Regina Romero’s First Priorities as Mayor of Tucson
November 25, 2019
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On December 2, 2019, Regina Romero will be inaugurated as Tucson’s 41st Mayor. As the new Mayor, Ms. Romero will pursue the priorities she championed in her successful campaign. These include: Working with stakeholders such as the University of Arizona, business, science, and civic communities in drafting a local climate action and sustainability plan. Expanding educational … Read more
Donald Trump: “The President of Betrayal”
November 25, 2019
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How do Democrats frame the impeachment process to voters going into the 2020 election cycle? Donny Deutsch, a marketing executive and frequent contributor on MSNBC (who had his own show on the network earlier this year), has a suggestion. Speaking on Morning Joe the day after Fionna Hills and David Holmes testified to the Intelligence … Read more
Eyes on the courts today (Updated)
November 25, 2019
On Monday at 9:30 a.m., the Supreme Court justices are expected to release additional orders from their November 22 conference. It is expected to include an order regarding President Trump’s request to stay an appellate court decision enforcing a subpoena to turn over financial records and tax records. As SCOTUSblog summarizes: For the Los Angeles … Read more
ABC: Lev Parnas has receipts, and has turned them over to impeachment committee
November 25, 2019
ABC News is reporting, House Intelligence Committee in possession of video, audio recordings from Giuliani associate Lev Parnas: The House Intelligence Committee is in possession of audio and video recordings and photographs provided to the committee by Lev Parnas, an associate of President Donald Trump’s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, who reportedly played a key role … Read more
Arizona’s authoritarian Republican ‘shadow’ Secretary of State must be defeated
November 24, 2019
As Republicans have done in other states where voters threw them out of office in favor of Democrats — North Carolina, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Kentucky for example — authoritarian Republicans now want to limit the powers of the Secretary of State as the chief elections officer in Arizona. Arizona’s reigning queen of GOP voter suppression … Read more
Political Calendar: Week of November 24, 2019
November 24, 2019
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
El Tour de Tucson 2019 Unofficial results
November 23, 2019
The Ride “Held annually the Saturday before Thanksgiving, El Tour is a fund raising adventure ride attracting over 9,000 cyclists of all ages and abilities from throughout the United States and worldwide. Participants are novice, intermediate, advanced, and professional cyclists riding 100% human powered bicycles.” 2019 El Tour de Tucson results for the 100, … Read more
