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.

McCain, Bee and Mayes: There They Go Again

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Many of you will have seen coverage of McCain’s use of federal matching funds to secure a loan for his campaign prior to his win in New Hampshire. He promised the originating bank that if he didn’t come within 10% of winning, he would re-enter the federal finance system, giving them a secured interest in … Read more

Impeach This…

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The weekly Tucson ‘Honk to Impeach’ rally will be taking place this Monday afternoon: Monday @ 4:30 to 5:30 pmNew Location: Corner of Ft. Lowell and Campbell (SE Corner, i.e. Walgreens) Bring your own signs or use one of the many available.  Suggested messages:HONK TO IMPEACH!  PROTECT THE CONSTITUTIONCALL TO IMPEACH! CALL Rep. Giffords 881-3588.

Notable Media on RenziGate as of 2/23

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Here are the latest developments in Dick Renzi’s indictment: The AZ Republic calls on Dick to resign •"Leave, Mr. Renzi" During investigation McCain defended Dick • "McCain In Oct. 2006: Renzi Has ‘Tenacity, Honesty And Integrity Beyond Reproach’" Minority Leader Boehner wants Dick’s resignation • "Boehner Urges Renzi to ‘Seriously consider’ Stepping Down" If Dick … Read more

The Human-Readable Renzi Indictment

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The following is based on allegations and purported evidence contained in the US Attorney’s indictment, not personal knowledge. Renzi and others named in the indictment are considered by the law to be innocent until proven guilty by a court of law – but that’s lawyer-blather for "he’s guilty as sin, we just gotta get 12 folks to see what’s plain as day."

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There are two major conspiracies at the heart of the case against soon-to-be-former Representative Rick "Dick" Renzi: how he stole from his own insurance clients to buy his way into Congress in the first place and then lied repeatedly to try to cover it up, and how he then abused his office to bully legitimate businesses into a shake-down and kick-back land deal to cover his own debts and then lied to cover that up, too.

Continue reading about what the indictment means after the click…