Invest in Ed Coalition Considering Going to the People to Repeal the Flat Tax if it Passes the State Legislature
May 26, 2021
Poor J.D. Mesnard. The former Arizona State House Speaker and current Senator from Legislative District 17 was clearly the odd man out on a four-man panel gathered by Luige Del Puerto of the Arizona Capitol Times to discuss the Republican proposed budget that includes a 2.5 percent flat tax. The other panelists were: House Democratic
Republican Flat Tax Feeds Economic Inequality in #AZ (video)
May 26, 2021
Governor Doug Ducey and Arizona Republicans are promoting a 2.5% flat tax on personal income and have included it in the budget package, currently under negotiation in the Arizona Legislature. They are also proposing that income over $250,000 for individuals and $500,000 for couples be taxed at 1%. Usually excess profits are taxed at a
Time To Put Up Or Shut Up For These Prima Donna Senators: Time To End The Senate Filibuster Rule
May 26, 2021
These pathetic prima donnas simply will not concede that they are wrong about their mystical powers of persuasion with Republican senators. Pride goeth before a fall. They are now reduced to begging Republicans to preserve their self-delusion. Joe Manchin And Kyrsten Sinema Beg GOP To Support Bipartisan Jan. 6 Commission: The two Democrats who oppose
City Councilman Steve Kozachik wants to Continue to Serve the People of Ward Six in Tucson
May 26, 2021
Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik wants to: Make your drinking water safe. Regulate the construction of 5G networks throughout Tucson. Protect historical buildings and small businesses on the Sunshine Mile Corridor. Expand the city recycling program and use the byproducts as tools in construction and landscaping. Serving Ward Six since 2009, Councilman Kozachik wants
The Party Of Trump Is A Criminal Enterprise Led By A Third-Rate Mafia ‘Don’ Trump
May 25, 2021
kakistocracy /kakəˈstäkrəsē/ noun: (1) government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state. (2) a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens. This is what the MAGA/Qanon personality cult, the Party of Trump, has to offer Americans. Think of the 2006 science fiction comedy film Idiocracy, a dystopian world
Power Grabbers and Petty Cowardly Bullies at the Arizona Legislature Strip Secretary of State Katie Hobbs Ability to Contest Election Lawsuits
May 25, 2021
As Blue Meanie noted in an earlier article today, the members of the former Party of Lincoln are engaged in crafting a party-only budget that generously provides for the most wealthy in the state and not the most vulnerable. How can a modern political party vote for a tax cut for the rich and tell
Bitter Budget Battle Underway In The AZ Legislature
May 25, 2021
To reiterate what I posted the other day, the budget “is a deal brokered in secret among just Republicans, and sprung upon the legislature at the last minute without committee hearings or any public input or debate. The goal is to ram it through, jam it through the legislature with just Republican votes to pass
Juan Padrés Wants to Help Bring a New Vision and Direction to the Tucson City Council
May 25, 2021
Combatting Poverty. Expanding Affordable Housing. Fostering Economic Development. Improving Transportation Infrastructure & Mobility. Lowering Tucson’s crime rate. Those are the issues Juan Padrés would like to work on if elected to represent Ward Three on the Tucson City Council. Experienced in working in both the private and public sector, Mr. Padrés said: “I am running
