The Republican budget — with the financially irresponsible Flat Tax, several other tax giveaways and miscellaneous failed bills stuffed into it to buy votes — is on the agenda today, June 22, 2021. Here we go again. This will be the third time that the House has debated versions of the largest tax overhaul in … Read more
Most political operatives and historians (including Democrats) recognize that President Jimmy Carter made a horrible gaffe in his 1980 Presidential Debate with then-former California Governor Ronald Reagan when he appeared to trivialize the threat of nuclear weaponry and proliferation when he said he discussed the vital national security matter with his young daughter Amy. While … Read more
Fringe lawmakers and business interests looking to derail most of the provisions of Proposition 208-Invest in Ed were dealt a blow when Judge John Hannah Jr. of Maricopa County Superior Court dismissed most of their latest attempt to undo the public school funding ballot initiative. The Court found that the assertion from the anti fully … Read more
Governor Doug Ducey has called the Legislature into special session to address the seven fires raging across the state and their aftermath. This is obviously not Arizona’s worst fire season … yet … but this is the first special session to address fire. In fact, 2020 was our worst fire year on record. Why didn’t … Read more
Tucson Mayor Regina Romero again signaled her support for the American Jobs Plan and other infrastructure measures moving through Congress by penning an op-ed in the Arizona Daily Star on June 13, 2021. In the article, the Mayor thanked Arizona Representatives Ann Kirkpatrick, Raul Grijalva, and Greg Stanton for working to include measures in the … Read more