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LD 9 Elected PCs Send Three Candidates for State House to Pima County Board of Supervisors
November 20, 2021
The elected PCs of LD 9 held an election today via Zoom and ElectionBuddy to send attorney Chris Maths, teacher and small business owner Nathan Davis, and Civic Engagement Program Manager Anakarina Rodriguez for appointment to the State House seat now vacant due to the resignation of Dr. Randy Friese. The Pima County Board of
In Conversation with LD 9 AZ State House Candidate Nancy Gutierrez
November 19, 2021
I’m quite dissatisfied with the current state of political discourse in the United States. Too many sound-bites; too little real conversation. Too much empty rhetoric and culture-war nonsense; too little reflection on the real issues and challenges we face as a self-governing society. I think these are pretty common sentiments these days. Luckily, I’m in
NO on Prop 307! Veto the AZGOP Flat Tax!
November 19, 2021
Every single Democrat running for state office should immediately and whole-heartedly endorse the people’s veto, and promote ‘NO on 307’! Secretary of State Katie Hobbs haw certified that the Invest in Education’s Referendum of SB 1828 has qualified for the ballot as Prop 307 on the 2022 ballot. You will recall that Arizona voters passed
Urban Development Maverick Chuck Marohn of StrongTowns.Org Visits Arizona, & Chats with BlogForArizona
November 19, 2021
One of the public intellectuals (though I suspect Chuck might scoff a bit at that label) whom I admire greatly these days is Mr. Chuck Marohn. I have a great deal of appreciation for his counter-to-conventional-wisdom insights into the many mistakes America has made in building our infrastructure, planning our urban development, and financing our
Arizona Attorney General ‘Nunchucks’ Launches A Political Probe Into The 2020 Election
November 19, 2021
Arizona’s partisan hack Attorney General “Nunchucks” aka Mark Brnovich has so politicized his office that he has opened an investigation of the 2020 election under pressure from the MAGA/QAnon conspiracy cult after the discredited Arizona Senate’s GQP sham “fraudit” of Maricopa County election results in 2020. He is demonstrating his fealty to Donald Trump’s Big
UPDATED Nov. 20: A Dozen LD9 Candidates Seek Appointment to Replace Rep. Randy Friese
November 19, 2021
10/20 UPDATE: The LD 9 PCs elected Chris Mathis, Nathan Davis, and Anakarina Rodriguez to the slate of three candidates for appointment to be submitted to the Pima County Board of Supervisors for appointment to the vacant House seat. First, a few disclaimers: BlogForArizona has no formal association with the Democratic Party, nor any subdivision
House Democrats Pass Historic ‘Build Back Better’ Budget Reconciliation Bill On Party-Line Vote
November 19, 2021
Late Thursday, Democrats got some good news as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) conservative scoring of the Build Back Better bill means that the bill will be more than fully paid for. Good News For Democrats CBO Score Means Build Back Better Is Fully Paid For: There have been some accurate headlines saying that the CBO
Video & Transcript: Chris Mathis, Candidate for LD 9 State House at Democrats of Greater Tucson
November 19, 2021
Watch the video with a word-by-word transcript! Try it out. Article by Maria Parsons Chris Mathis, a candidate for the open house seat in Legislative District 9, spoke about reproductive rights, voting rights, water resources, and the chronic underfunding of education, and the ongoing Republican assault on our public education system. He spoke at the
