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The AZ GOP’s Gerrymander is Underway!
November 15, 2021
If you are a reader of the Blog for Arizona, you know that Arizona is in the process of redrawing its boundaries for congressional and state legislative districts. The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) is required to provide a 30-day public comment period. We are in that time window now. The last hearing is currently
House Democrats Expect To Pass the American Families Plan (Reconciliation Bill) This Week
November 15, 2021
The Associated Press reports, White House confident Biden’s bill will pass House this week: President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser expressed confidence Sunday that the White House’s $1.85 trillion domestic policy package will quickly pass the House this week and said approval couldn’t come at a more urgent time as prices of consumer goods spike.
Inflationary Psychology and GQP Fear Mongering Over Inflation
November 15, 2021
Neil Irwin recently wrote at the New York Times, Americans Are Flush With Cash and Jobs. They Also Think the Economy Is Awful. Americans are, by many measures, in a better financial position than they have been in many years. They also believe the economy is in terrible shape. This is the great contradiction that
An Explainer on High Meat Prices: It’s A Corporate Monopoly. Time For Some Trust Busting
November 15, 2021
NBC News aired this report over the weekend on the high price of beef. Don’t blame cattle ranchers. They are taking a beating from climate change and a prolonged mega drought in the West. They are also getting screwed over, as are consumers, by the “big 4” meatpackers who have monopoly power control over 80%
What Caused America’s Supply Chain Crunch? Corporations And Greed
November 15, 2021
When the Coronavirus Pandemic hit in January 2020, much of the world’s economy literally shut down as country after country went into lock downs in an effort to slow the spread of the disease. People were no longer working producing goods. Manufacturing corporations try to match their production to demand, trying to keep a minimum
In Conversation with LD 9 AZ State House Candidate Nathan Davis
November 14, 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
An Explainer On High Gas Prices: It’s The Coronavirus Pandemic And Oil Companies
November 14, 2021
Republicans are falling all over themselves to blame President Joe Biden for high gas prices. As has been true for decades, dating back to the OPEC oil embargo in 1973-74, presidents have little or nothing to do with oil production and the price of gas at the pump. This is solely the responsibility of oil
Watch video of Grand Re-opening of the historic Pima County Courthouse
November 14, 2021
On Tuesday November 9, 2021 Pima County held a grand opening ceremony for the re-opening of the historic Pima County courthouse, 115 N Church Ave. Watch the 48 minute video here of the ceremony on you tube: Celebrating the Grand Re-opening of the Historic Courthouse – YouTube Housed on the first floor is the new
