Tucson Transit fares still waived during pandemic
June 16, 2020
“Transit fares remain free. Sun Tran will announce when fares will be reinstated on social media, our website, on buses and at transit centers.” Regular bus fare is $1.50 one way with various discounts,using Sun Go card: https://www.suntran.org/how-to-ride/bus-fares-and-pass-locations. To ride the 4 mile Sun Link streetcar, the all day pass costs $4.50, with semester discounts … Read more
Hilary Cannizzaro wants to be the Children’s and Teacher’s Champion on the Prescott School Board
June 16, 2020
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Hilary Cannizzaro is an Educator. She wants to bring that educators’ voice to the Prescott School Board. An experienced elementary school teacher and education activist who now owns a preschool operation for two and three-year old’s, Ms. Cannizzaro wants to advocate for the needs of the children and teachers in the Prescott Unified School District. … Read more
Democratic Reaction to Trump’s Vile Executive Order and the Historic Supreme Court Ruling Affecting the LGBTQ Community
June 16, 2020
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The last four days have been both stressful and celebratory for the LGBTQ community. On Friday, Donald Trump issued an Executive Order removing the Obama era protections for the LGBTQ community from discrimination in the health care industry. Condemnations were swift. 2020 Presidential Democratic Nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden posted on social media: … Read more
Update: The Pandemic Coup
June 16, 2020
UPDATE to Post of 6/2/20: My Darkest Concern: The Pandemic Coup. Well, that didn’t take too long. Essentially only a few days from my finally having published my concerned musing. The crisis did not exactly come the way I had imagined, but it did come. Trump essentially tried an extra-constitutional use of the military against … Read more
The ‘Don’t Fear The Reaper’ COVID Concert Tour 2020
June 15, 2020
Permanent musical accompaniment: Don’t Fear The Reaper (Blue Öyster Cult 1976). The Trump Death Cult announced its “Don’t Fear The Reaper” COVID Concert Tour 2020 last week. “It’s to die for!” The Trump campaign is coming to states with a big surge in coronavirus outbreaks, beginning in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Tulsa Health Department director ‘wishes’ Trump … Read more
Check out this Ad where it shows Pre Trump Zone Resident Lindsey Graham praising Joe Biden
June 15, 2020
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In one of the more effective, and ironic, political ads so far this year, the group Republican Voters against Trump has released an ad called “Lindsey Graham loves Joe Biden.” In the video (please see below,) you have South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham in the 2016 campaign calling Mr. Trump: “Race-Baiting.” “Xenophobic.” “Religious Bigot.” This … Read more
Phoenix police policies do not meet international policing standards; nor do departments in any of the largest 20 cities of the U.S.
June 15, 2020
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The atrocities of WWII resulted in the establishment of international models of behavior that embedded basic human rights. The Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights outlines some of these basic principles. Every country has to figure out the balance of giving police the ability to do their job of … Read more
What time is it? It is time for Vince Leach to go
June 15, 2020
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Has anyone who subscribes to Blog for Arizona ever checked out Legislative District (LD) 11 State Senator Vince Leach’s Facebook Page? It is more frightening than a Stephen King novel. It is a smorgasbord of fringe right-wing lunacy and conspiracy theories. It is the stuff that nightmares are made of and should astonish and scare … Read more
