Exclusive: First Draft of Kari Lake’s Senate Announcement Speech
Crossposted from David Fitzsimmons: Arizona’s Progressive Voice Substack by agreement. A copy of the first draft of Kari Lake’s speech announcing her candidacy for the U. S. Senate came into my possession thanks to a mole inside her campaign. My transcription includes her notes, her original unedited text and her corrections. Note that Lake writes … Read more
Juan CiscoMAGA is among the Most Endangered Incumbents in the 2024 Cycle
With a Presidential election year, Republican disarray in the House of Representatives (maybe they should put an ad out for a Speaker candidate that can get 217 votes,) MAGA posterboard candidate Kari Lake running for the Senate, and a potential state ballot initiative on reproductive freedom rights, Arizona Congressional District (CD) Six Representative Juan Ciscomani … Read more
VOTE NO ON #1: PHOENIX SPECIAL BOND ELECTION NOV. 7
I never saw a bond election I didn’t like – until now. For the Nov. 7 special election in Phoenix, Question 2 is to fund libraries, parks, and historic preservation. Question 3 is to fund education, economic development, arts and culture, and reduce waste. Question 4 is to fund affordable housing and senior centers. All good … Read more
Mayor Kate Gallego and The Phoenix City Council Expand Wi-Fi Internet to About 5,000 People in Affordable Housing Communities
Using the American Rescue Plans (ARA) fund to further access to high-speed Wi-Fi internet, the Phoenix City Council, led by Mayor Kate Gallego passed a measure at the October 4, 2023 council meeting to assist 4,941 people residing in 27 local affordable housing communities in obtaining the vital service. Please read pages 110-111 on the … Read more
With Kari Lake’s Senate Candidacy, Kelli Ward Finally Makes it Through the GOP Primary
Kari Lake’s recent announcement that she will run for the GOP nomination for the Senate race against Ruben Gallego and (presumably, but not certainly) Senator #SingleTermSinema, is the culmination of the radicalization and Trumpification (and death knell) of the AZGOP as an electoral force in AZ politics. You will recall that Kelli Ward, previously Chair … Read more
Gallego Releases The First Ad Exposing Lake’s MAGA Extremism
The Ruben Gallego for Arizona Campaign has not wasted any time reacting to the declared candidacy of Kari Lake for the United States Senate. In a press statement yesterday (October 10, 2023,) Representative and Democratic Senate Candidate Gallego commented: “Arizonans know exactly who Kari Lake is — and that’s why they rejected her the first … Read more
Arizona Corporate Commission Must Pressure Utilities to Support Rooftop Solar Energy
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) is set to consider further reducing what the state’s monopoly utilities pay homeowners and businesses with rooftop solar for the energy they send back to the grid—and which the utilities then sell back to customers. ACC Commissioner Nick Myers wants to slash the price utilities pay rooftop solar customers for … Read more
