SB1070 Update: Star covers Paton fundraiser at D-Back game

by David Safier The Star has 3 separate articles related to SB1070 today. Let's hope they keep up the coverage. I'm most pleased about Rhonda Bodfield's article on the Paton fundraiser being held at the D-Back's Chase Field co-hosted by D-Backs owner and Managing General Partner Ken Kendrick. After Kendrick said he's kinda against SB1070 … Read more

SB1070 Update: Phoenix New Times owners to underwrite lawsuit

by David Safier Yesterday, I expressed my respect for Marlene Phillips in the Examiner, the folks at tucsonsentinal.com and Jim Nintzel at the Weekly for stoking the fires with their SB1070 stories. I left out a major player in Phoenix, the Phoenix New Times. Now the New Times' owners are literally putting their money where … Read more

SB1070 Update: Arizona gets “Terminated”

by David Safier It sounds like Arnold is telling Arizona, "I won't be back." When Schwarzenegger is trying out his Jay Leno lame-one-liner impression at Arizona's expense during a commencement address at Emory University, you know the SB1070 story has gone prime time, and it isn't going away any time soon. "I was also going … Read more

SB1070 Update: “It was never considered a tourism issue”

by David Safier SB1070 "was never considered a tourism issue," according to Kristen Jarnagin, VP of Communications for the Arizona Hotel & Lodging Association. "It wasn't even on our radar screen." Maybe it should have been on the radar. [S]o far, the state has lost between $6 million and $10 million in projected business revenue, … Read more