Carolyn Classen

Carolyn Sugiyama Classen, a life long Democrat, was born & raised in the State of Hawaii, was a Legislative Aide for U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye on Capitol Hill, and practiced law for a while. In Tucson she worked as a tribal staff attorney for the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and later was the Interim Executive Director of the now defunct Domestic Violence Commission. In 2008 she became a “My Tucson” guest columnist for the Tucson Citizen newspaper, then continued blogging for Tucsoncitizen.com for over four and a half years. Her blogsite was entitled “Carolyn’s Community” about community events and some political news, until Gannett Publishing shut down the site on January 31, 2014. She started with Blog for Arizona on Feb. 11, 2014. Part time she sat as a Hearing Officer in Pima County Consolidated Justice Courts Small Claims Division since April, 2005 for 15 years. She is married to University of Arizona Distinguished Professor Albrecht Classen, a native of Germany. They have one son, who lives in Seattle, WA with his wife and daughter. She is also the Editor of the Southern Arizona Japanese Cultural Coalition website, www.southernazjapan.org (since Jan. 2013).

Who’s running for TUSD Governing Bd. in 2014

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Today was the filing deadline for those interested in serving on the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board.  Nine  people filed by the 5 p.m. deadline, so here’s the cast of candidates to choose from in the November 4th general  election.  This is a nonpartisan race for 2 school board members (unpaid volunteers). The two incumbents are Adelita Grijalva and Michael Hicks, both running for re-election. In alphabetical order from last name:

Rene Bernal , applied software engineer at Honeywell, political newcomer, www.tusdsbernal.com

Debe Campos-Fleenor, owner of financial/ insurance agency, ran before in 2012. www.debefortusd.com

Don Cotton, self-employed businessman, ran before in 2012, father of 2 TuSD students, www.cottontusd.com

Miguel Cuevas, former TUSD board member, elected in  2008, lost in 2012 (came in 4th for 3 seats, out of a pool of 12 candidates), project coach at AFNI, www.votemiguelcuevas.com, https://www.facebook.com/Miguelcuevasfortusd

Jenifer Darland, policical newcomer, community activist, mother of 2 TUSD children, www. darlandfortusd.com, https://www.facebook.com/DarlandforTUSD

Adelita Grijalva, current board member and President, has served since 2004, http://www.adelitafortusd.com/, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Adelita-Grijalva-for-TUSD-School-Board/130007817047419, daughter of CD 3 Congressman Raul Grijalva, mother of 2 TUSD students

Michael Hicks, current board member, elected in 2010, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Michael-Hicks-for-2014-TUSD-School-Board-Member/112861325429566, father of 2 TUSD students

Betts Putnam-Hidalgo,  community activist & part time teacher, ran before in 2012, mother of son at TUSD school, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stand-with-betts-for-TUSD/204287006336384

Francis Saitta,  Pima Community College adjunct math/ science teacher, ran unsuccessfully for PCC Governing Bd. in 2012 (District 5)

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Las Adelitas Arizona endorsements for 2014

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Las Adelitas Arizona is proud to announce the endorsement of the following candidates (from their FB page):

LD 2
Senate: Andrea Dalessandro (D)
House: Rosanna Gabaldon (D); Demion Clinco (D)

LD 3
Senate: Olivia Cajero-Bedford (D)

LD 4
House: Lisa Otondo (D); Charlene Fernandez (D)

LD 9
House: Randall Friese (D)
House: Victoria Steele (D)

LD 10
Senate: David Bradley (D)
House: Bruce Wheeler (D)
House: Stefanie Mach (D)

LD 11
House: Holly Lyon (D)
Senate: Jo Holt (D)

Governor
Fred Duval

Secretary of State
Terry Goddard

Attorney General
Felecia Rotellini

Superintendent of Public Instruction
David Garcia

Corporation Commission
Sandra Kennedy

Las Adelitas Arizona general membership met on Sunday, July 27th and voted on endorsements for the 2014 election cycle.

Las Adelitas Arizona is an organization committed to engaging Latinas in the political process, advocating for Latinas and their families in the political arena, and supporting progressive issues. In addition to endorsing candidates, Las Adelitas’ members volunteer for their campaigns.

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Original “I Origins” film coming to the Loft

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Starting 8/8/14 at the Loft Theater, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. in Tucson, AZ Showtimes for opening day: 11:30 a.m., 2 , 4:30, 7 and 10:45 p.m. I Origins, the second feature film from award-winning writer/director Mike Cahill (Another Earth), tells the story of Ian Gray (Michael Pitt, Last Days), a PhD student studying molecular biology … Read more

Over 500 free backpacks (plus 90 free car seats) at Kidz Expo

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El Pueblo Regional Center – Saturday, August 2nd, 2014
101 W. Irvington Rd, Tucson, AZ 85714 (10am – 3pm)
FREE! Admission for the entire family

Over 500 back packs and school supplies will be given away !!!

Playing – Education – Learning, plus free bilingual (Spanish/English) TPD instruction about car seat safety and  90 free car seats (see below)

For vendors info call (520) 406-4947 & (520) 304-4110
info@newsazb.com – www.azbilingual.com

Hosted by Arizona Bilingual Newspaper

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