Political Calendar: Week of October 3, 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
Map Reveals 25 Statewide Hate Groups In Arizona
Arizona is home to 25 statewide hate groups, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which pioneered the use of lawsuits to take down America’s most notorious hate groups, including the Klan. SPLC investigative researchers are identifying white supremacists who have infiltrated our governing bodies, like the U.S. State Department official we exposed a few … Read more
Whose Side Are These Democratic Divas On?
Lincoln Mitchell, who teaches in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University, writes at CNN, Manchin and Sinema are hurting their party more than any Republican ever could: After a failed, all-day scramble to get the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill passed on Thursday, President Joe Biden’s legislative agenda is in jeopardy … Read more
The Mendacity of Joe Manchin – Enough Already!
David Gordon suggests “It May be Time for Democrats to Take Part of the Loaf Now and Come Back for More Later.” Back in the day when we had a government that worked in regular order, I might agree. Senator Hubert Humphrey taught me the value of the “half a loaf,” and it worked for … Read more
Tucson Adds Five Electric Buses to Its Public Transportation Fleet
In another farsighted move designed to reduce carbon emissions eighty percent in Tucson by 2035 and invest in clean energy, the City introduced five electric buses to its public transportation fleet on September 30, 2021. Tucson Mayor Regina Romero attended the introduction of the electric buses, posting on social media: Today would not have been … Read more
It May be Time for Democrats to Take Part of the Loaf Now and Come Back for More Later
Well, Joe Manchin’s top line has been made public and if you are on the more left-wing side of the Democratic Party, it is not a happy number. The West Virginia Senator came out publicly and said his top line for the Democratic Budget Reconciliation Plan (also known as the Biden/Harris Build Back Better Plan) … Read more
Congress Averts Shutdown With Stopgap Short-Term Continuing Resolution
It seems to me that I have been writing this same headline multiple times for at least two decades. It is not a functional democracy which repeatedly engages in brinksmanship at the end of the federal fiscal year every September 30. This is supposed to be the easy part. I looked it up, the last … Read more
Initiative to Repeal the Republican Flat Tax for the Rich is Likely Headed for the 2022 Ballot
Arizona may not become like Kansas after all. Education activists filed a petition for an initiative that, if approved for the ballot, will stop the republican Flat Tax for the rich from ever taking effect. Arizona Education Association President Joe Thomas said the referendum process is necessary “to refer bad policy to the voters so … Read more
