So last Friday the FBI finally got around to raiding the office of former Fiesta Bowl lobbyist Gary Husk. That's January, 27, 2012. Let us review: The Republic first blew the whistle on charges the Fiesta Bowl was making illegal campaign contributions in December of 2009 and the finger was pointed directly at the long-time [...]
I don't know what's more embarrassing: Jan Brewer lying about her first meeting with President Obama to sexy up her book, or wagging her finger iin his face when he called her on her deceit. But either way, the embarrassment goes to the soul of the state she's representing and is another black mark on [...]
So in a desperate move to once again cheat Arizona voters, Russell Pearce sued to say Arizona's recall provision didn't apply to him. The high court set him straight, noting that in 1910, Arizona risked statehood--a dream it had had for 50 years--to include the recall of all elected officials and judges in its constitution. [...]
The 26th amendment (granting the right to vote for 18 year-, . I've received an email about Warren Buffet's Congressional Reform Act from several people I know and respect. And in reading it over, it sounds right with me. Here it is: *Congressional Reform Act of 2011* 1. No Tenure / No Pension. A Congressman [...]
It's a new day in Arizona and here's the new motto: We Aren't Extremists and We Don't Play Dirty Pool. That's what voters in District 18 yesterday when they made national news by recalling Russell Pearce--the nation's first sitting Senate President and Arizona's first legislator to be thrown out of office in a recall. The [...]
"I don't recall" why Sheriff Arpaio ever thought he was the "toughest sheriff in America" since he now insists he isn't in charge of anything, doesn't direct anything, doesn't know anything and even when he was in attendance at life-changing meeting, doesn't know what happened. I suppose in some circles, this breathtaking lapse of recall [...]
I don't drink tea with people who lie and cheat to win an election, so I'll pass on the kind of "Tea Party" the East Valley is dishing out. The spectacle of the District 18 recall effort against Russell Pearce--the first recall against a sitting lawmaker in state history--should sicken anyone of any political persuasion [...]
A&E has a show called "Hoarders" about mentally sick people who live in filth and fill their homes with debris and anything they can find, but I think the network has missed the mark. I wish they'd do a program on the real American Hoarders: our Banks and financial institutions. I stand with the anti-Wall [...]
The Arizona Legislature has refused to infuse millions into our state economy by changing ONE WORD to allow an extension of unemployment benefits for thousands of Arizonans who can't find work. When explaining their "no" votes, Republican Senate Majority Whip Steve Pierce said "We think it's stupid." It's stupid all right, but the stupidity is [...]
HUPPENTHAL DOES IT AGAIN—DOESN'T LET FACTS GET IN THE WAY I wish School Superintendent John Huppenthal would take a good “reading comprehension” class because obviously, he has problems understanding what he reads. I've been catching him distorting the facts for years. The latest example is how he misrepresented—to an absurd and embarrassing degree—a study he [...]