Michael Bryan By Barry Kirschner Long time political activist and Phoenix lawyer Gerry Pollock died July 29, 2019 at age 87. Pollock was a man of conviction, willing to challenge the establishment in spite of long odds. He is most well known for being a candidate for Governor of Arizona in a petitioned for recall of Jack … Read more
Arizona has been called “Ground Zero” for dark money donors wanting to have their way with our legislators and political system. Arizona leads the nation in the amount of undisclosed money flooding into states to affect election outcomes… and it’s not even close. Thomas Collins, executive director of the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission, stated … Read more
By Barry Kirschner The survival of THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (Obamacare) is dependent on the perception of the Republican appointed members of the United States Supreme Court of the political harm that will result to its party if the Court rules as it has been asked to rule by their political allies. The twenty state … Read more
By Dianne Post, Esq. The city council held a “study session” on July 1, 2019 devoted to the police use-of-force issue. Chief Jeri Williams presented her new action plan that differs significantly from her implementation plan released last month. The new plan includes five action steps: Talk to employees, modernize, best practices, training, and things … Read more
By Barry Kirschner NPR has recently broken a story with a 2019 confession from a co-conspirator/murderer of civil rights advocate and Boston Minister James Reeb in 1964 in Selma, Alabama. The case was prosecuted against two of the murderers in 1965 resulting in acquittals. The prosecuting authorities must have known that a conviction from an … Read more