On Monday, the Arizona Legislature will start its 2024 session, kicking off with the live State of the State address from Governor Hobbs. The Sierra Club and other environmental organizations presented a list of priorities for the Arizona Legislature and Governor at the Capitol. The focus of the priorities is water, but climate/clean energy, democracy, and environmental … Read more
I report with amusement and copious amounts of schadenfreude that the AZGOP remains in a state of civil war. The MAGA faction within the Republican Party – most especially within the Maricopa County Republican Committee – has been trying to purge their Arizona State Party Chairman Jeff DeWit, elected just 1 year ago now, for … Read more
Most people will be aware that it is a common separation of power feature in our three branched governmental system at both the federal and state level that the Executive Branch appoints leaders to the Executive Branch’s departments and/or agencies, and frequently those appointees must then be confirmed by the Legislative Branch – most often … Read more
The Arizona Republic posted an excellent recap of their coverage of the Cyber Ninjas’ so-called ‘audit’ – which I call the #AZFraudit – of the 2020 election, which revealed that it was a scam and a disinformation operation by MAGA from the very get-go. Arizona’s voters were betrayed, intentionally deceived, misled, and ripped off by … Read more
You might be aware that in much of Arizona (outside the Active Management Areas) it is perfectly fine for a foreign citizen, corporation, or nation to buy a plot of Arizona farmland and then mine an unlimited amount of ground water under said property to grow whatever they like and then export it back home … Read more