Mayor Kate Gallego

Romero and Gallego

Romero and Gallego Blast Ducey’s Prohibition of Vaccine Mandates by Local and County Governments

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Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signed an executive order that supposedly would prohibit local and county governments from instituting vaccine mandates, another example of Ducey catering to the Know-Nothing fringe. Ducey still has delusions he has an opportunity to win higher office someday. To that end, he has been consistently adopting Know Nothing-science denying-anti mask-anti vaxxer policies … Read more

(UPDATED) Habemus Senate Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal

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Do you believe in miracles? A group of Democratic and Republican Senators (including Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema) has concluded a bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal that would provide much-needed funding to the nation’s roads, bridges, railways, waterways, airports, and broadband. Eureka! Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said earlier today (July 28, 2021) that a vote to … Read more

Romero and Gallego lead Bipartisan Group of Arizona Mayors Supporting a New Amtrak Rail Line Connecting Phoenix and Tucson

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Tucson Mayor Regina Romero, Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego, and nine of their mayoral colleagues have sent a letter to the Arizona Congressional Delegation, asking them to support a proposed Amtrak railway expansion plan in Congress that would connect Tucson to Phoenix. Regional Mayors Letter of Support – Amtrak Corridor Development Program FINAL (1) It would … Read more

Phoenix had Six Consecutive Days of 115 Degrees or Higher

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The Southwest is going through a tremendous heatwave. Record high temperatures are being set in California, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, and Arizona. Utility regulators in Texas and California are counseling homeowners to conserve their air conditioning output because rolling blackouts may occur if they do not. Wildfires like those in the Payson area are being caused … Read more