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.

Senator Bundgaard’s Breach of the Peace

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by Michael Bryan Following the Bundgaard domestic violence allegations in the media, and having reviewed the police report, one aspect of this incident confuses me: why was Bundagaard released pursuant to legislative immunity? The Arizona Constitution provides for legislative immunity from arrest for state lawmakers "except treason, felony, and breach of the peace." According to … Read more

The Koz Steps Up

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By Michael Bryan Although it burns my fingertips to write it, I have to praise virtue wherever I find it. Seldom do I locate civic virtue on the other side of the aisle, but Steve Kozachik of the Tucson City Council just did something virtuous, and perhaps even quite brave.  Steve published a Guest Opinion … Read more

Time to Face-Up to the Real Issues with Mexico

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  By Karl Reiner The elected leaders of Arizona continue to be extremely busy doing things that bewilder much of the citizenry. The attempt to have local law enforcement agencies take on the additional responsibility of enforcing immigration laws (the infamous SB 1070 affair) resulted in a massive amount of negative publicity financially beleaguered Arizona … Read more

AHCCCS in the Crosshairs

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by Michael Bryan HHS Secretary Sebelius has indicated that Gov. Brewer's plan to kick everyone who is not federally mandated to be eligible (about 250K people) off Arizona's Medicaid program (AHCCCS) will not violate federal law. Federal eligibility is governed by a number of factors , not income alone, which means that even some people under … Read more