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. **

Attorney Bob McWhirter to Join Crowded Field for AZ Attorney General

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Attorney and Constitutional scholar Bob McWhirter is days away from announcing a run for Arizona Attorney General in 2022. A Democrat and Trump critic, he has spoken twice at Democrats of Greater Tucson. See Robert McWhirter: the Constitution and Donald Trump and Donald Trump vs. the Constitution. Democrat January Contreras, who ran for Attorney General … Read more

Republican Attacks Woman Collecting Signatures to Recall Finchem

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Oro Valley Police arrested Melvyn Hockwitt, 78, for attacking a young woman at the Oro Valley Public Library who was collecting signatures for the Recall Campaign for Rep. Mark Finchem. A registered Republican, Hockwitt has posted right-wing comments on his Facebook page. Hockwitt yelled and verbally assaulted the volunteer signature collector and tore up petitions … Read more

Russia May Be Funding GOP Election Audit

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The top election official of Arizona warned that funding for the GOP Senate audit of Maricopa County elections “could be coming from Russia for all we know.” The Senate used $150,000 of discretionary funds as seed money, and Republicans have aggressively been raising funds in secret. Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs said, “They set … Read more

Newsman Tim Steller: Way Too Many People Believe in Alternate Realities

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Watch the video of Steller’s talk, above. Thanks to Anne Simmons for video editing. Tim Steller, a widely-read columnist at the Arizona Daily Star, warned that too many people believe in alternate realities, which is undermining legitimate journalism.  Tim spoke at the May 3, 2021, meeting of Democrats of Greater Tucson. “Not everything done in … Read more

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