Larry Bodine

Larry is an intelligent, articulate, and insightful commentator whose views are shaped by a combination of journalism, entrepreneurship, law practice, and leadership.‎ ✍ He is an experienced and well-known leader, having served as Chair of the LD18 Democrats, and President of the Democrats of Greater Tucson, a teacher at the UofA Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, and Video Manager for Iskashitaa Refugee Network, ‎ ✍ A common-sense business leader, he operated a successful marketing consultancy for 20 years. He is skilled in fundraising, artificial intelligence, and online communications.‎ ✍He considers multiple viewpoints before forming an opinion. His ethos is the Boy Scout Law.‎ ✍ Larry is a lifelong writer, having worked as a seven-time award-winning journalist for the New York Daily News and as the author of 600 editorials for the Blog for Arizona.‎ ✍He is a graduate of Amherst College and Seton Hall Law School and has also attended the University of Munich in Germany.‎ ✍He is not all work and no play. Larry enjoys singing and playing the guitar, watching film noir, going on outings with his Portuguese Water Dog, weight training, and meeting his many friends for lattes at breakfast.‎ ‎** Scroll down to see my articles below. **

Save our Schools Endorses “Students First” Team for Catalina Foothills School Board

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Save Our Schools Arizona announced: “We are thrilled to endorse Jacquelyn Davoli, Tom Logue, & Eileen Jackson for Catalina Foothills School District School Board! These #PublicSchoolProud candidates are running to ensure that all Catalina Foothills students have access to an excellent education. #Vote4PublicEd.” The community has had two great opportunities to hear from CFSD Governing … Read more

Trump Biopic ‘The Apprentice’ Opens in Tucson Movie Theaters

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“The Apprentice,” a new film biography about the sleazy origins of Donald Trump, has opened in Tucson despite Trump’s attempts to block anyone from seeing it. Trump’s re-election campaign has attacked the project, calling it “pure malicious defamation” and “election interference by Hollywood elites,” and sent the producers a cease-and-desist letter. The movie premiered at the Cannes Film … Read more

Republican Claims about Lower Utility Costs Shows they Actually Awarded Rate Hikes 

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Arizonans are discovering that Republicans are responsible for rate hikes at the Arizona Corporation Commission after they were caught lying that utility bills are “among the lowest in the country.” KVOA Tucson: Arizona regulators tout second place energy cost ranking, but federal data says otherwise Channel 12 News: “According to federal data…, Arizona households paid the 12th … Read more

GOP-backed Candidates for Catalina Foothills School Board Hold a “Debate” in a Big Empty Room

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A bogus candidate “debate” for the Catalina Foothills School Board featured only two Republican-backed candidates, speaking in a room with 350 seats to only 20 people in the audience. It was an embarrassing flop for the anti-trans, pro-voucher candidates Bart Pemberton and Jennifer Repscher. GOP operative Dan Grossenbach had vigorously promoted the debate in print, … Read more

The Fake Elector Playbook: Why 18 Corrupt Republican Leaders are Indicted

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A new book analyzes the fake electors’ scheme to overturn the 2020 election and predicts it will happen again in 2024. David H. Moskowitz, a veteran trial lawyer and author, writes about fake and alternate electors in the seven swing states of Arizona, Nevada, Michigan, Georgia, New Mexico, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania. Eighteen Arizona Republicans who signed documents falsely claiming that Donald Trump won … Read more

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