It is unfortunate that there are Legislative and Congressional Districts carved out where fringe figures can fester and thrive representing Arizona and other states in state legislatures and Congress. Paul Gosar is one of those recipients. So is Mark Finchem. And so is Legislative District (LD) 16’s State Senator Kelly Townsend. Townsend, the Arizona Donna … Read more
The disinformation phenomenon with members of the former Party of Lincoln that has exploded over the last four years did not start with Donald’s windmills cause cancer and let’s have patriotic education, Trump. He, using the bully pulpit of the highest office of the land, just amplified the alternative facts the fringe right has been … Read more
The Sedition Caucus in the Arizona House voted Friday to require that students be exposed to stories of people who fled communism, as part of a curriculum to prepare them to be “civically responsible and knowledgeable adults.’’ Just curious, why not expose students to stories of people who fled European fascism? When I was a … Read more
It is bad enough that Republicans in the Arizona State Legislature told pregnant women and poor children to p–s off when it came time to fund expansions to the state-run health care and KidsCare Programs. Even Laurie Roberts, in her June 25, 2021 column for AZ Central noted, the KidsCare expansion provision would have only … Read more
Fringe lawmakers and business interests looking to derail most of the provisions of Proposition 208-Invest in Ed were dealt a blow when Judge John Hannah Jr. of Maricopa County Superior Court dismissed most of their latest attempt to undo the public school funding ballot initiative. The Court found that the assertion from the anti fully … Read more