The Arizona GOP is turning to its old bag of tricks again: put competing measures on the ballot to create ballot confusion and hope that exasperated voters will just vote “no” on both measures out of frustration. Howard Fischer reports, Senate panel OKs ballot proposal to hike special sales tax for education funding: State lawmakers … Read more
Back in October, a Federal Judge ruled Prop. 123 illegal, again. “The ruling has no immediate effect on school funding. It allows the state to continue to draw more than $200 million a year out of the trust to fund education through 2025.” Lawless Republicans never take “No” for an answer. They just keep working … Read more
At a secret forum in a private club, the Pima County Republican Party held a forum for 6 GOP candidates for Congressional District 2 in Tucson, where Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick is the incumbent. The Blog for Arizona obtained a 2-hour audio recording of the closed event, so that the public can hear about the candidates’ … Read more
The Arizona Republican Party, like clockwork, every two years drags out its anti-immigrant hysteria to fire up its nativist and racist base to turn out the Republican vote. Drug seizures and arrests made by the Border Strike Force were key talking points in Gov. Doug Ducey’s re-election campaign. The Governor’s Office did not provide supporting documents … Read more
The first day of any legislative session is always filled with feelings of renewal, goodwill, optimism, and hope. Arizona’s Democrats and Republicans had it in abundance at the opening of the 2019/20 legislative session at the State Capital. However, both sides offered contrasting competing visions for moving the Grand Canyon State. The Republican vision, expressed … Read more