Pima Couny Election Integrity Goes Back to the Board of Supervisors
The Pima County Supervisor’s regular meeting on January 8th at 9am is swiftly approaching this Tuesday. If election integrity matters to you, you should be there. Discussion of the lawsuit will be one of the very first items on the agenda, so try to be at the Board’s Chambers by 9am. One of the best … Read more
GOP’s Budget Plan: Do Less with Less
GOP legislative leaders have made their opening offer in the 2008 budget battles. They want to slash hundreds of millions from state programs including education. Faced with a deficit of roughly $800 million, Gov. Napolitano is proposing financing school construction over the useful life of the buildings (just like a mortgage) to save almost $400 … Read more
What Iowa Means
Obama wins, Edwards squeaks past Clinton for second. Not what I had hoped for, or expected, but much better new than I truly feared. The worst result for Democrats, in my opinion, would have been a Clinton win, confirming her front-runner status and solidifying the facade of inevitability she has worked so hard to create, … Read more
And the Winner in Iowa Is…
Nobody can honestly tell whether Edwards, Obama, or Clinton will win the Iowa caucuses. All we can be a little bit sure of is that it is very likely to be one of them, and not any of the other candidates. The polling is statistically insignificant: it’s a dead heat going in. The big factors … Read more
BlogForArizona Predictions for 2008
With 2008 upon us, I feel moved to make some wildly improbable predictions and some more-or-less reasonable guesses about how history will unfold in the coming year. I think maybe 10% of my predictions for 2007 arguably came to pass, at least by the lax standards applied to the vague utterances of a Nostradamus. I’m … Read more
Daisy Explains the Immigration Issue
I was surprised to find that I couldn’t explain how the Right is using immigration as the latest wedge issue better than a cat. That’s right. A cat. Just watch: More good sense from cats…
Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll Endorses Salette Latas for Oro Valley Town Council
Today, Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll announced his support for Salette Latas in the race for one of three seats on the Oro Valley Town Council. This may be the beginning of a much-needed non-partisan alliance against the profligate give-away of our local tax base in the name of "economic development" in Arizona’s communities. Carroll, … Read more
