I normally wait until election day to cast my ballot at the polls, but most of my friends are already voting by mail. So I thought I'd share how I'm going to vote. On the propositions: This is easy, NO on everything except medical marijuana, which I'm voting--isn't this the THIRD time in [...]
Terry Goddard hasn't abandoned his CURRENT job as Attorney General for Arizona while he's campaigning to become the next GOVERNOR of Arizona--this morning's paper announces that Goddard has been a leader in getting ALL 50 GOVERNORS to fight back on the home mortgage crisis. He's demanding accountability from banks that threw people out of their [...]
I've posted the attached blog on the Arizona Republic's website on Terry Goddard and his sterling reputation in fighting for consumer protections and fighting the legislature over mortgage fraud. http://www.azcentral.com/members/Blog/Jana5/100916
I was appalled and depressed on Sunday when The Arizona Republic endorsed Jan Brewer for governor over Terry Goddard. They think she can "lead Arizona out of economic doldrums"????? I think she's going to destroy this state--she and her right-wing legislature that will be in control if she is elected. I don't want Russell Pearce [...]
Hurrah for Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank for his clear-eyed exposure of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's outrageous and hysterical lies about our immigration issue: "Arizona leaders' border talk needs truth." Now the whole nation can see what's REALLY happening here. The Arizona Republic has done a good job trying to debunk the wild claims Brewer [...]
The headline in today's Arizona Republic read: "County, 7 activists settle: $475,000 payout for Arpaio protesters much higher than first authorized." The headline could have read: "You can't trample the U.S. Constitution, even if you're Sheriff Arpaio, and get away with it." I know the inside story on this issue because I [...]
Nobody in Arizona is under the illusion that Governor Jan Brewer is the smartest one in the room, but I really was shocked this morning to realize just how dumb she is. Ed Montini's column in The Arizona Republic quotes her totally inaccurate, hysterical and ridiculous position that "the majority" of Mexicans coming [...]
All Arizona should be mourning the death of a fourth-generation American--a father and soft ball coach--murdered in his front yard because America has not dealt with the immigration issue. His name is Juan Varela. He was born in Phoenix 44 years ago. He traces his American lineage back to a great-grandfather. He was the father [...]
I never realized, until the Diocese of Phoenix excommunicated Sister Margaret McBride, that the Catholic Church has such a low regard for women. This horrible case makes me ask if women are seen by the church only as incubators for new baby Catholics, not as human beings whose own lives are worth protecting or saving. [...]
For all of the recent legal investigations involving two Maricopa County officials, it was a little-known Phoenix judge who blew the whistle on them first. […]