Conover: LaWall’s attacks in Pima County Attorney race are distractions

Laura Conover is the Pima County Attorney, seeking election to her second term. This was originally published in the Tucson Sentinel. I read Barbara LaWall’s recent “unhinged” opinion piece with amusement and will respond briefly: When I was a candidate four years ago, we will all recall that her chief deputy filed the first-ever bar complaint against … Read more

SCOTUS Doesn’t do Anything Truly Terrible Today! Just Rather Terrible… And Some Good?

It is, unfortunately, noteworthy when our SCOTUS doesn’t do something truly awful when handing down opinions, or cynically manipulating the law with the “Shadow Docket”. We got a few opinions today and not all of them were terrible. Two of them I find notable and illustrative of the abuse of discretion contained in Robert’s new … Read more

Hundreds of Democrats Pack the Opening of New Tucson Headquarters

Jammed in shoulder to shoulder at the opening of the new state Democratic office in Tucson, more than 200 enthusiastic Democrats turned out for candidates Kirsten Engel for the U.S. House and Ruben Gallego for the U.S. Senate. The unexpected size of the crowd overwhelmed the air conditioning and ceiling fans and demonstrated the passion … Read more

Finally! Background Checks Coming to Tucson Gun Shows

Jan Lesher, the Pima County Administrator, has announced that private vendors selling firearms at the Pima County gun show will be required to conduct background checks on potential customers. Up to now, the notorious Crossroads Gun show has allowed private, unlicensed vendors to sell weaponry without background checks to anyone age 18 or older. In … Read more

Are We Better Off Than We Were Four Years Ago? Is this a Trick Question

At the height of Orwellian hypocrisy, the Trump Presidential Campaign is trying to assert that things were better when he was President four years ago than now. What chutzpah. Another big lie from the Mad King of Big Lies. This recent cartoon from Clay Bennett of the Chattanooga Times Free Press says it all. The … Read more