UPDATED: Shame on Hispanic Chamber for Giving Ciscomani “Public Servant Award”
Last night the quasi-Republican Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce plopped a ‘public servant award’ on Congressman Juan Ciscomani. He did not deserve this award, because he’s ignored the will of the people in CD6. Ciscomani is a guy who ran for office saying, “I’m living the American Dream,” using his many children as political props, … Read more
UPDATED: Cochise County Supervisors’ Chickens Come Home to Roost… Carrying Subpeonas.
The intrepid Jen Fifield at VoteBeat reports that legal trouble is brewing for the two Cochise County Supervisors and scoff-laws Peggy Judd and Tom Crosby who tried to hold up certification of the elections in 2022 to cater to lies and obstructionism of sore-losers #LyingLoserLake, Mark “Fink” Finchem, and #LyingAbe Hamadeh. Arizona Attorney General Kris … Read more
Click to Close the Gun Show Loophole
A new proposal by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) would close the gun show loophole by requiring all sellers of guns for profit to get a Federal Firearms License. This means they would have to conduct background checks on every buyer. We have until December 7th to comment on this rule … Read more
Tucson Modernism Week 2023
“Tucson Modernism Week 2023, brought to you by the Tucson Historic Preservation Foundation is a week away. We’re proud to unveil a thoughtfully crafted program that offers a close-up and intimate explorations of the 20th-century heritage that binds our community and region. Join us as we celebrate the legacy of the 20th century with a fresh … Read more
Why I Have Voted YES on Tucson’s Prop 413
Tucson’s ballot measure to raise the salaries of the Tucson Mayor and Council Persons deserves our support, which is why I voted YES, and you should, too. The city’s fact sheet has some reasonable points: The 2023 Citizens’ Commission on Public Service and Compensation (CCPSC), an all-volunteer and diverse group of seven residents, studied these … Read more
Ward 6 Councilman Steve Kozachik argues against Prop 413
3 term Ward 6 Councilman Steve Kozachik, whose salary would be increased by Prop 413, argues against it in a recent AZ Daily Star guest opinion on Sunday October 29, 2023: https://tucson.com/opinion/column/local-opinion-city-officials-salaries-should-rise-but-prop-413-goes-too-far/article_c115b588-72dd-11ee-84aa-af1cfbe75499.html Also in his e-newsletter from 10/30/23 he states more info about Prop. 413, on the General Election ballot of Nov. 7, 2023: https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Government/Mayor-Council-and-City-Manager/City-Council-Wards/Ward-6/Ward-6-News/Ward-6-Newsletter?article=3786f9d … Read more
New ADLCC Chairs Jennifer Pawlik and Priya Sundareshan Discuss Turning the Arizona Legislature Blue in 2024
2024 may be a good year for Democrats across the electoral board in Arizona. That includes the solid possibility of taking, for the first time in decades, control of the State Legislature. Why? Because they are on the side of the issues people most care about. Those include economic opportunity, fiscal responsibility, improved and well-funded … Read more
