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.

Tucson Says “NO!” to 412!

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I gotta admit, I was surprised by the decisive defeat of Prop 412 by Tucson’s voters. Given the lopsided weight of local endorsements by most of the Democratic establishment, the overwhelming funding advantage of TEP on the side of approval, and the very technical nature of the defects in the franchise agreement that activists, such … Read more

For Once I Pretty Much Agree with Robert Robb, and Also AZ Voters Deserve to Know if Officials Are Benefitting From Universal ESAs

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I am quite surprised, but I seem to be mostly in agreement with Robert Robb’s Substack today. For those who don’t know, Robb is a conservative columnist here in AZ who writes about policy and politics and who I read to keep in touch with mainstream/traditional Republican sentiment. His Substack today concerned this year’s budget … Read more

UPDATED: The AZGOP’s Secret Sting Operation Against Representative Stephanie Stahl Hamilton

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UPDATE 4/2/23: Three Members of the Arizona House have indeed filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Stahl Hamilton. You can read this fundamentally dishonest piece of MAGA hypocrisy here. Readers are probably familiar by now with the narrative around Representative Stahl Hamilton having moved a couple Bibles around in the Captial’s Private Member Lounge, what … Read more

Celebrate and Support Tucson’s Local Journalism: Arizona Luminaria

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We here at BlogForArizona are big fans and supporters of local journalism. What locally-focused reporters do in watchdogging and uncovering the doings of local government is truly foundational to real democracy. We subscribe, reference, and rely on local reporters for our commentary and coverage – and we encourage our readers to do the same. Today … Read more