Pima County Election Integrity Trial: Testimony of Dr. Tom Ryan
December 4, 2007
Please see the Election Integrity Homepage for complete coverage and the latest news. There are generally just a few real take-away nuggets of information from an witness’ testimony that can be summed up fairly succinctly. In the case of Dr. Ryan, I think the most important nuggets of information are these: Dr. Ryan can conceive
Pima County Election Integrity Trial: County’s Opening Statement
December 4, 2007
Please see the Election Integrity Homepage for complete coverage and the latest news. Summary of the opening statement by the Pima County Deputy Attorney Christopher Straub: The database files requested by the Democratic Party contain procedural programming as it is defined in Arizona legislation and the rules that originate with the Secretary of State. Both
Pima County Election Integrity Trial: Dem Party’s Opening Statement
December 4, 2007
Please see the Election Integrity Homepage for complete coverage and the latest news. Media Access: The judge ruled to allow a video camera in the room during opening statements, but has reserved judgment as to whether camera and blogging will be allowed in the room during witness testimony. He expressed some concern about the possibility
Pima County Election Integrity Blues on Trial
December 2, 2007
Please see the Election Integrity Homepage for complete coverage and the latest news. Starting today, BlogForArizona will be given over to live blog coverage of the lawsuit by the Pima County Democratic Party against Pima County, Arizona, seeking to force the county to respond to a public records request for the databases containing the actual
Border Patrol Police State
December 1, 2007
I got this story from June Wortman’s newsletter. She calls the incident harrowing, and I can’t disagree. The rapidity with which police forces escalate encounters with citizens who don’t behave exactly as they would wish, or worse, actually insist on being treated with respect and accorded their civil rights, is increasingly reminiscent of how an
My Complaint Against Senator Tim Bee for Violation of Arizona’s Resign-To-Run Laws
November 27, 2007
On November 20th I sent the following letter to the Arizona Attorney General’s office, and today I sent it to major media throughout Arizona. The readers of BlogForArizona can help by calling the Attorney General’s Office and your local media to inquire about what is being done about my complaint. "Dear Mr. Goddard: I wish
Arizona Tax Revolt Initiative Recruiting Among Minutemen
November 25, 2007
Ultra-conservatives seek to hobble our state government with a faux-populist ‘tax revolt’ using initiatives here in Arizona. The effort is deeply ironic as Arizona already has one of the lowest property tax rates in the nation, which is clearly reflected by our consistent bottom-of-the-barrel ranking in investment in our children’s education, health and welfare. These
4th Gen War in Iraq
November 23, 2007
I recently re-read Marine Lt. Colonel T. X. Hammes recent book on the evolution of modern warfare, The Sling and the Stone. Col. Hammes wrote an article for the Marine Corps Gazette which is essentially a summary of his book. It lays out the thesis more completely and cogently than I could hope to here.
