AZNetroots

• Solar Power is People Power

  Greetings to AZNetroots! As a newbie here, I want to introduce myself.

  My name is Osha Gray Davidson. I'm a freelance investigative reporter and author focusing on solar power and environmental issues, mostly in the Southwest, but also reporting on related national and international issues.

  My primary website is The Phoenix Sun,' [...]

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  Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:24am EST
  

• Loansharks and Legislators

  Last year Arizona voters rejected, by an overwhelming majority, a ballot initiative sponsored by payday lenders that would have allowed them to continue to do business in Arizona beyond June 30, 2010.  

  ... industry lobbyists pushed through a special law in 2000 allowing them to charge fees that far [...]

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  Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:55pm EST
  

• Cruisin' With the Senators

  The Arizona Legislature will be starting a special session tomorrow to deal with Arizona's budget crisis, one of the worst in the nation.

  Senate President Pro Tempore Barbara  Leff (LD-11) won't be attending.  She'll be on a Caribbean cruise.

  The Senate Grand Old Party tradition of leaving [...]

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:40pm EST
  

• Trollin' for Teabaggers

  Gubernatorial aspirants Dean Martin, currently Arizona State Treasurer, and Vernon Parker, currently mayor of Paradise Valley, showed up to speak at a teabagger rally today  at the state Capitol this afternoon.  So did Tom Horne who is currently Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction and is planning to run for State [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 4:29pm EST
  

• Health Care Reform: Mitchell Undecided

  Hi,

  I'm sure many of you have been following the Health Care Reform legislation moving through Congress. Well, according to a whip count done by The Hill [h/t DailyKos], Harry Mitchell is undecided on whether he'll support the bill being brought to the House floor.

  Please call Congressman Mitchell and urge [...]

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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 4:39pm EST