Ducey’s Duplicity on COVID-19 Leads to a New Emerging Crisis

Cross-Posted from Tucson Weekly’s The Range. I, like many Arizonans, have been following Gov. Doug Ducey’s regular COVID-19 press conferences. I really appreciate him doing these pressers—it allows the media to make inquiries about his policy choices in the face of the current crisis. And I’ve been able to closely examine the case that he … Read more

Police Riot, Attack Black Community – Greenwood, OK, 1921

  Too much success can be a bad thing – if you are African-American Greenwood, OK was a district of Tulsa organized in 1906. By 1921, it was home to 10,000 Black residents.  Greenwood Avenue ran only through the Black area so they had it all to themselves. It was home to the Black commercial district that … Read more

Senate rescued big business, but is ready to throw workers to the wolves

Congress recently sweetened the terms for businesses seeking loans to survive the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic with the passage of the Paycheck Protection Program Flexibility Act of 2020, amending the original PPP loan program enacted as part of the CARES Act (summarized): The SBA had previously provided that PPP loans would have a … Read more

Rodney the Ungood

[Readers: I cross-posted this two years ago. It’s one of the best political take-downs I’ve seen. Since Rodney is again running for office – this time, for Maricopa County Assessor — I figured it was worth re-posting]

[cross-posted from Pima Liberator]

By Joel Feinman

Note to BfAZ readers: In the annals of political takedown pieces in Arizona, this piece should have a secure place. Upon reading it, I emailed the author, Joel Feinman, and asked if I could share. And the target, Rodney Glassman, is so deserving. Those of you with sizable social media followings, please share.

“Oh, he’s a wondrous talker and has the power / To tell you nothing hour after hour / If, by mistake, he ever came to the point / The shock would put his jawbone out of joint” – Molière, The Misanthrope

American politics has vomited up some truly repellent characters as of late, but few are as soulless as Arizona Corporation Commission candidate Rodney Glassman. Trying to explain who and what Rodney is to people who have never heard of him can be challenging. A polite commentator might describe Rodney as a lawyer with a colorful past, who has been active in Arizona politics for many years as a Democrat and now as Republican. Others who are less polite and more judgmental could describe him as a supremely egotistical and morally corrupt individual, who would join any party and advocate for any cause, as long as doing so would advance his political career by the radius of a single electron.

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