The Legislative District 9 Team– Senator Victoria Steele, Rep. Randy Friese, and myself– held our first virtual town hall on Thursday, April 30, 2020. Except for getting hacked at the end [more on that below], it was a great meeting. Many LD9 precinct committee people were on the call. Over the course of the hour, … Read more
Yesterday (April 30, 2020,) more protests occurred in Lansing Michigan as fringe elements, some of them armed, descended on the state capital, and made their way to Governor Gretchen Witmer’s office and the public gallery of the State Senate. They were protesting the Governors extension of Michigan’s Stay at Home order to May 15, 2020, … Read more
Not everyone was happy with the responsible decision by Governor Doug Ducey to extend the Stay at Home order for Arizona due to the Coronavirus until May 15. Surprisingly, the chorus of dissent came from the extreme branch of his own party. Arizona Legislative District 16 Representative Kelly Townsend, the legislator who “lost it” when … Read more
UPDATE: Governor Ducey has announced plans to extend shelter at home orders until May 15, with modifications (PDF link). This allows certain retail business to reopen, but provides to resources for those business to meet recommendations for safety and infection control. Here is the video of the announcement of the new policy: There are plans … Read more
Since it’s Wednesday, I am wearing red, and today’s video about public education funding. Yesterday, I was filling out an endorsement questionnaire, and one of the questions was: do you support raising sales taxes to pay for public education? This question is so January 2020. When we were in session, there was much discussion about … Read more