“Civil War” futuristic movie coming to the Loft Cinema
STARTS FRIDAY, APRIL 12 REGULAR ADMISSION PRICES PASSES NOT ACCEPTED 4/12 – 4/25 “From filmmaker Alex Garland (Ex Machina) comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach DC before rebel factions descend upon the White House. Starring Kirsten Dunst, Nick Offerman and … Read more
Reaction to Tom Horne Announcing a Recommended Twenty Percent Cut to Title One Public School Funding
When his own Empowerment Scholarship Account Director recommended common-sense reforms to the ESA handbook that included greater regulations like increased oversight of potential “luxury items” purchase requests, Arizona Superintendent for Public Instruction Tom Horne persuaded the State Board of Education to defer revisions to the handbook until next year to allow for greater community feedback. … Read more
Seven Years Since Gorsuch, Elections Have Consequences
Conor O’Callaghan is running for Congress as a Democrat in AZ01. He is an Irish immigrant who grew up in Congressional District 1. He excelled in Scottsdale public schools, which took him to an Ivy League university. Conor has a B.S. in Economics, a B.A.S. in Engineering, and a Master’s in Public Administration from the … Read more
Hank Stephenson of Arizona Agenda and Rep. Analise Ortiz Discuss the Power of Housing Zoning Reform to Create Affordable Housing
An Interesting discussion ensued on Arizona Agenda’s (please consider becoming a paid subscriber, like me!) boozy livestream tonight about Gov. Hobbs’ veto of a bi-partisan zoning and code reform bill to override some city restrictions that prevent the construction of lower cost housing. The first third of the session with Rep. Ortiz (her TikTok is … Read more
Biden/Harris Campaign Releases Another Ad Highlighting Donald Trump’s War on Women’s Reproductive Freedom
With MAGA Republicans hailing the Florida Supreme Court’s authorization of that state’s MAGA-sanctioned six-week abortion ban, the Biden/Harris campaign unleashed another ad, called “Trust” attacking the person, whose Supreme Court nominees, made these draconian attacks on women’s reproductive freedom possible. The ad, narrated by President Joe Biden himself, starts with Donald Trump, during an interview, … Read more
2024 Legislative Candidate list for Southern AZ races
Az Sec. of State Adrian Fontes has released names of who has filed nomination petitions for races statewide and in the various legislative districts 1 to 30. Deadline was 5 p.m. on April 1, 2024. Link: https://azsos.gov/sites/default/files/docs/CadidatesFiled_web_list_20240403_Final.pdf For Southern Arizona here is the list of who is running for Legislative Districts 17 to 21. Each … Read more
Candidates for Pima County offices 2024
Deadline for nomination petitions was 5 p.m. on April 1, 2024. Here’s the list who filed to run for Pima County offices: Assessor Suzanne Droubie (D), incumbent (UNOPPOSED) _____ Attorney Laura Conover (D), incumbent Mike Jette (D) _____ Board of Supervisors District 1 Rex Scott (D), incumbent Jake Martin (D) Steve Spain (R) Robert L. … Read more
