark Kelly: Trump and GOP Have Rigged the Economy for the Rich While Working Families Fall Behind

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Sen. Mark Kelly delivered a blistering assessment of the Trump administration’s economic policies, its bungling of the war in Iran, and what he described as an unprecedented assault on American democracy — all while laying out a vision for restoring opportunity to struggling families. More than 100 veterans, union workers and educators packed the town … Read more

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