David Gordon

Living in Arizona since his family moved to Tempe from New York in 1982, David Gordon has three degrees from Arizona State University and the University of Phoenix in History, Political Science, and Secondary School Administration. A highly qualified Social Studies instructor and Certified School Principal, Mr. Gordon owned his own charter school, Grand Canyon College Preparatory Academy from 1997-2016. The school served students in grades 6-12 in the East Valley of Maricopa County. Many of the graduates of GCP earned college credit for free while still attending high school, some completing the first year of college before graduating. Among the speakers at the school's graduations were noted figures in Arizona Politics like Harry Mitchell, David Schweikert, Juan Mendes, Andrew Sherwood, and John Huppenthal. Mr. Gordon also participated in the revisions of the Arizona History and Social Studies standards. In January 2017, Mr. Gordon started the political blog Twenty-First Century Progressive Bull Moose. It has a global following and routinely comments on the political events of the day. Mr. Gordon also helps administer the Facebook page Living Blue in Arizona. He is also a science fiction writer and has just completed two series. The first one, Jigsaw: Beginnings, Warheads, and Full Circle. All are available on Amazon. The second Jigsaw Series: History's Forgotten: Parts One, Two, and Three are also out on Amazon. The seventh book, Jigsaw: Powder Keg should be released in November 2023. Mr. Gordon is very happy to be asked to join the Blog for Arizona team and hopes to spread the progressive word to make Arizona a better place for everyone.

Trump and Schweikert want to cut Entitlements for our Most Vulnerable

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The President of Betrayal” has surprise, surprise, broken another promise to the American People. In November, Blog for Arizona published a piece titled “Donald Trump: “The President of Betrayal.” The thrust of the article, based in part of the analysis of Morning Joe panelist Donny Deutsch, was that Mr. Trump should be branded “The President … Read more

Senate Republicans See No Evil Hear No Evil

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It appears after the first five days of the Senate Impeachment Trial of Individual One-2016 Popular Vote Loser-KKK Endorsed Candidate President Donald Trump that most Senate Republicans are adopting the attitude of See No Evil, Hear No Evil. Even the moderates Democrats are hoping come to their side on calling witnesses (like Susan Collins or … Read more

Mitzi Epstein and the Girl Scouts Introduce Two Bills to Combat Pollution.

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It all started with a letter to State Representative Mitzi Epstein from nine-year-old Amber Chen. The letter asked Arizona Lawmakers to write legislation that would combat balloon and plastic pollution to help save animals. Later in the legislative session, girl scouts helped write a bill as an educational exercise to address this issue. Over the … Read more