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A Few Common Cents on the Pending Pima County Board of Supervisors Appointment
December 11, 2023
I just finished watching the League of Women Voters candidate forum for the applicants for appointment to the District Three Supervisorial position on our Board of Supervisors. I was impressed by everyone’s professionalism and enthusiasm for public service. No one stood out as being especially unqualified by temperament, experience, or motive in seeking the position.
The #ArizonaEleven Fake Trump Electors Are Going to Need Fresh Pants
December 11, 2023
Now that Ken Chesebro has turned his coat on his former felonious friends, resulting in indictments or pleas in three states, every fake elector across the land, including those among the top of the MAGA GOP power structure here in AZ, has felt their bowels loosening. The investigation of these traitors by the offices of
The Most Important Argument for Arizona’s Women is this Tuesday. You Can Watch!
December 10, 2023
Arizona’s Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments on an appeal out of District Two regarding the Arizona Legislature’s rampage of anti-abortion laws and the territorial era law entirely banning and criminalizing any abortion next Tuesday. Here is the Court’s argument summary. Here is the lower court’s opinion (PDF link), which would stand should the
Creating a Progressive Economic Agenda for Arizona
December 10, 2023
Arizona Democrats need to improve our messaging and policy on how to address the growing economic pain of working and middle class voters.
Watch LWVGT forum of applicants seeking District 3 seat on Pima County Bd. of Supervisors
December 10, 2023
Join by internet: https://pimacounty.webex.com/pimacounty/j.php?MTID=m7677fd29bb65c9160b4313798a5c19e1Webinar number: 2491 088 5282 Webinar password: 729mvM3PspK Long time Democrat District 3 Supervisor Sharon Bronson resigned in November 2023 due to injuries from a recent fall at home. 8 citizens applied to be appointed by her colleagues on the Pima County Board of Supervisors, and there is an online League of Women
LD17 Dem Candidates Fry and Volk Will Oust MAGA Incumbents to Restore Financial Responsibility
December 10, 2023
In an impressive debut, Jane Fry for LD17 Senate and Kevin Volk for LD17 House vowed to restore financial responsibility, re-establish reproductive freedom and protect our vanishing water supply. “The incumbents that we have representing us right now are so irresponsible and extreme,” Volk said. “They just are too reckless to govern.” “Financial accountability and
Has MAGA GOP Cried Wolf on the Economy Once Too Often?
December 9, 2023
AZBlueMeanie has been howling recently to me about how utterly fakakta the polling sentiments around the Biden economy have been. And he’s absolutely right: there is a huge divergence between how the economy is actually doing and many people’s perception of it. I have rarely seen that divergence better visualized than this chart which Chris
The MAGA Cult Sock-Puppeting the Corpse of the Republican Party Screech for Impeachment of AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes
December 9, 2023
Seems we are seeing a pattern here: MAGA wants to impeach President Joe Biden… for reasons? They can’t exactly say why, except that everyone knows they are trying to drown out the stench of their likely nominee for President having been impeached… twice. Now the Maricopa County Republican Committee is pressing the Republican Caucus in the Arizona Legislature to impeach AZ Attorney General Kris Mayes… for reasons?
