Another week in Tucson. More positive infrastructure news. At their January 25, 2022 meeting, Mayor Regina Romero and the Tucson City Council approved an updated version of the Electric Vehicle Readiness Roadmap. The goals for the updated roadmap include: Transition 100% of the City’s light-duty vehicle fleet to electric by 2030. Increase the stock of … Read more
This week (January 26, 2022,) Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City Council continued their efforts to modernize the city’s sustainability policy and cultivate the next generation of climate leaders. In a series of votes, the Council approved measures to expanding their: Green Transit Program and convert local buses to run on clean energy sources. … Read more
In 1984, Ronald Reagan began his reelection campaign with his Morning In America television campaign ad. It was a successful attempt to gloss over his dismal economic record. Reagan’s Recession: The deepest post-World War II economic downturn occurred in the early 1980s. According to the accepted arbiter of the economy’s ups and downs, the National … Read more
The failure to pass President Biden’s social spending and climate bill is a massive blow to the middle class and the environment. But the consequences, and in particular the continued lack of federally mandated paid family leave, as well as the lack of an extension of the enhanced child tax credit, are especially dire for … Read more
By most measures the Biden/Harris Administration has had a successful first year. That does not mean that they accomplished all their goals. They did not. However, after their first year in office, many objective observers can point out that the Biden/Harris Administration has outperformed the mediocrity and embarrassment that was the Trump/Pence team. After the … Read more