Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego Appoints a New Chief of Staff
February 12, 2022
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Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego’s has a new Chief of Staff running her office. After serving with distinction as the Chief of Staff to the Mayor of the fifth largest city in the United States for three years, Lisa Fernandez, a trusted advisor of Ms. Gallego for over a decade, is moving on for new opportunities. … Read more
Democratic Congressional Candidates in the New District One React to Schweikert Campaign Getting Fined $125,000
February 12, 2022
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Democratic Congressional Candidates in the new District One have 125,000 reasons to be happy today. Arizona Congressional District Six Representative David Schweikert and his campaign has agreed to pay $125,000 in additional fines stemming from reporting violations in an earlier election cycle. Please click here to read a July 31, 2020 article after Mr. Schweikert … Read more
The Biden Boom: Let’s Talk About The REAL Causes of Inflation – Corporate Concentration And Price Gouging
February 11, 2022
Above: Teddy Roosevelt, Trust Buster, during the last corporate Gilded Age. Time to break the monopoly power of corporations again in this new corporate Gilded Age. Even as the omicron variant spread rapidly earlier this winter, employers have been eager to hire, a sign of a resilient economy. The winter spike in infections briefly tripped … Read more
8 Years at Blog for Arizona
February 11, 2022
An auspicious day today- Feb. 11, 2022, to celebrate my 8 years of blogging here at BFAZ. Nowadays I mostly update our progressive Calendar, as I enjoy informing our readers about upcoming events throughout the State of Arizona. It’s quite a task as I am always on the lookout for Democratic and progressive political events, … Read more
Fighting Back: Blue Moms Against Book Banners, And ‘Don’t F _ _ _ With Librarians’
February 10, 2022
The Washington Post reports, ‘Blue’ suburban moms are mobilizing to counter conservatives in fights over masks, book bans and diversity education: Dozens of suburban moms from around the country dialed into an Ohio-based Zoom training session last month with the same goal — to learn how to combat the increasingly vitriolic rhetoric from parents whose … Read more
If Reelected to the Arizona Corporation Commission, Sandra Kennedy will fight for Clean Energy Jobs and Lower Utility Rates for Everyone
February 10, 2022
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If Reelected to the Arizona Corporation Commission, Sandra Kennedy will fight for Clean Energy Jobs and Lower Utility Rates for Everyone Arizona Corporation Commissioner Sandra Kennedy is running with Tempe City Councilwoman (and former Vice Mayor) Lauren Kuby on a ticket to hopefully secure a majority for ratepayers on that unwritten fourth branch of the … Read more
January 6 Committee Subpoenas Coup Plotter Peter Navarro
February 10, 2022
Donald Trump’s trade advisor, one of the worst economists in modern American history, Peter Navarro, is also a Trump sycophant who was one of the Coup Plotters of the January 6 insurrection. He even included it in his recent book about his time in the Trump administration, “In Trump Time: A Journal of America’s Plague … Read more
AZ Taxpayers Pay More Than $550K To Senate’s Attorneys During Ongoing Election “Audit”; Not Done Yet
February 10, 2022
We reported earlier this week on the rare trifecta achieved by State Senate President Karen Fann – having the same legal case simultaneously active in the Superior Court, the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court. The legal bills for the recent ping-ponging appeals and depositions are not yet known. However, Arizona taxpayers coughed up … Read more
