Larry Bodine

Larry is an articulate and insightful commentator whose views are shaped by a combination of journalism, entrepreneurship, law practice, and leadership.‎ ★★ Sign up for my occasional newsletter at Bit.ly/LBNow. ★★ ✍ He is an experienced leader, having served as Chair of the LD18 Democrats, and President of the Democrats of Greater Tucson, a teacher at the UA 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 articles 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, hiking Tucson's beautiful trails, going on outings with his Portuguese Water Dog, weight training, and meeting his many friends for breakfast.‎ ‎▼ Scroll down to see my articles below. ▼

Tre Rhodes Brings Fresh Urgency to TUSD School Board Race

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Tre’Davon Rhodes knows what public schools can do for students whose futures are anything but guaranteed. Raised by a single mother with an incarcerated father, he worked throughout high school and wasn’t certain college was his next step. A Sabino High School counselor helped him find direction. His grandmother supplied another reason: Before she died, … Read more

Crimefighter A.G. Mayes Will Protect Voters from ICE, Cut Rising Costs and Stop Data Centers

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Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes promised to pursue ICE agents who may show up at vote centers and violate Arizona law, and to protect voting facilities from interference. Mayes spoke at a Democrats of Oro Valley town hall in Marana on Oct. 9 with Jo Mendoza, a congressional candidate in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District. Accountability … Read more

Jo Mendoza Rips Incumbent Ciscomani for Rising Costs, Benefit Cuts and ICE Prisons

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Congressional candidate Jo Mendoza (D-CD6) promised to fight rising living costs and corporate price gouging, protect access to food assistance and health care, and demand closer scrutiny of immigration detention facilities during an October 9 town hall in Marana. Speaking at the Democrats of Oro Valley event with Attorney General Kris Mayes, the Arizona 6th … Read more

30 Practical Tips to Be Happy from UA Professor Celestino Fernández

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Can happiness be taught and learned? YES, says Dr. Celestino Fernández, who has served as Professor of Sociology at the University of Arizona since 1976. Although now retired, he teaches occasionally, including an innovative lecture on “The Art of Happiness: What the Research Tells Us.” He recently spoke in a class at OLLI, the University … Read more

Top Editor of AZ Daily Star Apologizes for Cartoon Saying Voting Democratic is “Death to America”

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In response to public outrage, Executive Editor Alexis Huicochea of the Arizona Daily Star said, “I apologize for the inappropriate cartoon that was published in today’s Arizona Daily Star. It did not serve the community in any way, and it’s not reflective of the Star’s work or our editorial standards. We have issued a public … Read more

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