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Political Calendar: Week of February 16, 2020
February 16, 2020
The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: For … Read more
Arizona Republicans Attack Voting Rights & Clean Elections (video)
February 15, 2020
Some aspects of the Arizona legislature are highly predictable– like the ideological bills from the left and the right that are proposed to show where members stand on the issues. For the Republicans, attacks on Clean Elections, voting rights, and the Citizens Initiative are perennial favorites. There are multiple bills based upon voter suppression and unnecessary … Read more
AZ GOP advances ‘sanctuary cities’ bills to appease ‘Dear Leader’ ahead of Phoenix rally
February 15, 2020
At the very same time that Republicans in the Arizona legislature are pursuing “Second Amendment sanctuary” legislation, Sponsored by Rep. Leo Biasiucci, R-Lake Havasu City, a measure which purports to make any federal laws viewed as infringing on the Second Amendment null, void and unenforceable in Arizona (it would not), and would bar the state government and … Read more
On the second anniversary of the Parkland massacre, Arizona is hopelessly gun nuts (updated)
February 15, 2020
On Valentines Day, February 14, 2018, a gunman opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 people and injuring 17 others. The horrific massacre shocked the nation and led several states, including Florida — a notoriously gun-friendly state — to enact “red flag” laws, which allows … Read more
Visit new Southern Arizona Heritage & Visitor Center in downtown Tucson
February 15, 2020
This week I dropped by the one month old So. Az Heritage & Visitor Center in downtown Tucson, at 115 N. Church (north of Congress St.) in the greenish domed former Pima County Justice Court iconic building. It’s in Suite 221 on the ground floor, where the Pima County Recorder’s office used to be. There … Read more
Republicans and utility companies want to take away your right to elect the Corporation Commission
February 14, 2020
Every year in the Arizona legislature there is a move by Republicans to change or to eliminate the duties of certain constitutionally prescribed elected statewide offices. With regularity there has been a push to create a lieutenant governor position which would run in tandem with the governor solely for purposes of succession in office (in … Read more
(UPDATED) This has been a Great Week for Mark Kelly and all the other Democratic Senate Candidates
February 14, 2020
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In the week to ten days since Individual One was acquitted by the Coverup Republicans in the Senate, the electoral fortunes of the Democratic candidates seeking to defeat the most vulnerable of them have considerably improved. How can this be? Exhibit A: Has the 2016 Popular Vote Loser shown humility and remorse since his acquittal … Read more
