Get Your Tickets to Democrats of Greater Tucson St. Patrick’s Day Party
Join Democrats of Greater Tucson for a delightful afternoon of classic Irish cheer and the good company of fellow Democrats. We put the FUN in fundraising and the PARTY in the Democratic Party. You’re personally invited to our party for corned beef, cold drinks and candidates. Just visit Bit.ly/StPatrick2026 Date & Place: Sunday, March 15, 3 … Read more
Insight Arizona Podcast Reacts to a Town Hall re Pima County’s RTA Next (Props 418/419)
Andrew Sheesley (financial analyst and active Democrat) and Michael Bryan (BlogForArizona.net’s founder and executive editor) are now doing a podcast together as Insight Arizona. We have a mission of bringing some additional insights and conversations to Arizona’s public policy landscape with our podcast, and one of the things we are trying out is the two … Read more
In a Victory for Innovation and Clean Energy Sustainabilty, New Electric Buses Debut in Phoenix
Chalk up another victory for the agents of modern innovation and clean energy sustainability in the Metro Phoenix area. Last week, 12 electric public passenger buses, thanks in part to funding from the Biden/Harris Era Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, debuted on the streets of Phoenix, marking the continuation of Mayor Kate Gallego and the Phoenix City … Read more
What’s that Smell? J.D. Mesnard Wants it to Stop!
Something smells funny, and AZ Senator Javan Daniel Mesnard (J.D. for short) wants to fine abusers of his nose $750. Could it be a fart? Maybe a flaming bag of dog poop on his front porch? Somebody, somewhere near Mesnard’s house on Homestead Court in Chandler, is smoking weed! It’s so odiferous, says the Republican … Read more
The Numerous News Outlets BlogForArizona Recommends to Readers in the Tucson Region!
How do we get the news here in Southern Arizona? There’s the print (and online) AZ Daily Star, and the alternative Tucson Weekly (Thursdays in print, also online). When we first arrived in Tucson back in 1987, there was also the afternoon paper, The Tucson Citizen, which ceased publication in print in 2009, online in … Read more
Bad Things Happen when Wealth Is Conflated with Intelligence
The wealthy are drinking their own Kool-Aid and force-feeding it to the rest of society. In short, they are waterboarding Americans with their own version of reality. Their sycophants are mesmerized by the wealth and perceived power of oligarchs and swallow the story, no matter how ludicrous, hoping that some of it will rub off … Read more
Coming to an Arizona Neighborhood Near You: Concentration Camps; Representatives Ansari, Grijalva, and Stanton Demand Answers from Homeland Insecurity
American Concentration Camps holding mostly innocent and non-violent people, many of them children, in locations across the country, including in Mesa, Florence, and Eloy, Arizona. All of Arizona’s Democratic Congressional Delegation has called attention to the plight of the innocent and the horrible conditions they face in these “facilities” because in Donald Trump and Stephen … Read more
One Big Beautiful Bill Act and You – Tax Edition
Amazon saved 87% on taxes this year thanks to Juan Ciscomani’s support for OBBBA. Meanwhile, his constituents can’t afford health care thanks to the same bill. Juan Ciscomani is proud to support the small business community. At least that’s what he says. He happily voted for the One Bill Beautiful Bill Act and told anyone … Read more
Arizona Leaders led by State Attorney General Kris Mayes Applaud Supreme Court Ruling Against Trump Tariffs
The word for the day in Democratic and sane Republican political and economic circles today is Hallejuah. Today, in a six-to-three ruling, the United States Supreme Court ruled that Donald Trump’s imposition of tariffs by declaring emergency powers was unconstitutional and that he overstepped his authority in levying tariffs, which is the purview of Congress … Read more
