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 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. **

Cat Ripley, Candidate for Pima Community College Board, Sets out Education Priorities

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Kochs Off Campus! Defeats Freedom Center’s Bid to Make Pro-Republican Course a General Education Course

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UA’s University-wide General Education Committee voted not to approve the course PPEL 101 for general education status after presentations on Sept. 16 by David Schmidtz, Director of UA’s Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, and David Gibbs, UA Professor of History. PPEL101 is the same course as the high school course “Ethics, Economy, and Entrepreneurship,” … Read more

Discover Why Maria Hidalgo Loves Campaigning for Democrats

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LD11 Officially a ‘Flippable District’ in Favor of JoAnna Mendoza and Felipe Perez

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The ADLCC, the legislative arm of the Arizona Democratic Party, has added District 11 to its list of flippable Districts and investing additional resources into Democratic candidates JoAnna Mendoza for state Senate in LD11, and Dr. Felipe Perez for state House. “Throughout this campaign, we’ve proven that change is possible when we come together for … Read more

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