An inexplicable digital oddity hit my doom-scrolling radar this week: SaveCFSD.org. With the subtlety of a sledgehammer to a watermelon, this site is supposedly the brainchild of a mysterious cabal of educational illusionists dubbed The Center for Excellence in Public Schools. Sounds less like a bona fide academic think tank than a Klandestine Koffee Klatch … Read more
Update to Election Denier Trump Thugs Force County Election Officials To Quit, Plotting Election Disruption. According to the Tucson Sentinel, anti-vaxxer Covid-denier Republicans were having trouble recruiting election workers willing to comply with Pima County’s vaccination requirement for election workers, so Pima County actually accommdated these anti-vaxxer Covid-deniers. Pima County lifts COVID shot policy for … Read more
A record number of homicides in Tucson last year. Increases from 2009 to 2018 in the amount of gun deaths in Arizona, including Phoenix, Tucson, and Mesa. Seventy one percent of these gun deaths were caused by suicide. Eighty seven percent of violent deaths toward Arizona women were caused by gunshot wounds inflicted by an … Read more
After being one of 17 Mayors (including Phoenix’s Kate Gallego,) to send a letter to Secretary of Treasury Janet Yellin requesting additional funds for Emergency Rental Assistance, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero announced on February 28 that Tucson and Pima County have received a combined total of $22 million (through “reallocated DES funds) to help local … Read more
On Tuesday November 9, 2021 Pima County held a grand opening ceremony for the re-opening of the historic Pima County courthouse, 115 N Church Ave. Watch the 48 minute video here of the ceremony on you tube: Celebrating the Grand Re-opening of the Historic Courthouse – YouTube Housed on the first floor is the new … Read more