Mayor Romero and Supervisor Grijalva Support Electric School Bus Federal Infrastructure Program
A week after announcing an initiative to transition Tucson public busing to all-electric vehicles, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, along with Pima District Five County Supervisor Adelita Grijalva, American Lung Association Advocacy Senior Director JoAnnna Strother, and Tucson Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Gabriel Trujillo, announced support for a similar effort to transition all diesel school … Read more
A B.S. Deal Reached To Raise The Federal Debt Ceiling – We’ll See Whether The Sedition Party Honors The Deal (Updated)
The Hill reports, Senate reaches deal on short-term debt hike into December: Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Thursday that he had reached an agreement with Republicans to extend the debt ceiling into December. “We have reached an agreement to extend the debt ceiling through early December,” Schumer said. The agreement, according to … Read more
AZ Gov and GOP Legislature Risked Students’ Health for Their Political Agenda
By Kathy Hoffman, AZ Superintendent of Public Instruction and candidate for reelection Before the start of the school year, I was optimistic about what the new academic year would look like for our students and educators. As more Arizonans became vaccinated, I started to see the light at the end of the tunnel and a … Read more
Dear Senator Sinema: Stop Being a Silly, Incommunicative Contrarian
My wife and I have been watching with growing alarm as the Democrats who represent a majority of the people in Congress and the President drift along, negotiating with themselves, trying to find positions on critical transformative legislation to improve our lives. It is particularly galling that our senior Senator had become part of the … Read more
Get a Look at Arizona’s Future Governor
The East Valley Partnership recently held a forum for the candidates from both parties for Arizona’s Governorship in 2022. Of those aspiring to the Republican nomination, Matt Salmon, Steve Gaynor, Kimberly Yee, and Karrin Taylor Robson were in attendance. Kari Lake claimed a scheduling conflict and did not appear. Unfortunate, as I was keen to … Read more
Gov. Ducey Risks Children’s Lives for Political Points
By slipping into the state budget a ban on school mask mandates, our lame-duck Governor made a down payment to his political future at the expense of our school children’s health – knowing he would not face Arizona voters again. He was appeasing the right-wing GOP party and anti-truth primary voters in the Iowa caucuses … Read more
‘Silent Sinema’ Shows Contempt For Accountability To Her Constituents
The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell played a short video clip on Tuesday’s program of NBC reporter Garrett Haake trying to get a response from Senator Kyrsten Sinema about … well about anything. She just ignored his questions and stared at the elevator doors hoping they would open so she could get away, while one … Read more
Doug Ducey Can Not Give COVID Relief Dollars to Schools that do not Adopt Mask Mandates
Remember when Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and his allies on the extreme right thought it would be a good idea to give federal COVID relief funds, in the form of grants, to schools who chose not to adopt Coronavirus mask or vaccine mandates? The federal government did. Today, (October 5, 2021,) the United States Treasury … Read more
