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.

26 Solutions for Restoring Transplant Funding

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From Arizona98.com: Register your support for restored transplant funding on Facebook. 1.) Use a portion of the settlement with AIG announced 12/22/10 - $2,143,829            Arizona will receive this amount as part of a 50-state settlement with AIG. The $150 million settlement occurred 12/17/10 and became public 12/22/10. Arizona’s share of this settlement is $2,143,829. The full settlement is available … Read more

Tucsonans Step Up to Stop Further Shooting

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Tucson Sentinel Reports: Four people said to have helped stop the alleged shooting rampage of suspect Jared Lee Loughner have been identified by the Pima County Sheriff's Department. They are Patricia Maisch, Roger Salzgeger, Bill D. Badger and Jospeh Zamudio. Deputy Jason Ogan gave the following account: Patricia Maisch was at the event, in the … Read more

What is in the Envelope?

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The indictment of Loughner reveals one key detail that we are sure to hear more about soon: "Also recovered in the safe was an envelope with handwriting on the envelope stating “I planned ahead” and My assassination” and the name “Giffords,” along with what appears to be LOUGHNER’s signature." This was a planned assassination. And, … Read more

Indictment of Jared Loughner

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COMPLAINT United States District Court DISTRICT OF ARIZONA United States of America   v JARED LEE LOUGHNER DOB: xx/xx/1988; United States Citizen DOCKET NO. MAGISTRATE’S CASE NO. 11-0035M Complaint for violation of Title 18 United States Code 351(c); Title 18 United States Code 1114 and 1111; and Title 18 United States Code 1114 and 1113 … Read more

Notes on Media Etiquette in CD8 Shootings

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Posted by Michael Bryan As I have watched the last 30 hours of press coverage of the CD8 Shootings two things have struck me very strongly. First, I would ask everyone to stop referring to Jared Loughner as a "gentleman". I have seen this dozens of times from officials and reporters and I practically lose … Read more