Like Jason in the Friday the 13th Movies, David Stringer has reemerged from the politically dead to announce he is running for office. Mr. Stringer, who was forced to resign from the Arizona State Legislature in 2019 for not revealing he was charged with sexual misconduct in Maryland and for making numerous racially charged remarks … Read more
The first day of any legislative session is always filled with feelings of renewal, goodwill, optimism, and hope. Arizona’s Democrats and Republicans had it in abundance at the opening of the 2019/20 legislative session at the State Capital. However, both sides offered contrasting competing visions for moving the Grand Canyon State. The Republican vision, expressed … Read more
During a visit to Arizona in October, Vice President Mike Pence said that Mr. Trump and he would visit the Grand Canyon state “a lot” in 2020. Think about that. The Republican Vice President said he and the Republican President would spend a lot of time in Arizona in a move to secure the state’s … Read more
Our Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition (of which I am the website Editor) is sponsoring our 7th New Year’s celebration on Jan. 18, 2020 at the Tucson Chinese Cultural Center (2nd year there). We first started our event in Jan. 2014 as a Tucson Mochitsuki (mochi pounding from rice) at the Yume Japanese Gardens of … Read more
With respect to helping the LGBTQ Community in schools, the idea of Power to the People took on added significance last week in Arizona after several months of pitchfork raising by narrow-minded reactionaries in the state. Last year, reactionary zealots like State Senator Sylvia “Out of the Closet Racist” Allen, State Representative Kelly “Donna Trump” … Read more