by David Safier Let's hope this gets more coverage. The Phoenix New Times reports, The Bishops of the Arizona Catholic Conference, which includes the Dioceses of Phoenix, Tucson, and Gallup, New Mexico, issued a statement today criticizing state Senator Russell Pearce's mirror anti-immigrant measures HB 2632 and SB 1070, urging that they be yanked from … Read more
by David Safier Of course, the "lib" in the headline refers to "libertarian." It looks like there's a dust-up going on among conservative bloggers over the candidacy of Shawnna Bolick, running in LD-11. She's the wife of Clint Bolick, G.I.'s litigator in residence, and Seeing Red AZ wants to hang Clint around Shawnna's neck like … Read more
by David Safier I was told Ed Supe Tom Horne had 3 of his auditors at the Pima County School Superintendent's Office a few weeks ago, rifling through transportation records to try and get the goods on children who may be coming in from Mexico and riding the Lukeville bus into Ajo to go to … Read more
From a press release recirculated by Roy Warden: “On Saturday January 23, 2010 Claudia White, the newly elected President of Arizonans for Immigration Control, will hold her first meeting at the Martha Cooper Library at 1377 N. Catalina Ave., Tucson Arizona. Ms. White’s southwestern background insures she will bring a fresh perspective to the issue … Read more
by David Safier One of the many losses Tucson suffered when the Citizen closed was the silencing of Billie Stanton's voice on a local editorial page, not to mention the emails she sent to those of us who communicated with her from time to time — always passionate and committed, always warm and embracing. I'm … Read more