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Mayor Regina Romero Discusses the Current Issues Facing Tucson
June 1, 2021
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Safeguarding Voting Rights Championing Tax Fairness instead of trickle-down flat tax proposals. Implementing the American Rescue Plan and hoping for the American Jobs and Families Plans to pass. Navigating the new CDC Mask Recommendations Combatting Climate Change and Building a Clean Energy Sustainable Tucson. Reforming and Improving public safety. Ensuring equity for all communities in … Read more
Comedian Jason Love at Catalina Craft Pizza on June 4
May 31, 2021
“Comedian Jason Love @ Catalina Craft Pizza Friday, June 4 @ 8 pm. Featuring Phx’s “Funniest Comedian w/ a Day Job” finalist Manny Hernandez. 15930 N. Oracle Rd. in Catalina, AZ 85739. About this event One of today’s hardest-working comedians, Jason Love has appeared on HBO, Comedy Central, America’s Got Talent, and Dry Bar Comedy. … Read more
A Time For Choosing For Democratic Senators
May 31, 2021
In October 1964, Ronald Reagan gave a speech on behalf of Arizona Senator Barry Goldwater, the right-wing extremist nominee of the Republican Party, known as the “a time for choosing” speech. Barry Goldwater went on to lose the election by one of the largest margins in history. I hate to borrow a turn of phrase from … Read more
The Senate Filibuster And The Death of American Democracy By Appeasement
May 30, 2021
Americans like to believe that we live in a democracy, but in fact the Constitution created anti-democratic constraints on what the wealthy elites of the time feared was the unruly mob. (They were not entirely wrong; there was a series of rebellions and insurrections in the early Republic). But now that we are the world’s … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of May 30, 2021
May 30, 2021
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 events icon at the top of the blog page for easy access to the calendar. Send notices of your events to blogforarizona@gmail.com. Editor’s Note: Due … Read more
#AZGOP Budget Has Flat Tax & Tax Breaks But Lacks Votes (video)
May 29, 2021
The House Appropriations Committee was debating the budget as I drove to the Capitol on Tuesday morning. The Republicans started the budget process by introducing the 11 bills that make up the coming fiscal year’s budget on Monday, May 24. Except for leaked documents and rumors, this was the first time the Democrats and the public were … Read more
Biden’s List and Peoples First Budget
May 28, 2021
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While Republicans in Washington D.C. and across the country are doing their best to do what is worst for the American People, President Joe Biden and the Democrats are busy trying to enact programs that will help them and move the country in a forward direction. Yesterday, President Biden visited Cuyahoga Community College in Cleveland, … Read more
By Blocking the Creation of the Bipartisan January 6, 2021 Commission, the Republican Party Betrayed the American People Again
May 28, 2021
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The Republican Party betrayed the American People again today (May 28, 2021.) Enough of them were able to block the creation of the bipartisan commission that would have been charged with investigating the January 6, 2021, Domestic Terrorist Act on the Nations Capitol. That this commission was created after Republicans and Democrats in the House … Read more
