The race to succeed Ruben Gallego in Arizona House Congressional District Three is centered around two major candidates. One of them is former Phoenix Councilwoman and Vice Mayor Yassamin Ansari. The youngest woman to serve on the Phoenix City Council, Ms. Ansari has distinguished herself as a champion of reproductive freedom, affordable housing, and clean … Read more
Today (February 19, 2024,) Phoenix Councilwoman, former Vice Mayor, and Congressional District (CD) House Candidate Yassamin Ansari released her plan to help provide federally driven affordable housing assistance and reduce homelessness in the fifth-largest city in the country. Known for her stellar work on promoting and advancing clean energy sustainability in the Phoenix Metro Area, … Read more
Update to Kim Bayne’s excellent post, Hit the Road, Jack: Arizona’s Heartless Kick the Homeless to the Curb…Again. Rolling Stone reports that the MAGA Fascists’ “Dear Leader,” Donald Trump, has a new plan to deal with the “human refuse” he blames for the high crime rate in our society. Trump’s 2024 ‘Crime’ Plan: Crackdowns on … Read more
They’re baa-ack! It’s those pesky Arizona lawmakers who have a burning desire to make life miserable for our unhoused friends. These legislative dingleberries are continuing to push a bill that would boot people from homeless encampments and then slap them with trespassing charges. Sounds totally kosher, right? (No, not really.) But despite warnings that the … Read more
When he is not demonizing transgender students for the American Taliban at the Center for Arizona Policy, he is trying to criminalize being homeless in Arizona, a campaign promise of sore loser MAGAt gubernatorial candidate “Krazy Kari” Lake. In his free time, he trolls this blog. State senator David Farnsworth’s (R-Mesa) personal experience of mental … Read more