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.

Arpaio unclear on the concept

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By Michael Bryan Sheriff Joe says, "We're going to work with them. We have for three years. But one thing I'm not going to agree to is to be controlled by some federal monitor or something. I'm the elected sheriff here, and I report to the 4 million voters in the county." Arpaio doesn't seem … Read more

Gridlocked Politics and Frugal Consumers

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  By Karl Reiner The simmering Occupy Tucson movement is a symptom.  It is a reaction, a plea to repair an economy beset by a host of nasty problems.  The irresponsible housing sector lending that led to the economic downturn was based on the faulty assumption that property prices would move in only one direction. … Read more

SOPA on Hold

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Posted by Michael Bryan Hard to call it victory, since the beast is not dead. But we do have a temporary reprieve until at least late January. The House Judiciary Committee has placed SOPA on hold to take additional testimony regarding whether the bill would introduce security issues in the underlying structure of the internet. … Read more

Stop SOPA. Save the internet.

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Note: PIPA and SOPA are essentially the same bills. One before the House, the other in the Senate. So, what's so wrong with these bills? In a nutshell, they severely limit freedom of speech in a vain attempt to protect the profits to be derived from ownership of media distribution rights. It is as if … Read more