Month: January 2019

Tyranny of the Majority at the Arizona House of Representatives

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A House Committee Hearing on Education was scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 28. It did not start at 2:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m.

Instead, the people who gathered to attend the hearing (many of whom were members of Save Our Schools Arizona)  were treated to a different educational experience by either watching the House of Representatives session on  ACTV or taking the elevator to see the proceedings on the third-floor gallery.

They were able to witness the Arizona House Republicans demonstrate what tyranny of the majority looks like by attempting to ram through new rules (some of them changed for the first time in 72 years)  for the legislative session, some of them designed to stifle and reduce debate.

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AZ GOP in disarray, AZ Dems united (updated)

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The political parties held their statutorily required reorganization meetings on Saturday, and what a stark contrast they produced.

Arizona GOP chairman Jonathan Lines, who oversaw unprecedented Republican losses in November, and who along with President Trump made baseless election fraud allegations to explain away those losses, AG suggests measured words when making allegations of fraud in election, ran for reelection as “the establishment syndicate [candidate] with longtime ties to John McCain,” as the right-wing fringe Seeing Red AZ blog describes him.

Lines was backed by the state’s GOP “establishment syndicate,” including U.S. Senator Martha McSally, Governor Doug Ducey, former Senator Jon Kyl, and former Governor Jan Brewer.

Lines was opposed by two-time senate GOP primary loser Dr. Kelli “Chemtrails” Ward, the favored candidate of the right-wing fringe.

Ahead of the reorganization meeting, Seeing Red AZ blog and the Gateway Pundit blog accused Jonathan Lines of corruption. McCain’s corruption still haunts AZ GOP in advance of state meeting:

Dirty laundry, it is said, should be aired in private. But when it is downright filthy, sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Gateway Pundit, a nationally well-respected conservative site provides that sunlight as it exposes the internecine chaos via a shocking, leaked, Arizona Republican Party internal memo which raises serious concerns about unethical use of party resources and systematic failures that Deputy Communications Director Robert Maxwell fears will lead to a loss in 2020. The two-page memo to Executive Director Kyle Pierce can be read here.

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Listen: Time to Shut Down Hacienda Healthcare

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Click to hear the January 26 Steele Report with State Senator Victoria Steele and Blog for Arizona journalist and Democratic Precinct Committeeman Larry Bodine. Now is the time to shut down Hacienda Health Care in Phoenix, where a 29-year old mentally disabled women was raped by her caretaker nurse, who has been arrested. Astonishingly, the staff did not know the woman … Read more

Jeremey Lasher, 2018 DCCC National Canvass Director at DGT

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Jeremey Lasher will be speaking at Democrats of Greater Tucson (DGT) tomorrow (postponed from January 21, MLK Holiday),  12 noon at Dragon’s View restaurant, 400 N. Bonita Ave. Tucson. He served as President of DGT for 2 years, prior to taking a job with the D-Triple-C last year.

Jeremey Lasher, photo credit Dia Meraz Photography

“Jeremey Lasher began his career in politics helping to defeat a “right to work” initiative in Colorado in 2008.  Working in the battleground State during such an important election year helped propel him to travel the Nation helping elect Democratic candidates and champion progressive issues.  He worked on the inclusion of a public option in the ACA, and helped build support for environmental legislation, equal marriage legislation, and universal background checks in multiple states.
Jeremey joined Ron Barber’s field team in 2012 and spent the next few years applying his knowledge to electing strong Democratic Candidates in Southern Arizona. Alongside Jeanne Christie, Jeremey chaired the DGT awards luncheon and has served two terms as the DGT Board President.After the devastating 2016 Presidential result, Jeremey was looking for a way to help train the next generation of organizers and campaign staff.  The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee was looking for someone to train and manage staff for the dozens of competitive races across the Country and Jeremey was lucky enough to be chosen for this position.  He will be talking with us this Monday about a few of the tactics used to ensure the largest Democratic Congressional victory since Nixon’s Resignation.”

 

 

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Fund our Schools and Help Children before giving out more Tax Cuts

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  The Arizona State Senate Finance Committee will consider approving legislation  (both SB1143 and HB2522) on Monday to go to the Senate floor that would take increased revenues the state is projected to receive from the 2017 Federal Tax “Reform” and allocate them back to the people through tax cuts. Approximately 65 percent of the … Read more