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.

The Cost of Spring Training Baseball in Tucson

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Any time a wealthy special interest wants the help of local politicians to pick the tax-payer’s pockets, they’ll seek to justify it by touting the wonderful economic impact their conspiracy will have on the community. The standard method is a figure out a multiplier reflecting how the stolen money will ramify through the community. Then … Read more

My Commentary by Mike Brewer

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Mike Brewer recently participated in Tucson’s own locally grown project, My Commentary. He says: "After 39 years of tolerating the nightmares, intrusive thoughts, and psychic ravages of war, I feel impelled to purge myself, at 60 years old, from some of the questions that have lodged themselves in the calcium of my bones. It is … Read more

RenziGate Roundup 3/29

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CBS News airs a decent overview of the RenziGate crimes: Meanwhile, you might recall that Renzi’s mouthpeice Mr. Weingarten, said on the 5th, when Renzi was arraigned in federal court, that the defense was "not going to drag our feet." Well, not so much… Roll Call and CQ are reporting that Dick and his gang … Read more

Emily Bittner Rules The Octagon

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I just love to watch a good sparring match. I prefer mixed martial arts, but Emily Bittner (AZ Dems’ Communications Director) taking apart House Republican Spokeman Barrett Marson is nearly as fun—and almost as bloody. Of course, your view of who wins the this ep of Horizon’s One On One depends entirely on your sympathies … Read more

HCR 2038: The Arizona Republican Legislature’s Backdoor TABOR

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Unable to summon the political will to control spending though they control the state legislature, the Republicans want to put the state on a starvation diet that will affect the health, education, public safety, and welfare of every Arizona citizen. Their means for accomplishing their evisceration of the public fisc is House Concurrent Resolution 2038, … Read more