Michael Bryan

Michael founded BlogForArizona.net as the Howard Dean presidential campaign blog for Arizona in 2003, and has been blogging ever since. The Blog is now coming up on 20 years of continuous publication, a major achievement for any political blog, which usually have the life-spans of mayflies. Michael is an attorney living in Tucson with his wife Lauren. In 2008, Michael remade BlogForArizona into a collaborative project. Michael is now but one of the contributors to the blog and provides editorial and publishing direction in consultation with the Board of Directors and the other authors. If you want to keep up with the latest Arizona and National political news in an entertaining quick hit of news and opinion, check out the BlogForArizona twitter feed, which Mike largely curates and writes. Michael is also an AAPC member who occassionally consults on political campaigns, strategy and communications.

SOSAZNetwork.org Launches Initiative Petition to Rein In ESA Vouchers

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I sat in for a presentation from SOSAZ for SecularAZ.org on the proposed citizen’s Initiative Petition effort (protectedaz.com) to limit the ESA Universal Voucher program here in AZ. I thought it an excellent discussion that addressed many questions about the planned ballot proposition. The proposed language (PDF Link) is pending legislative council legal review. SOSAZ … Read more

Insight Arizona Podcast Reacts to a Town Hall re Pima County’s RTA Next (Props 418/419)

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Andrew Sheesley (financial analyst and active Democrat) and Michael Bryan (BlogForArizona.net’s founder and executive editor) are now doing a podcast together as Insight Arizona. We have a mission of bringing some additional insights and conversations to Arizona’s public policy landscape with our podcast, and one of the things we are trying out is the two … Read more

Insight Arizona Podcast: BlogForArizona Grassroots Media’s Newest Project

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Howdy readers! I would love you to become listeners and watchers, too! Because the BlogForArizona Grassroots Media Network is launching a podcast! Currently, our Insight Arizona YouTube channel is the hub of our operations; please visit us, like and subscribe! We plan to have a Newsletter (probably at Beehiv) and audio-only podcast syndication (Spotify, Apple … Read more

AZ AG Kris Mayes Files Expert Testimony in Tucson Electric Power Rate Case Finding +%10 Padding of Requested Rate Increase

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Attorney General Mayes has filed expert testimony with the Arizona Corporation Commission (AZCC), which approves utility rate increases on a case by case basis in a quasi-judicial hearing that suggests that TEP’s requested rate hike could be slashed from 14% to just 4% and still provide a reasonable return on investment to their shareholderes. That … Read more

Our Citizen’s Initiative Limiting ESA Vouchers Lets Voters to Do What AZ’s MAGA Legislators Flatly Refuse to Do!

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Spokespersons for the new citizen’s intitiative (David has a great rundown of the outline, so I won’t repeat) say It’s time to bring accountability, transparency, and safety standards to Arizona’s billion-dollar ESA voucher program, protect the vast majority of our kids’ educational opportunities, and give Arizona taxpayers the accountability and transparency we deserve. Damned right … Read more