In early August, the utility company, Arizona Public Service (APS) abandoned their commitment to become carbon neutral by 2050. They also want to raise rates by 14 percent. Fast forward to this last week and there are two more developments, spurred on in part by encouragement from science denying MAGA allies in Washington D.C. and … Read more
If you thought Arizona had learned anything from our state’s last water scandal, think again. Pima County just sold off 290 acres of public land near the Fairgrounds for a $3.6 billion data center project. Yep, in a 3–2 vote on June 17, the Board of Supervisors approved a deal with Project Blue, a San … Read more
UPDATE: You can meet and question Council Member Perez on TheDGT.org’s weekly Zoom show on May 26th at Noon! Sorry, this event has been cancelled due to the councilmember’s availability. We will reschedule this event soon. You must register in advance for this event: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/I0oicNYJTa-wts4gqUDQWQ Ward 5 Councilman Richard Fimbres, in his 4th term, retired … Read more
Kevin Dahl is running for reelection to another term on the Tucson city council from Ward 3 (which is the Ward I live in) and a few friends appeared this evening to announce the launch of his campaign. Here’s some footage of his introduction by supporters Tucson Mayor Regina Romero and Pima Supervisor Adelita Grijalva, … Read more
Well, it’s now 11 years since I started blogging here at Blog for Arizona. Most of us don’t care about the current political situation with the return of Republican President Donald Trump. It’s going to be a challenging four years or more. Stay tuned for a lot of push back from the Democrats across the … Read more