Month: August 2014

Desperate Huppenthal resorts to throwing refugee childen under the school bus

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huppenthal-Caricature-thought-bubbleBob Lord has posted in great detail about his “magical year” with Thucky, aka John Huppenthal, Blog for Arizona’s sock puppet blog troll. Bob posted on Facebook today:

So, Huppenthal does a flip-flop-flip. Who knew? First, he bashes immigrants in anonymous blog comments. Then, he cries and says the comments are not what is in his heart. Now, he’s back to bashing immigrants.

The Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required) reports on the final act of desperation of John Huppenthal flip-flopping his way to a defeat, by throwing refugee children from Central America under the school bus. Huppenthal calls press conference about illegal immigration, then denies he is pandering:

Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal called a press conference today to talk about the impact of illegal immigration on Arizona education.

He ended up explaining he isn’t a racist and he wasn’t pandering for the purpose of winning the Aug. 26 GOP primary.

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The ‘I voted. Have you?’ Challenge

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In recent weeks this ALS Association Ice Bucket Challenge has gone viral on social media, giving the cable and TV networks endless hours of video of celebrities getting wet with which to fill air time instead of the usual cat videos. Blog for Arizona’s own Bob Lord has even taken the ice bucket challenge (see his Facebook page).

Which got me to thinking “Why hasn’t anyone come up with a similar creative social media campaign to encourage voters to vote?”

i-voted_stickerThe Blog for Arizona community is comprised of some of the brightest and most creative minds in Arizona and beyond (trolls excepted), so let’s use this blog as a creative commons to come up with some creative and fun ideas to encourage voters to vote in November.

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Hey, slackers! Last chance to mail your early mail-in ballot

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Friday, August 22, is the “drop dead” date to mail your early mail-in ballot. If you have not already done so, go mail your early ballot NOW!

Remember to sign and date your ballot envelope before slipping it inside the return mail envelope and mailing it.

Friday, August 22, is also the last day for walk-in voting at early voting locations in most counties (some counties will have emergency voting on Monday).

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If you do not mail your early mail-in ballot by the “drop dead” date, you can drop off your completed early mail-in ballot at any polling location. You do not have to check-in. However, thanks to your “slackitude,” dropping off your “early” ballot on election day will  delay the final vote count as your signature must first be verified before your ballot can be counted. Don’t be that slacker.

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Help Brandi Fenton Memorial Park in memory of dog lover

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If you haven’t been to this lovely park, check it out as well during this fundraiser on August 23. It is located just north of the Rillito River, west of Dodge Blvd. at 3482 E. River Rd. Here’s a link to the park, with a map: http://webcms.pima.gov/cms/one.aspx?pageId=1367

Eric Holder: A message to the people of Ferguson

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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, who was in Ferguson, Missouri today for a briefing on the investigation, had this op-ed published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch this morning. A message to the people of Ferguson:

Eric_Holder_official_portraitSince the Aug. 9 shooting death of Michael Brown, the nation and the world have witnessed the unrest that has gripped Ferguson, Mo. At the core of these demonstrations is a demand for answers about the circumstances of this young man’s death and a broader concern about the state of our criminal justice system.

At a time when so much may seem uncertain, the people of Ferguson can have confidence that the Justice Department intends to learn — in a fair and thorough manner — exactly what happened.

Today, I will be in Ferguson to be briefed on the federal civil rights investigation that I have closely monitored since I launched it more than one week ago. I will meet personally with community leaders, FBI investigators and federal prosecutors from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office to receive detailed briefings on the status of this case.

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