Political Calendar: Week of February 27, 2022
February 27, 2022
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.
Update on the AZLeg Session So Far From Reps. DeGrazia & Abraham, & Sen. Stahl Hamilton
February 26, 2022
Our excellent Dem delegation from Legislative District 10 in Tucson sat down with AZDem Environmental Council Co-Chair Nick Arnold for an hour of discussion about many of the pending issues and events in this 55th session of the AZLeg in this Cross-Over week. Since the drop-dead date for bills (other than appropriations and strikers) has
Maricopa County Young Democrats — Engaging The Youth Vote
February 26, 2022
Turns out, interviewing a younger version of yourself can be enlightening and deflating at the same time. Enlightening because Ricardo Serna, President of the Maricopa County Young Democrats (MCYD) offers his analysis of youth voting in previous AZ elections, its impact and influence on MCYD strategies for 2022. Deflating, because, at 26, Serna has been
View CDC Covid-19 Tracking by state or county
February 26, 2022
Recently I found a website from the Center for Disease Control which is tracking COVID-19 stats online, state by state, even by county. Arizona isn’t doing so well compared to other states with only a 63.8% fully vaxed rate, compared to Hawaii (my home state) at 82.1%, or Washington (where our son lives) at 75.9%
Brave Ukrainian Woman Offers Sunflower Seeds To Russian Soldier – So They Will Grow After He Dies
February 26, 2022
Background: Why is the Sunflower the National Flower of Ukraine? Sunflowers (sunyashniki) are especially loved in Ukraine, where golden fields of them face the sunrise in the east. They are Ukraine’s national flower, and in folk imagery represent the warmth and power of the sun, which was worshipped by pre-Christian Slavs. In a strange twist, the fact
Fossil Fuel Giants Fight Sustainable Energy in Two Cases
February 26, 2022
Oil, coal and gas giants are duking it out with the EPA in two environmental cases this year. One challenge, West Virginia v. EPA, brought by the coal companies, will be heard in SCOTUS on Monday, February 28. The case will decide if the Clean Air Act authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency to issue significant
The City of Tucson Hires Buro Happold to Help Develop its Climate Action and Adaptation Plan
February 26, 2022
Since Tucson Mayor Regina Romero took office in 2019, she and the Tucson City Council have taken many steps to modernize, enhance, and revolutionize the city’s infrastructure and green energy sustainability features. These steps include: Developing and updating an Electric Vehicle Readiness Roadmap. This has helped lead to the start of installing electric charging stations
Why We Stand With Ukraine and Against Putin’s Tyranny
February 25, 2022
Somehow standing in solidarity with an emerging democratic nation, one that just cast off the shackles of its oppressive and kleptocratic puppet regime, against unprovoked military invasion by the very murderous dictator who oppressed them and who keeps his own people powerless, poor, and violently oppressed has become a partisan issue! Standing with democratic societies against
