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The Non-partisan Scottsdale City Council Is Anything But!
February 14, 2025
Tuesday night’s (February 11, 2025) Scottsdale City Council meeting was a heart-wrenching experience that leftthe hundreds of attendees sickened and dismayed. It was obvious that five of the seven council members came to the meeting to vote to eliminate Scottsdale’sdepartment of diversity and decades-long commitment to being a welcoming, safe, and accessiblecommunity for all. Council
Arizona Legislative Democrats Advance an Affordability Agenda
February 13, 2025
When people study the legislative bills being submitted by both the Republican and Democratic Party members in the Arizona State Legislature, the great majority of proposals that would lower costs for Working and Middle-Class Arizonans appear to come from the Party of Hobbs, Sundershan, and De Los Santos. The great majority of Republican headline proposals
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes Sues to Stop Elon Musk’s Unconstitutional Power Grab
February 13, 2025
In another multistate lawsuit against the Musk/Trump/Vance Administration, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, along with 13 other State Attorney Generals, are asking the courts to stop Elon Musk’s and his DOGE underling’s seemingly Unconstitutional power grab on the United States Government The scope of the lawsuit asserts that Donald Trump violated the Appointments clause of
Great day rallying for water at Environmental Day at the Capitol! Keep the momentum going by contacting Sen. T.J. Shope.
February 13, 2025
We had a great day at Environmental Day at the Capitol. While tabling for Sustainable Tucson, Sen. Priya Sundareshan from our district (LD18) stopped by to thank me for promoting the Rural Groundwater Protection bills, SB1425 and HB2714. These bipartisan bills finally offer much needed water protections for rural communities that are suffering from over-pumping. Sen. Priya Sundareshan and Rep.
MAGA Project 2025 Republican Budget Plan Steals from the Poor and Gives to the Rich
February 13, 2025
No surprises here except maybe for the many uninformed Working and Middle-Class Americans who thought Donald Trump, despite his first and his party’s historic track record, would actually work for them. House and Senate Republicans have unveiled their budget blueprints, and, in the words of House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, they are “sticking it” to
(UPDATED) Arizonan Reaction to Trump’s Second War on Science
February 11, 2025
Welcome to the 2025 version of the Dark Ages. Donald Trump, the person who during his first term in the Oval Office issued preposterous statements that windmills cause cancer and injecting bleach in your arms could ward off the Coronavirus, has launched a second war on science in the first three weeks of his return
Governor Katie Hobbs and Leading Arizona Democrats React to MAGA Republicans’ Latest Drive to Suppress the Vote
February 11, 2025
It is the same Anti Democratic tune from the Arizona MAGA Republicans. For some reason, after sending voter suppression legislation last year to meet up with Governor Katie Hobbs’s veto pen, they think Arizonans will like the same political musical flop again and are attempting to move similar disenfranchisement legislation (SB1011, SB1152, and HB 2703,)
11 Years blogging at B4AZ
February 11, 2025
Well, it’s now 11 years since I started blogging here at Blog for Arizona. Most of us don’t care about the current political situation with the return of Republican President Donald Trump. It’s going to be a challenging four years or more. Stay tuned for a lot of push back from the Democrats across the
