The League of Women Voters of Greater Tucson held three candidate forums for the Tucson City Council Wards 3, 5 and 6 races, prior to the City of Tucson’s August 5, 2025 Primary. Ward 3 forum was held on June 21 at the Flowing Wells library: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeVoOh20WHA&t=8s Candidates at this forum were incumbent Kevin Dahl … Read more
Today was the day for the Special Election by the City of Tucson regarding Prop 414, the so-called Safe & Vibrant City proposition to increase the city sales tax by half a cent for 10 years. City of Tucson Election Dept. has released the early returns: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/clerks/documents/elections/results/2025/special/25saztuc_unofficialresults03112025.pdf Yes 23,084 No 53,350 Stay tuned for updates, … Read more
Well, it’s now 11 years since I started blogging here at Blog for Arizona. Most of us don’t care about the current political situation with the return of Republican President Donald Trump. It’s going to be a challenging four years or more. Stay tuned for a lot of push back from the Democrats across the … Read more
I first reported on this when our Ward 6 Councilman Steve Kozachik suddenly stepped down in March: Read Tucson Ward 6 Councilman Steve Kozachik resigns, effective March 31, 2024 now from Blog for Arizona for Politics from a Liberal Viewpoint Then I reported on the 12 applicants who applied for the appointment to this seat: … Read more
UPDATE 5/2: Reliable insider info indictates that the Council seems very likely to pick Karin Uhlich as the interim replacement. Another outcome is possible, but would be a very surprising result. Any of the four candidates would do an excellent job for Ward 6, but Karin’s previous experience in the role was the key qualifier, … Read more