Watch me on Channel 12 tonight. Plus, Ronda Apolinar of Chino Valley is upset with me.

1. Greg Patterson, Stan Barnes, and I will be providing primary election color commentary. From 8 to 9 we’ll be on HDTV channel 12.2, AKA the “Weather Plus” channel. That’s if you have the box thingy. Channel 83 on Cox Cable. Then we’ll be doing segments on the regular Channel 12 broadcast at 10pm. 2. [...]

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Democratic primaries

I’m not going to endorse or prognosticate about tomorrow. You may have noticed that I don’t say much about the Democratic primary races in Arizona. I definitely have my favorites but I’ve rarely felt a compelling reason to weigh in on a primary candidate in my blog posts because, for the most part, I’m pleased [...]

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Republican National Committeeman puts the “ass” in class.

Tedski was gracious and gave him the better part of a day to retract his statement. But he didn’t so here it is: Bruce Ash, Republican National Committeeman, had this to say about a Tucson City Council member, who gave birth to a daughter on Tuesday: Best wishes to baby Luciana Reyes ! Hoping mom [...]

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Cheap, sordid, tawdry affairs.

I’m looking right at you, Mayor Gordon. No, not because of your girlfriend, but for who you immediately got into bed with when it began to look like you might face scrutiny for certain financial transactions associated with the relationship. Jason Rose??!? Rose has been a busy little turd-polishing flack these days. Just last Saturday [...]

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Soooo…Goldwater Institute, ya going to do anything about DiCiccio’s conflict of interest on the 202?

GI had much to say about the expensive construction of a new court complex for Maricopa County: Newly elected Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio has development leases along the proposed 202 freeway route. He, and others, think he should have a seat at the table. What say you about that, Goldwater Institute? To put it [...]

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Tuesday Energy Blogging: My energy is spent.

I worked a poll in Ahwatukee for Dana all day today. She ran a valiant race but, sadly, it wasn’t to be. I’ll post some thoughts on that later but I want to make sure I do my Tuesday duty. So it is with admitted lethargy but earnest enthusiasm for the author and subject that [...]

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Hey Sal, you should keep closer tabs on your stooges

I’m not going to link to his site, but there’s a prominent right wing Arizona blogger I like to call Hedda Drudge for his propensity to clutch his pearls in faux outrage over whatever the local GOP honchos want him to. Right now he is pushing Sal DiCiccio’s non-story of of the non-issue about Dana [...]

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