Political Calendar: Week of February 19, 2023
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, many events are still being held virtually online. 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. Political … Read more
The Indispensability of Community Public Schools
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines indispensable as “absolutely necessary” and “not subject to being set aside or neglected”. I can think of no better word to describe how important our public schools have been, and are, to our communities and country. Unfortunately, the GOP has made it clear they want to privatize and defund public schools. They … Read more
John Kavanagh’s New ‘Show Me Your Papers To Pee’ Bill Returns After A Decade Hiatus
Cathi Herrrod’s puppet in the Arizona Senate, Sen. John Kavanagh, is once again carrying water for the American Taliban, Center For Arizona Policy. A decade ago he sponsored the CAP’s anti-trans “show me your papers to pee” bill which eventually died in the legislature. Now the GQP-controlled legislature is even more extreme and radical than … Read more
#LyingLoserLake Appeal Denied & Bar Sanctions Against Her ‘Lawyers’ Pending
Update to Mike Lindell Bankrolls Kari Lake And Mark Finchem Lawsuit To Ban Ballot-Counting Machines In Arizona and Court Dismisses ‘Big Lie’ Election Deniers ‘Krazy Kari’ Lake And Mark Finchem Lawsuit To Ban Ballot-Counting Machines (Updated). As every sentient human being fully expected, the Appeals court rejects “Krazy Kari” Lake’s challenge of election loss to Arizona … Read more
Matt Gaetz: Mann, Oh Mann! Waiting for Justice
Remember that Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation of Rep. Matt “Billboard Head” Gaetz (R-FL), a card-carrying member of the hard right MAGA front? Well, ICYMI, Gaetz was being “probed” in relation to three different crimes: (1) sex trafficking a 17-year-old, (2) breaking the Mann Act by taking one or more ladies across state lines for prostitution, and … Read more
No Surprise: Governor Hobbs Vetoes the Republican Only Budget
In the latest turn in the Fiscal Year 23/24 budget chess game at the Arizona State Capitol, Governor Katie Hobbs predictably vetoed the Republican only skinny budget passed along party lines over the last two weeks. In a press release explaining her justified veto, Governor Hobbs offered: “Arizonans deserve a budget that takes the real … Read more
What Do We Mean When We Say ‘Freedom’?
What is freedom? What does it mean? What does it entail? Merriam-Webster defines freedom as “the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action”. Do we gain freedom by denying the freedoms of others? I don’t believe so, but if “freedom” becomes an opinion more than an American ideal, we see the word freedom … Read more
