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.

Why Does Giffords Hate the Estate Tax?

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WTF? Why was Gabby Giffords alone in the Arizona Democratic delegation in voting with President Bush and the GOP crazies to permanently and completely repeal the dynasty tax? ESTATE TAX REPEAL:  On Wednesday the House, voting 196 for and 212 against, defeated a Republican motion to HR 3056 (above) that sought to permanently repeal the … Read more

BeeTraying Arizona’s Constitution

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Does anyone honestly believe that Tim Bee needs $134K and growing to explore the idea of a running for Congress? Bee’s spin doctors are trying to sell the idea that his ‘exploration’ involves seeing if he can raise enough to be competitive with Gabby before he announces. That’s not the purpose of an exploratory committee, … Read more

Voter Fraud Alert: The Latest Rat Fucking Targets Hispanic Immigrants

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Maricopa County Recorder Elections Office has learned that an insidious fraud is being perpetrated upon legal immigrants living in Arizona. Apparently, unscrupulous people are going through the telephone book and finding people with Hispanic surnames and are calling them up or visiting their homes and asking them if they are interested in becoming U.S. citizens. … Read more

Flush Tucson’s ‘Toilet to Tap’ Proposition 200

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There are a lot of people lining up to tell you to vote NO on Prop 200. Just about the entire economic and political elite of Pima County have come down against it. Personally, I can’t think of a better reason to vote for it. Literally. I really can’t think of any better reason to … Read more