Tom Stiglich, a syndicated cartoonist, published this editorial cartoon in Newspapers across the Southeast and Midwest on June 10, 2020. As readers can see, this cartoon is filled with fear stoking and racist dog whistles. The African American male mugger robbing a defenseless white woman. The cries for help are rebuffed by the mugger saying … Read more
Has anyone who subscribes to Blog for Arizona ever checked out Legislative District (LD) 11 State Senator Vince Leach’s Facebook Page? It is more frightening than a Stephen King novel. It is a smorgasbord of fringe right-wing lunacy and conspiracy theories. It is the stuff that nightmares are made of and should astonish and scare … Read more
On Thursday, May 21, 2020, the Arizona State House of Representatives passed SB 1397, a Senate bill sponsored by State Senator (and former Arizona House Speaker) JD Mesnard on a 59 to 1 vote. On March 3, 2020, it cleared the Senate on a 30 to 0 vote. The bill, which will prevent insurance companies … Read more
Vince Leach likes to get involved in the affairs of Arizonans and local leaders that do not reside in his district. For an alleged conservative that believes in small unintrusive government, that is a pretty big intrusive government approach to the casual political observer. Over the last couple of years, Mr. Leach, as a State … Read more
Thinking ahead to a potential nightmare where the courts may throw out the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare for those that think they are different things,) both Arizona Republicans and Democrats State Senators have offered competing bills to protect people with preexisting health conditions. Republicans sponsored bill SB 1397. This measure would tell insurance companies in … Read more