(UPDATED) Democrats and Republicans offer Competing Visions at the Opening of the 2020 Arizona Legislative Session

The first day of any legislative session is always filled with feelings of renewal, goodwill, optimism, and hope. Arizona’s Democrats and Republicans had it in abundance at the opening of the 2019/20 legislative session at the State Capital. However, both sides offered contrasting competing visions for moving the Grand Canyon State. The Republican vision, expressed … Read more

Facing Blowback, Sylvia Allen sees the light on the LGBTQ Community; When will John Filmore

With respect to helping the LGBTQ Community in schools, the idea of Power to the People took on added significance last week in Arizona after several months of pitchfork raising by narrow-minded reactionaries in the state. Last year, reactionary zealots like State Senator Sylvia “Out of the Closet Racist” Allen, State Representative Kelly “Donna Trump” … Read more

LD 20 Representative Anthony Kern is not the “Chosen One”

Legislative District 20 Representative Anthony Kern is the latest Republican member of the Arizona State Legislature that thinks scientifically accurate age-appropriate sex education is bad for children. He joins a club of fellow same thinking village idiots that includes Speaker Russell “I attend Hate Group Conferences” Bowers, State Senator Sylvia “Out of the Closet Racist” … Read more

Why would the Arizona Speaker of the House Attend an Event Sponsored by a Designated Hate Group?

The media are rightfully reporting that the Arizona Speaker of the House, Russell Bowers, and State Senator Sylvia Allen, is regurgitating false, zealous, and reactionary talking points on attempts by Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman and her team to bring the health education guidelines (including those related to sex education) into the Twenty-First Century. … Read more