Back in August we linked to video of CD 1 Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick walking out of her own town hall. Now comes this video of CD 5 Rep. Harry Mitchell fumbling to open the car door so he does not have to answer a question. (Hat tip to the [...]
Last week we highlighted the dramatic speech by Rep. Ray Barnes highlighting excessive administration costs in education. Coverage of the Barnes’ speech crowded out what was the best speech of the special session for substance and vision. Rep. Frank Antenori offers a clear and workable [...]
Rep. Rich Crandall is forming an exploratory committee to look at running for the LD 19 Senate seat being vacated by current Senator, Chuck Gray. Last week Gray announced he will not be seeking reelection in order to pursue an opportunity in the private sector.
Crandall included the following quote in [...]
Sen. Chuck Gray, LD 19, announced that he will not be seeking another term. Details at Sonoran Alliance.
[...]The Wall Street Journal has a run down of some of the most voulnerable freshman congressman. Arizona’s own Ann Kirkpatrick on CD 1 makes their top 10, she comes in at #3. Read the story at this link.
[...]We pray that you and your family have a great holiday weekend.
[...]The video of Rep. Ray Barnes has clearly gone viral on Arizona political web sites. He does diverge from his main point with his comment about bi-sexual teachers. Lost in the conversation about his speech is the simple question, Is Barnes correct? He was saying the schools are top [...]
Gov. Brewer is not doing well against AG Terry Goddard for next years gubernatorial election. According to the latest Cronkite Eight poll, Brewer trails Goddard by 19 points. This follows yesterdays news that Brewer is far behind current Treasurer Dean Martin in polling for next years Republican primary for [...]
We are not going to poll out readers on this one. Rep. Ray Barnes (unplugged) goes straight to the top of the list for Speech of the Year. The only questions is, will this earn him a spot on Countdown with Keith Olbermann. Credit to AZ Capitol Times for [...]
Ann Brown, the newly former editor of the editorial page at the Arizona Daily Star, recently made parting comments on her departure from the Arizona Daily Star.  She made sure to mention that her departure was voluntary such as lifeboats on the Titanic.
She described her most recent assignment:
“My goal was to bring [...]
Earth to U of A: Â if you are going to have President Robert Shelton make the rounds doing the “Republicans hate education” chant:
“sadly, we also have legislators in this state who not only fail to grasp the value of a highly-educated, technologically literate citizenry; they actively work to suppress [...]
News circulated today of some major developments in Rural AZ’s Legislative District 5 race. Good news to conservatives, a fresh face has entered the race for House. The other development being an unconfirmed report that Yuma County Republican Chairman has asked the state GOP for an investigation into LD5 candidate [...]
The Senate has approved both SB 1001 and 1002. The vote went along party lines. All Republicans voted yes except Ron Gould and Carolyn Allen (who is not feeling well and was not present.)
Senate President Burns tried earlier to get a few Democrats to join him on the budget [...]
We thought we would post this classic Sarah Palin video. It is a great lesson on how they get the turkey’s to the supermarket. Enjoy!
Speaking of Palin, she will be in Tempe on Tuesday, December 1st at the Costco at 1445 W. Elliot, 11:00 am to 2:00 pm.
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Gov. Jan Brewer in Tucson
Back in July, Greg at Espresso Pundit speculated that Governor Brewer would not run for another term based on how “lobbyists and consultants” were behaving. It turns out she is running and based on how she was treated yesterday in Tucson, [...]
State Senator Thayer Vershoor was not present for the vote yesterday on SB 1003. Senate President Bob Burns went public with his displeasure at Thayer’s absence. Sen. Verschoor has responded through his Facebook page with the following message (unedited by us.)
Subject: Need your Help!! Vote to raise taxes on [...]
November it turning out to be a big month for changes to talk radio in Tucson. Wake Up Tucson on KVOI 1030 AM added an extra hour, and now goes from 6:00 am to 8:00 am. Cogratulations to Chris and Joe for their continued success.
Jim Parisi has moved [...]
Jim Deakin is running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2010, challenging Senator John McCain. Mr. Deakin submitted the following Op-Ed to Gila Courier. For more information on his campaign, see JimDeakin.com.
UNITED STATES TO FUND GENOCIDE THROUGH ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES AND LEGISLATION
Whether you believe [...]
We apologized for connection issues from the past few days. Several calls to the hosing service did not provide any clear answers and then the issue went away. Anyway, things seem to be working fine now.
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On the heals of Vice President Joe Biden’s visit to Phoenix, we now read the federal government has also saved jobs in Arizona’s mythical 9th Congressional District. Read all the details at ABCnews.com.
Hat tip to Rep. John Shadegg for sending out a press realease on the new Cogressional District [...]
Last year then President George Bush visited Arizona for a fundraiser. He gave someone a medal at the airport and I guess that made the trip official. The Democrats screamed and whined that the Republican Congressional candidate should have paid the full cost of the president’s visit.
Now the shoe [...]
This is an excellent video of what is going on in Washington DC and how it relates to CD 1 in Arizona. Don’t miss the second half.
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Peter Wallsten at the Wall Street Journal has a great article about primary challenges to the establishment Republican nominees in several contests around the country. Apparently, one of the campaign strategies of the insurgent grassroots candidates is to say their opponent is being backed but the GOP establishment. It [...]
Despite Gov. Brewer’s optimism, our sources indicate a Special Session of the Legislature will not happen any time soon. Reports indicate the Senate cannot line up the votes to pass a fix to start addressing the $2,000,000,000 gap in the FY 2010 budget.
It will probably get even harder to [...]
The Rum blog is trying to stir the pot among LD 26 Republicans but from what we hear it is not going to work. Tedski wrote that current State Representative Vic Williams was thinking of challenging the current State Senator Al Melvin. A simple call to Rep. Williams [...]
Here is a video from yesterday’s Tea Party protest at Rep. Gabrielle Gifford’s office. Thanks for Mike at ShortforOrdinary.com for the news report.
Update: Here is another video from the November 10th protest.
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AZ Treasurer Dean Martin, Senator Sylvia Allen, fmr Navajo County Republican Chair Tom Ross, at the 2008 2nd Amendment Shootout celebration, [...]
State Senator Sylvia Allen, R-LD5
Goldwater Institute released their much anticipated annual report card. The 2009 Legislative Report Card scores AZ’s legislature as a whole, and per each member, on how their respective votes measured up in four areas affecting the expansion or limitation [...]
FROM TODAY’S PRESS RELEASE
Al Melvin, the first-term senator from LD26, has announced he has Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. He made the announcement because the treatments he is receiving are expected to cause considerable hair loss and he wanted to be sure that people knew the reason [...]
“Nighttime. Sometimes politicians think it’s the right time to do the wrong things.” –Gabrielle Giffords, 2006
That, of course, was from Giffords’ 2006 “Blocked” ad where she portrayed state legislators via “night vision” effect as sneaking into the capitol for a dastardly midnight vote while she turned on [...]
First Scarpinato, now Ann Brown?
Rumor has it that tonight, on AZ Illustrated, Ann Brown will  announce her departure from Arizona Illustrated and the AZ Daily Star. Where she is headed next? Who knows…
You combine that with the addition of such political writers as Rhonda Bodfield and Andrea Kelly digging deeper [...]
Update: From what we understand, there are over 3,000 ballots left to count, 700 duplicate ballots and 2,625 provisionals.
Pima County Elections just posted new numbers. The Tucson Ward 3 election has narrowed to just 240 votes. Karin Uhlich is still ahead of Ben Buehler-Garcia but her margin is fading [...]
Pima County is counting ballots right now.
You can watch live at this link.
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The dust from yesterday’s Tucson City Council election is very slowly settling. It looks as if Steve Kozachik has won against incumbent Nina Trasoff (Ward 6, midtown.) Kozachik leads in both early ballots and election day votes and has maintained his lead in the Wednesday afternoon updated numbers.
The Ward 3 [...]
More TEA Parties on the way. Americans For Prosperity sent out an announcement stating that Graham County, and Cochise County will both be holding TEA Parties.
The Graham County Republican Women are the organizer’s for Graham County. These ladies, including Glenda Orr, and Barbara Staley, are among the most liberty loving, [...]
Doug Hoffman is showing a strong lead in the latest survey conducted by Public Policy Polling, ahead by 17 points. Read the details here (PDF file.) These new results are significant because Public Policy is considered to be a Democratic leaning firm.
Last week the [...]
Anne Kirkpatrick, congressman in AZ’s district 1, seems to be demonstrating a pattern of avoiding her constituents when it comes to the tough issues. Beginning with her famous retreat from Holbrook Hill, now to fleeing the battle again; this time before it even started.
Globe resident Sam Moorhead shares his three [...]
Well, it’s only been 7 months since Tax Day, the start of the Tea Party and DHS’s report on ‘Right Wing Extremists’… and the Gila Courier has finally found our first confirmed “RWE”.
Just a reminder that elections are THIS TUESDAY! Be sure to encourage your friends, family [...]
Gila, Rural Watch, Cameron, Ryan, Ro Chambeau
