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City Councilman Steve Kozachik wants to Continue to Serve the People of Ward Six in Tucson
May 26, 2021
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Tucson City Councilman Steve Kozachik wants to: Make your drinking water safe. Regulate the construction of 5G networks throughout Tucson. Protect historical buildings and small businesses on the Sunshine Mile Corridor. Expand the city recycling program and use the byproducts as tools in construction and landscaping. Serving Ward Six since 2009, Councilman Kozachik wants … Read more
The Party Of Trump Is A Criminal Enterprise Led By A Third-Rate Mafia ‘Don’ Trump
May 25, 2021
kakistocracy /kakəˈstäkrəsē/ noun: (1) government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state. (2) a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens. This is what the MAGA/Qanon personality cult, the Party of Trump, has to offer Americans. Think of the 2006 science fiction comedy film Idiocracy, a dystopian world … Read more
Power Grabbers and Petty Cowardly Bullies at the Arizona Legislature Strip Secretary of State Katie Hobbs Ability to Contest Election Lawsuits
May 25, 2021
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As Blue Meanie noted in an earlier article today, the members of the former Party of Lincoln are engaged in crafting a party-only budget that generously provides for the most wealthy in the state and not the most vulnerable. How can a modern political party vote for a tax cut for the rich and tell … Read more
Bitter Budget Battle Underway In The AZ Legislature
May 25, 2021
To reiterate what I posted the other day, the budget “is a deal brokered in secret among just Republicans, and sprung upon the legislature at the last minute without committee hearings or any public input or debate. The goal is to ram it through, jam it through the legislature with just Republican votes to pass … Read more
Juan Padrés Wants to Help Bring a New Vision and Direction to the Tucson City Council
May 25, 2021
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Combatting Poverty. Expanding Affordable Housing. Fostering Economic Development. Improving Transportation Infrastructure & Mobility. Lowering Tucson’s crime rate. Those are the issues Juan Padrés would like to work on if elected to represent Ward Three on the Tucson City Council. Experienced in working in both the private and public sector, Mr. Padrés said: “I am running … Read more
The January 6 Commission Could Be What Finally Ends The Senate Filibuster Rule (Updated)
May 24, 2021
The New York Times headline today: As Talks Bog Down, Hopes for Bipartisan Deals on Biden’s Priorities Dim. The Washington Post headline today: Biden’s agenda imperiled as his priorities stall in Congress and a debt fight looms. Hmmm, I’m sensing a theme here from the media villagers. The “Grim Reaper of Democracy,” Senate Minority Leader … Read more
Andres Portela would like to Bring a New Progressive Voice and Perspective to the Tucson City Council
May 24, 2021
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If elected to serve on Ward Six of the Tucson City Council, Andres Portela pledges to: “To give voice and power to those who have been neglected by the status quo because this is our home!” Furthermore, he envisions: “With housing becoming increasingly unaffordable and neighborhoods being left out of important discussions; we can’t keep … Read more
Former Gov. Jan Brewer Takes Current Gov. Doug Ducey To Task For Fiscally Irresponsible ‘Flat Tax’ Proposal
May 23, 2021
Oh God, she’s baaack! In 2011, then Governor Jan Brewer signed off on then House Speaker Kirk Adams’ four year phased-in corporate welfare tax giveaway plan, while state revenues were still devastated from the Great Recession (2007-2009). Jan Brewer had initially opposed his plan in 2010 causing “Captain Kool-Aid,” Kirk Adams, a true believer in … Read more
