Build Your Own Border Wall Bill Dead for Now in #AZLeg (video)
January 31, 2020
Majority Leader Rep. Warren Petersen’s (R-Gilbert) build your own border wall bill (HB2084) moved quickly through the process in the Arizona House. It was assigned to the Federal Relations and Rules Committees on the first day of the 2020 session. It passed out of Rep. Mark Finchem’s (R- Oro Valley) federalism committee last week, out … Read more
Dem Prosecutor Candidates Reject Prison Time for Minor Drug Offenses
January 31, 2020
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Democratic candidates running for Pima County Attorney are united in opposition to the death penalty and to prosecuting low-level nonviolent drug users. It was a rebuke of the policies of current County Attorney Barbara LaWall, whose harsh policies against minor drug users and in favor of the death penalty have dominated the office led for … Read more
Dr. Kristin Dybvig-Pawelko wants to Work on the Issues Republicans have been Sweeping Under the Rug
January 31, 2020
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Arizona Legislative District 15, an area that includes all or parts of Peoria, Phoenix, Cave Creek, Paradise Valley, and Deer Valley, will be a district to pay attention to in 2020. Nancy Barto and Heather Carter are fighting it out for the Republican Senate Nomination. As of January 10, 2020, five Republicans are competing for … Read more
Alan Dershowitz gives the Megalomanic Dictators Justification to avoid Impeachment
January 30, 2020
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Alan Dershowitz shocked the American Political World at the Senate Impeachment Trial of Donald Trump on January 29 by stating: “If a president does something which he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment.” This is the defense: Megalomanic … Read more
January 29 may be the day Mark Kelly and John Hickenlooper won their Senate Seats
January 30, 2020
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Although the elections are on November 3, 2020, Mark Kelly and John Hickenlooper may have won their Senate races on the night of January 29. Why is that? Because that is the evening Arizona Senator Coverup Martha McSally and Colorado Senator Coverup Cory Gardner both declared that they would vote to acquit Mr. Trump when … Read more
Should Prisoners Be Paid Minimum Wage? (video)
January 29, 2020
The minimum wage in Arizona is $12 per hour. Arizona prisoners do a variety of jobs from manual labor to answering phones for the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), for which they are paid anywhere between 10 cents to $3 per hour. The ADOT Service Arizona call center workers are the highest paid prisoners, but … Read more
GOP legislators seek to create ballot confusion on education measures
January 29, 2020
The Arizona GOP is turning to its old bag of tricks again: put competing measures on the ballot to create ballot confusion and hope that exasperated voters will just vote “no” on both measures out of frustration. Howard Fischer reports, Senate panel OKs ballot proposal to hike special sales tax for education funding: State lawmakers … Read more
Governor Ducey appeals ruling against his illegal Prop. 123
January 29, 2020
Back in October, a Federal Judge ruled Prop. 123 illegal, again. “The ruling has no immediate effect on school funding. It allows the state to continue to draw more than $200 million a year out of the trust to fund education through 2025.” Lawless Republicans never take “No” for an answer. They just keep working … Read more
