by David Safier Here are excerpts from a Republic article saying Phoenix could lose $90 million due to SB1070. Metropolitan Phoenix, which already has suffered convention cancellations because of Arizona's new immigration law, risks losing as much as $90 million in hotel and convention business over the next five years because of the controversy, according … Read more
by David Safier Six Republican legislators went to Cochise County on a "border fact-finding mission." But during a town hall, there was one fact they didn't want to deal with: SB1070. [T]here was one thing the state senators and representatives would not talk about — the bill recently signed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer allowing … Read more
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
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
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