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Oy Vey: David Stringer is back and running for Office
January 14, 2020
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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
(UPDATED) Democrats and Republicans offer Competing Visions at the Opening of the 2020 Arizona Legislative Session
January 14, 2020
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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
Maricopa County is one of the Election Hot Spots to watch on November 3, 2020
January 13, 2020
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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
Celebrate Year of the Rat at Tucson Japanese Festival 2020
January 13, 2020
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
Facing Blowback, Sylvia Allen sees the light on the LGBTQ Community; When will John Filmore
January 13, 2020
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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
Standing Up For Democracy at the School Board
January 13, 2020
We have seen over the past several years that many on the right believe that too much democracy is a bad thing. We see it in the voter suppression laws passed all over the country in the wake of the Supreme Court’s gutting of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, including attempts here in Arizona … Read more
Kathy Hoffman hopes to Continue Helping Children and Schools in 2020
January 13, 2020
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Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman had a good first year in 2019. Through hers and others in the Governor’s office, the State Legislature, and Pro Education and Children Advocacy groups, Arizona education took forward strides in the last year. These include: Increased funding for schools. The reduction of self-contained ELL Instruction from four … Read more
Constitutional Crisis: Sham Senate impeachment trial to begin later this week
January 12, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced Friday she will send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate next week: “I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to appoint managers and transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate,” Pelosi said … Read more
