Cheuvront Shaking Down the Competition
OK, it’s been a while – I don’t usually feel the need to write because Donna writes so beautifully. But who can help herself when faced with this oh-so-mature rejoinder from Ken Cheuvront (running in a primary for Senate in the new LD 24 against Rep. Katie Hobbs) and how he’s forcing a Democratic primary [...]
They are Fast and Furious with the red herring. And that’s too bad.
I get regular email updates from several GOP politicians in Arizona, including my own Representative Ben Quayle. Earlier this afternoon I received a mass email from him demanding US Attorney General Eric Holder’s resignation for “the Fast and Furious debacle”. After questioning the attorney general and listening to his responses during the December 8 Judiciary [...]
Tomorrow is a big day!
We’ve been moving all weekend so I didn’t have a chance to post and I’m exhausted from it all so I don’t have the energy to opine about everything (and it’s quite a lot) going on in AZ. But allow me to take this moment to express hope and confidence that the following will happen [...]
This week in Center for Arizona Policy: Who would Jesus card check?
My google alert for CAP popped up and one of the links was to CAP President Cathi Herrod’s weekly digest “5 Minutes for Families – Exclusive Insight for Arizona Families”. In this week’s installment Cathi discussed: How everyone should continue a Down’s Syndrome pregnancy because it seems to be working out for the families choosing [...]
So what’s the deal with this Open Primaries initiative?
A group called the Open Government Committee is collecting signatures for an initiative that would change primary elections from the current partisan ballot system to one where all the candidates would appear on the same ballot and the top two go on to run in the general election, irrespective of party. It would be similar [...]
I’m sure they’re paying fair market rent for the use of those 501(c)3 facilities.
James King of the New Times covered the trainwreck that is the Arizona GOP today. The rift is over recently elected State Chair Tom Morrissey, whom a bunch of Republican activists want to give the boot on account of what they describe as incompetence and the unseemliness of five times married Morrissey being the standard [...]
Stanton gets coveted Talton endorsement
Well, I covet it anyway. Jon Talton, a fourth generation Phoenician and frequent essayist on this city and Arizona, though he now resides in Seattle, weighed in on the Mayoral race today. He likes all the candidates but says Greg Stanton is his pick: Greg Stanton is another candidate who risks being underestimated. Too polished. [...]
