On August 27th, the Good Action Trouble Group joined other organizations (including Jobs With Justice andWorking Families Power) to protest at Jim Click’s KIA dealership on Wetmore. Eight members of the Good Action Trouble Group, including me, were arrested. This is our story. What follows is a satirical dramatization based on real events. All these groups joined … Read more
TheDGT.org hosted a discussion with Pima Co. Supervisor Jen Allen and Tucson City Councilor Nikki Lee, who have both taken up the cause of educating themselves and the public on this issue before approving the new developement. The result is an engaging discussion of the many issues that need clarification before we let this industry … Read more
UPDATED 5/11 at 9:30pm: Tucson voters appear to have roundly rejected Prop 414 by a roughly 70/30 ratio. This is a stinging rebuke of the city council and Mayor’s approach to backfilling likely cuts in state shared revenues resulting from tax cuts by the GOP caucus in the legislature. Either voters don’t want more taxes, … Read more
In a video posted on Instagram, Tucson Mayor Regina Romero sought to reassure Tucsonans that she and the City Council will work to ensure that they will exercise all legal options to stop Trump/Vance Administration efforts to block allocated federal funds from coming to the city. The transcript of the Mayor’s comments is below: Hi … Read more
Before leaving for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, both Phoenix and Tucson Mayors Kate Gallego and Regina Romero highlighted more infrastructure and housing advances designed to promote greater sustainability in the two metro areas. In Phoenix, Mayor Gallego helped unveil the first in its new fleet of hybrid-engine public buses. To promote a zero-emissions … Read more