What took so long for Republicans to file a complaint against David Stringer?
January 30, 2019
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As noted in yesterday’s piece on the “Tyranny of the Majority at the Arizona House of Representatives,” House Democratic Minority Whip Reginald Bolding made a motion to institute expulsion proceedings against Legislative District One Representative David Stringer after it was revealed that he was the subject of sexual misconduct charges while living in Maryland 35 years ago. The Speaker … Read more
Tucson Chinese Cultural Center’s Lunar New Year Celebration
January 30, 2019
Every 12 years of the Asian zodiac, it’s the Year of the Pig. Chinese New Year is on Feb. 5, 2019, but for us Japanese, we start on January 1st. More info: http://www.tucsonchinese.org/ Support volunteer citizen journalism at the Blog for Arizona with a donation today. Your PayPal contribution keeps the Blog online and … Read more
Superintendent Hoffman takes her seat on the State Board of Education
January 29, 2019
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Saying “thank you to everyone” in attendance of the January 28, 2019 meeting of the Arizona State Board of Education, Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman also commented that it “had been a great first couple of weeks” as she took her seat for the first time on the Board. Giving her first report as … Read more
A preview of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary
January 29, 2019
We are living in the era of the perpetual campaign. It is only January 2019, and already the 2020 presidential campaign is well underway. “You can’t tell the players without a scorecard.” So Dylan Scott breaks it down for you at Vox.com. The biggest questions so far about the 2020 Democratic primary, answered: Any Democrat … Read more
Ward 3 Council Open House on January 30
January 29, 2019
“Please mark your calendars for a Ward 3 Open House at our office at 1510 E. Grant Road on Wednesday, January 30th from 5:30-7 pm. We had a wonderful New Year Open House last January filled with great company and I hope to see you all there again this year.” (from Councilman Paul Durham’s e-newsletter … Read more
Tyranny of the Majority at the Arizona House of Representatives
January 29, 2019
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A House Committee Hearing on Education was scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Monday, January 28. It did not start at 2:00 p.m. or 3:00 p.m. or 4:00 p.m. Instead, the people who gathered to attend the hearing (many of whom were members of Save Our Schools Arizona) were treated to a different educational experience … Read more
AZ GOP in disarray, AZ Dems united (updated)
January 28, 2019
The political parties held their statutorily required reorganization meetings on Saturday, and what a stark contrast they produced. Arizona GOP chairman Jonathan Lines, who oversaw unprecedented Republican losses in November, and who along with President Trump made baseless election fraud allegations to explain away those losses, AG suggests measured words when making allegations of fraud in election, … Read more
Listen: Time to Shut Down Hacienda Healthcare
January 27, 2019
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Click to hear the January 26 Steele Report with State Senator Victoria Steele and Blog for Arizona journalist and Democratic Precinct Committeeman Larry Bodine. Now is the time to shut down Hacienda Health Care in Phoenix, where a 29-year old mentally disabled women was raped by her caretaker nurse, who has been arrested. Astonishingly, the staff did not know the woman … Read more
