Updates: From Taxes to Reproductive Rights & COVID … What’s the Latest? (podcast)
One of my pet peeves is reading a cliff-hanger news story, only to be left hanging when there is no follow up. Several stories reported in my previous podcasts have had newsworthy developments since those episodes aired. To catch you up on the details, Episode 8 is a compilation of updates. Many of my podcasts … Read more
Bodine and Williams on the Issues that will Drive Change in Arizona
Podcaster Ron Williams and writer Larry Bodine agreed that the issues that will drive change in Arizona are public school funding, voter suppression, and a fair tax system where the rich pay their fair share. “We have to get the message across to those independents and disaffected Republicans,” said Williams, who is the host … Read more
Three Questions for Corporate Shill, Senator Kyrsten Sinema
Senators Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin face the same unpopularity with voters in both Arizona and West Virginia. I don’t like either one’s “my way or the highway” attitude or Sinema’s tiresome antics. Sinema, who takes money from corporate interests that opposed the Biden agenda, appears to have sold her vote. This would explain her … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of October 10, 2021
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, events are being cancelled or postponed to later dates. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. … Read more
SAVED BY A BIKER
For an unknown reason, I decided to re-read Future Shock by Alvin Toffler. I recall it being a big deal when it came out in 1970. Reading it now, the first thing I noticed was the complete absence of women. The only mention of the female variety was one teen who gets pregnant … Read more
Score One for Conservation and the Environment: President Biden Restores National Monument Protections for Bear Park
Working to undo the largely anti-environment and anti-conservation record of his twice impeached predecessor, President Joe Biden signed Executive Orders today (October 8, 2021,) restoring and expanding National Monument protection status to Bears Ears National Park in Utah, the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument in Utah, the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, and the Northeast Canyons … Read more
Arizona Schools Will Receive Another $862 Million in American Rescue Plan Funds
Arizona public schools will receive another $862 million in American Rescue Plan funding after the Department of Education approved the Grand Canyon Education Department’s Arizona’s American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ARP ESSER) plan. The goals of these funds are to assist schools in: Safely reopening and adopting mitigation measures to fully … Read more
Donald Trump Is Engaging In Witness Tampering And Obstruction Of Congress In Plain Site
The Select House Committee to Investigate January 6 issued more subpoenas on Thursday, even before hearing from witnesses next week previously subpoenaed. The committee is now focusing heavily on the organizers of the January 6 insurrection, which brings us a step closer to the Republican members of Congress involved in planning and promoting the January 6 … Read more
