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As a State Senator, Brian Whitman will work to help all the People in LD 21 Thrive
May 11, 2020
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Arizona Legislative District (LD) 21, which includes all or parts of Peoria, Surprise, El Mirage, Youngtown, and Sun City, is one of the districts the Arizona Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee (ADLCC) is targeting for potential Democratic Party legislative pickups in 2020. The Democrats are fielding 2018 Senate Candidate Kathy Knecht as a single shot candidate … Read more
California moves to all-mail balloting, Arizona should follow its lead
May 10, 2020
Five states — Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, and Utah — already use automatic mail-in balloting systems. In 2016, California voters enacted the California Voter’s Choice Act, which allows counties to opt-in to a mail-in balloting system as the state gradually moves to an automatic mail-in balloting system. The most populous counties in California have opted-in … Read more
Where is Their Common Sense; Where is Their Consideration for Others
May 10, 2020
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Check out this picture of State Senator Michelle Ugenti-Rita speaking on the Senate floor on Friday: Or this one of former Speaker of the Arizona House (now Senator) J.D. Mesnard: Or Democratic Senate Leader David Bradley: When the Arizona State Senate adjourned sine die on Friday on a 24 to 6 vote, those who watched … Read more
Two Coronavirus Related Crimes People should be Outraged By
May 10, 2020
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While the people of the country are rightly incensed at the shooting of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia and the fact it took the online releasing of a video capturing a portion of the event to press murder charges on the two men (father and son) who participated in the act two months after the fact, … Read more
Democracy or Theocracy – Who Decides?
May 10, 2020
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“The only object, purpose, or use for taxation by law in this state must be exclusively secular. There is no such source and cause of strife, quarrel, fights, malignant opposition, persecution, and war, and all evil in the state, as religion. Let it once enter into our civil affairs, our government would soon be … Read more
SCOTUS: on Tuesday, the fate of the Republic hangs in the balance
May 10, 2020
For you non-lawyers who have been listening to Supreme Court oral arguments over the past week, I hope it has been illuminating about the mystique of oral argument, and no, I don’t mean the unfortunate failure to mute a toilet flush during oral argument last week. That was a first for me as well. If … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of May 10, 2020
May 10, 2020
The Political Calendar is posted on Sundays. Please send us notice of your political events prior to the Sunday before your event 7 days would be most helpful). See the calendar icon in the right-hand column of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Note: For … Read more
Your COVID Mother’s Day
May 10, 2020
I actually cannot remember the last time we did this here on BlogForArizona: just leave an open thread for comments on a subject. We should probably make it more regular. This isn’t a subject for a monologue, it a subject for stories – your stories – tell us your story of this Mother’s Day in … Read more
