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. **

Likeability: The Only Thing that Matters in the Governor Debates

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Earlier this week Democratic candidate David Garcia debated Gov. Doug Ducey twice on PBS. Few voters will remember their sparring over public education and the highway patrol. What they will remember is who was more likable — the key factor in electability.

Bottom line: Ducey came across as an obnoxious jerk who interrupted repeatedly and spat out insults. Garcia came across as lively, animated and sincere. Voters will remember Ducey as being short and dumpy, devoid of any charm. In contrast, Garcia was tall and almost gaunt, and a guy who stood up for himself when confronted with the hostile jabs.

Watch the video to see for yourself.

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Deceptive “Yes for Ed” road signs now in Pima County

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From the Save Our Schools Arizona PAC: Since we alerted you to the deceptive “Yes for Ed” road signs going up all across Maricopa County, donations have been flooding in! Thanks to your generosity, we’ve been able to order another shipment of #NoProp305 yard signs.  Starting Saturday, stop by a yard sign depot to grab yours. Or, if you’re in … Read more

Do This If You’re Upset that InvestInEd and Outlaw Dirty Money were Kicked off the Ballot

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Are you upset because Invest In Ed & Outlaw Dirty Money were kicked off the Nov 6 ballot by right-wing, activist judges?

Here’s what you can do about it…

If you believe in these ideas:

  • Ensuring transparency in campaign finance reporting,
  • Getting big and dirty money out of politics,
  • Finding sustainable funding for public education,
  • Stopping the tax giveaways and, instead, raising revenue for education,
  • Stopping vouchers for private and religious schools,

There are three important NO votes you can make:

  • No on Prop 126
  • No on Prop 305
  • No on Prop 306

According to state Rep. Pamela Powers Hannley:

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Vote YES on Prop 463 to Fix Pima County Roads

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Pothole bad roads Pima County
Importantly, the bond issue will not increase taxes.

Voters should approve Prop. 463 this November, which will give Pima County the authority to sell bonds to repair many of the county’s 2,200 miles of beat-up, worn-out roads.

That is according to Brian Bickel, president of Democrats of Greater Tucson, speaking at a recent meeting of the group. “One of the biggest problems we have is that once you get off the major arterial roads and into neighborhood streets, that’s where the biggest need is. These streets are 50-60 years old and there hasn’t been any significant maintenance,” he says.

Importantly, approving the bond issue will not increase taxes, because the county will only issue a new bond when an older existing bond is paid off. “People who live on crappy roads are going to vote for it,” Bickel says. “This bond will not come close to fixing every road in Pima County, but the focus will be on residential streets.”

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