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Update: The Pandemic Coup

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UPDATE to Post of 6/2/20: My Darkest Concern: The Pandemic Coup. Well, that didn’t take too long. Essentially only a few days from my finally having published my concerned musing. The crisis did not exactly come the way I had imagined, but it did come. Trump essentially tried an extra-constitutional use of the military against … Read more

State Representative Leach favors dark money and subsidizing the rich.

What time is it? It is time for Vince Leach to go

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Has anyone who subscribes to Blog for Arizona ever checked out Legislative District (LD) 11 State Senator Vince Leach’s Facebook Page? It is more frightening than a Stephen King novel. It is a smorgasbord of fringe right-wing lunacy and conspiracy theories. It is the stuff that nightmares are made of and should astonish and scare … Read more

Doug Ducey Screws Arizona Counties, Cities, and Towns out of COVID 19 funds in order to Fatten State Coffers

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With the passage of the CARES Act back in March, much-needed aid to counties, cities, and towns was included in the legislation so they could withstand the health and economic fallout from the Coronavirus (COVID 19). Because of population size, the federal government directly funded Phoenix, Tucson, and Mesa.  Maricopa and Pima counties also directly … Read more

Phoenix with no traffic

#COVID19 Pandemic Is Both a Problem & an Opportunity

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Inhabitants of Earth are nearly six months into the most disruptive year of our lives, thanks to the novel Coronavirus. The United States was slow to react to the pandemic that had already spread across Asia and Europe and killed thousands. Early denial by leaders in multiple countries– like the US, Brazil, Russia, India, and … Read more

For Cara Christ’s Sake Covid Spikes Again!

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Yesterday’s update by AZDHS head honcho, Dr. Cara (no relation to Jesus) Christ was some of the coldest bedside manner I’ve ever seen come from a doctor. All the while Governor Ducey did his best to assure the rest of us to stay calm because if/when we do get the COVID the hospitals in the state still have plenty of room.