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 [...]
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 [...]