FEC Pre-Primary Report High-Lights Around Arizona
Note: I have arbitrarily decided to simply not talk about any campaign that hasn’t yet topped $50K. It’s not because they aren’t competitive, it’s because their little pile of money isn’t very interesting, and there are just too many of them. They are like baby sea turtles. They may make it to the ocean and … Read more
20 Questions with Mike Cacciopoli, Democrat for Congress in Arizona’s CD 1
Mike Cacciopoli is running for Congress. He’s one of five Democrats competing for the nomination to face off with Dick Renzi, the Republican incumbent in November. I interviewed Mike via a email with a series of key questions. There were no follow up questions. If you have follow-up or additional questions, please leave a comment … Read more
Pre-Primary FEC Filings for CD 8 Candidates
DEMOCRATS: Gabby Giffords: Leading the pack in fundraising again is Gabby Giffords, who raked in an additional $270K over the last two months. That pops the 1 million mark for Gabby, giving her a total $1.113 million raised for the race, and $334K cash on hand as of 8/23/06. Gabby raised most her money, $237K, … Read more
Another CD 8 Candidate Forum
KVOA News 4 asked each of the Democratic Candidates what they thought the #1 issue was. Many of the answers staked out familiar territory and conformed pretty closely to the crosstabs of every poll on the race I’ve seen: Iraq (Rodriguez), Healthcare (Weiss), Immigration (Johnson). Every candidate had their own issue they were trying to … Read more
20 Questions with Susan Friedman, Democrat for Congress in Arizona’s CD 1
Susan Friedman is running for Congress. She is seeking the Democratic nomination in Congressional District 1 to square off with incumbent Republican Dick Renzi in November. The following biography was provided by the Friedman campaign. I interviewed Susan via email with a questionaire than included 20 key questions. No follow up questions were asked. If … Read more
Blowing the Whistle on Lockheed Coast Guard Contracting
Another tragic example of how the fascist impulse of the GOP is fostering and covering up incompentence and corruption in government operations. We are all put at risk when the whole government seems all too willing to pull together to cover each other’s asses, but not those of our service men and women putting their … Read more
Nuclear Energy Forum, Sat. Sept. 2nd, 2pm
Nuclear Power: An Economic Threat to the United States What: A Talk on the costs of nuclear power by Russell Lowes at the Common Sense Forum. When: Saturday, September 2, 2006 – The talk begins at 2 p.m. Refreshments with coffee (made with CAP Ambassador Blend) and society available at 1:30 PM, forum from 2:00 … Read more
