AZ Politics

I recorded some of the speeches from the LD 26 meeting the other night, and I thought some might be interested to listen. I apologize for the sound quality. The levels are rather too low, so crank up your volume.

First is Lena’s speech, in which she outlines the reasons for her resignation and indicates her views on who should replace her:

Download saradnik.mp3

Each of the candidates was given 5 minutes to address the meeting and make their case. I present only those candidates selected for nomination to the Board.

Don Jorgenson (in which my boneheaded mistake about the age of Don’s children becomes the stuff of political humor):

Download jorgenson.mp3

Nancy Young Wright:

Download wright.mp3

Cheryl Cage:

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There was some buzzing around Ann Kirkpatrick’s camp, who’s running for the Democratic nomination to Congress in CD 1, about an upcoming endorsement from a major Arizona political figure. Looks like that muckety-muck is Gabby Giffords. Taking a page from Grijalva’s early primary endorsement play book, Giffords seeks to be King… er, QueenMaker in CD … Read more

The thinking man’s alternative to Condoleeza, Susan Rice is Senior Foreign Policy Advisor to Barak Obama’s campaign. Here’s a discussion of a few of the hot-button foreign policy topics that gives a taste of her thinking. There’s little doubt she’s an impressive intellect. Here’s her opening statement to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Darfur. … Read more

One of my Representatives in the State Legislature is Steve Farley. He’s back in the Capitol and back in the saddle, doing the Lone Ranger thing for the Progressives of LD 28 and all of Arizona.

That also means that the Farley Report is back. If you haven’t signed up yet, I strongly urge you to subscribe now. Your political intelligence quotient will rise 50 points immediately.

Just in case you want a taste before you drink from Farley’s fire hose of parliamentary perspicacity, here’s the latest issue after the flip…

This Friday, 1/18, at 10 a.m., the Pima County Board of Supervisors will meet to select the new State Representative for LD 26 to replace Lena Saradnik, who recently resigned for health reasons. By Monday a new Representative will be driving up to Phoenix to join the budget battle.

The elected LD 26 PCs tonight selected the slate of three nominees from which the Board will select that new Representative. The PCs preference, and that of Lena Saradnik, couldn’t have been any more clear: they want Don Jorgenson as their new Representative.