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.

BREAKING: Consistency! Sen. Sinema Casts A New Vote Against Clean Power Plan

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When Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema was one of the three Democrats voting with Republicans today to permit the Trump Administration to repeal the Clean Power Plan, it was not the first time she crossed the aisle on the regulatory plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

The 41-53 vote in the Senate today was a failed attempt to stop the EPA from repealing the Obama era measure. The three amigos – Sinema, Alabama Senator Doug Jones, and West Virginia’s Joe Manchin – were the only three Democrats to allow the repeal. (Susan Collins (R-ME) was the only GOP Senator to vote in the minority.)

Sinema demonstrated consistency in her vote. The record shows that she also voted against the Clean Power Plan in 2015, while she was in the House. That resulted in much opposition from environmental groups.

Today, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) cast the vote in stark terms: “Our Republican colleagues have a choice: They can either stop the rollback of life-saving

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The On-Going Saga of the Phoenix Police Citizens Review Board

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By Dianne Post The City Council had a “work study session” on Sept.  17 to gather information and discuss the citizens review board which they are still calling “civilian” review board.  That is an unfortunate moniker because if the citizens are civilians, then the police are military and who is the enemy?  It’s us. No … Read more

ERA Ratification Status

On the Red Ground

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By Dianne Post I have spent a lot of time this summer tabling at festivals, speaking at meetings, and traveling to city council hearings in far flung places from Sawmill on the Navajo Nation near Window Rock to Yuma and Nogales on the southern borders with California and Mexico. The 2019 OH Predictive poll said … Read more

Another sham police and community listening session in Phoenix

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By Dianne Post The AACCC (African American clergy) hosted a “Police and Community Listening Session” on August 6, 2019 at the First Institutional Baptist Church, Phoenix.  About 70 people discussed a series of questions presented by the facilitators at seven different tables.  The questions asked to tell of a positive and negative interaction with a police officer, … Read more