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.

AZ Congress Members Allege Galls.com Price Gouging Phoenix

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Is there anything more disgusting than unscrupulous people trying to price-gouge and profiteer in a national crisis? Recall the national outrage aimed at a random dude in Tennesee buying up hand sanitizer to resell at a profit? It’s just charging what the market will bear, right? No. There is no ethical justification for this selfish and … Read more

New Blog Features

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Hello to all our readers! We just added a few subtle modifications to the blog that might not leap out at you, but that we hope will make your user experience a little bit better. We’ve added a “Load More” button at the bottom of the category sections, instead of the functionally ambiguous arrows that … Read more

Immigration Detention Centers Will Become Death Camps

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The Coronavirus outbreak is now known to be loose among the staff and child prisoners in our cruel, punitive, and wholly unnecessary, immigration detention centers. An outbreak throughout the system is now wholly predictable and inevitable. The 15 private detention centers, along with local jails and shelters around the country, hold some 50,000 immigrants in … Read more

Essential Business

Gov. Ducey Finally Issues Shelter Order, But Essential Business Still Too Broad

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Governor Ducey, under pressure from local leaders across the state, the media, and “at the recommendation of public health officials who are tracking data specific to Arizona” (whomever that might be is unclear), has finally issued a Stay at Home Order to all Arizonans. One major problem remains: Ducey’s EO prohibiting the closure of essential businesses … Read more