This has been festering since the November 3, 2020 elections and is starting to boil. On one side you have law and order Republicans that were willing to humor Trumpist attempts to use the legal process to prove there was widespread fraud in the elections. When those assertions proved baseless after a series of court … Read more
What were Voters in LD 12 and Rusty Bowers thinking when it comes to Jake Hoffman? The voters in Arizona Legislative District 12 and State House Speaker Rusty Bowers have told the residents of the Grand Canyon State over the last three weeks that, when it comes to Jake Hoffman, potential crime does pay. How … Read more
Voters residing in Arizona Legislative District 25 (an area covering North Central and North Eastern Mesa) would find the Clean Elections Debate for the District Nominees on August 20, 2020, illuminating. Please click below to watch. LD 25 voters would be surprised (annoyed may be a better word) that two Republican candidates, State Representative Michelle … Read more
Usually, sine die is an orderly but sometimes drama-filled end to the Legislative session. Historically, the Arizona House and the Senate vote to sine die (end the session) on the same night and often under the cloak of darkness. The second session of the 54th Legislature was… different… even before the novel Coronavirus hit the … Read more
I drove to Phoenix last Thursday (May 7) because Speaker Rusty Bowers and President Karen Fann had called the Legislature back for a sine die vote (a vote to end the second session of the 54th Legislature). We have been adjourned and working remotely since March 23. Unfortunately, I made that trip for nothing. On May 7, … Read more