Political Calendar: Week of January 15, 2023
January 15, 2023
Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due to the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and CDC recommendations for social distancing, many events are still being held virtually online. We are doing our best to update the calendar, but you should check with event organizers prior to attending any event to confirm the status. Political
Governor Katie Hobbs Presents a Budget That Will Move Arizona Forward and Lift People Up
January 13, 2023
Arizona Governor Katie Hobb’s first budget (for the 2023/24 year) totaling about $17.1 billion reflects the Democratic values and commitment to long-term financial stability that was lacking in prior Ducey budgets. More tax cuts for the very wealthy? Nope. A continuation of the expanded school voucher program for the wealthy? Not happening in Governor Hobb’s
A New Era of McCarthyism Under Insurrection Leader ‘Traitor’ Kevin McCarthy
January 13, 2023
Update to Coup Plotter Republicans Create ‘The Republican Committee To Obstruct Justice’ Into Their Own Criminal Investigations. MAGA/QAnon Republicans would have you believe that their new Stalinist purge committee is just like the Church Committee in 1975 that investigated abuses by the CIA. It is a right-wing grievance committee of conservative victimhood fueled by the
Meet Steve Gallardo and Yolanda Bejarano Together on Zoom at TheDGT.org Jan 16th at 6PM
January 12, 2023
The Democrats of Greater Tucson will be presenting our featured speakers, Yolanda Bejarano and Steve Gallardo, at a new time (6:00 PM) and in an unusual format (formal panel discussion, followed by audience questions) for this event at the request and agreement of the candidates. For security reasons, we will be taking questions via chat
How $200M Could Have Been Better Spent
January 12, 2023
Although the real total costs will likely never be known, the Arizona Republic reported yesterday that Governor Ducey’s five-month effort to close gaps along the U.S.-Mexico border with shipping containers will cost Arizona taxpayers more than $200 million. I’m not writing to debate the wisdom of Ducey’s actions, (okay, just for a second, it was
Voracious Corporate Greed And Their GQP Lickspittle Lackeys In The Arizona Legislature
January 12, 2023
Every GQP-controlled Arizona legislature since Republican Gov. J. Fife Symington III has cut corporate income taxes. Even Democratic Gov. Jnet Napolitano went along with this sop to corporations to smooth her reelection effort in 2006. The biggest corporate tax cuts came under Republican Gov. Jan Brewer and just last year under Republican Gov. Doug Ducey. That is
While Arizona Democrats Presented a Vision for the Future, the Republicans Put Out a Macabre One for La La Land
January 11, 2023
It was a tale of two vastly different political parties at the opening of the Arizona State Legislature on January 9, 2023 for all of Arizonans to see. The Arizona Democrats, as they have done every year recently, presented their Blueprint for a Better Arizona of how to build strong schools, tackle the housing crisis,
