Joe Biden knows how to be President. If the reactions from both the former Vice President and the current occupant of the White House during this Coronavirus do not convince voters, then surely the differing reactions both men have exhibited in the aftermath of the George Floyd murder and subsequent protests should be telling. Joe … Read more
Today, Governor Ducey declared a state of emergency throughout Arizona. He did this without consultation or prior communication with the mayors or police chiefs of Arizona’s major cities. Why? Likely, because those positions are largely filled with Democrats and their appointees, one imagines? Tucson’s Mayor Regina Romero was not consulted: I just learned through @dougducey's … Read more
Tens of thousands of Arizona voters– regardless of party affiliation– have signed up for the state’s vote-by-mail system by adding their names to the Permanent Early Voting List (PEVL). Vote-by-mail is safe and convenient. The current anti-mail-in ballot rhetoric from the Republican Party is meant to suppress the vote by stonewalling against mandates for national … Read more
Federal and state officials across the country have altered or hidden public health data crucial to tracking the coronavirus’ spread, hindering the ability to detect a surge of infections as President Trump demands the nation to reopen rapidly. Bad state data hides coronavirus threat as Trump pushes reopening: In at least a dozen states, health … Read more
Usually, sine die is an orderly but sometimes drama-filled end to the Legislative session. Historically, the Arizona House and the Senate vote to sine die (end the session) on the same night and often under the cloak of darkness. The second session of the 54th Legislature was… different… even before the novel Coronavirus hit the … Read more