I just received an invitation to a fundraiser event for Bill Konopnicki who is exploring a run for the Senate seat in Legislative District 5. The event will be held on January 4, 2010 at the University Club in Phoenix and it’s pretty clear he will be running as [...]
Arizona Capitol, west downtown PHX.
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, has been a friend of the National Rifle Association (NRA) her entire political career. She welcomed the NRA to Phoenix for their national convention this past summer, and she signed into law every wet dream fantasy on the [...]
Phoenix area lawyer Michael Manning has announced that he will not run for Attorney General, (read more at this Phoenix New Times article.)
Manning added a bold statement to his announcement that “I believe it is quite likely that I would win that election.” Well, if you are not [...]
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5:30pm – 7:00pm
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Portland’s
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105 W. Portland St
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Phoenix, AZ
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Little Pink House is a first-rate nonfiction drama told by award-winning author Jeff Benedict. Benedict’s work takes readers behind the scenes—showcasing Kelo’s fight to save her home and New London Development Corporation President Claire Gaudiani’s effort to take it away. Little [...] 
H/T to Josh Berstein over at ABC 15 for uncovering this story.
According to Bernstein’s report:
PHOENIX – Maricopa County Supervisor Mary Rose Wilcox is under criminal investigation for questionable loans received from the lending arm of a local charity, sources tell the ABC15 [...]
Ok, this is getting too easy.
PHOENIX — Hecklers in the audience broke into a loudly sung version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" and forced a high-profile Arizona sheriff to abandon a First Amendment forum sponsored by Arizona State University's journalism school.
Arpaio is shouted down at a First Amendment Forum sponsored by' [...]
Phoenix–Like countless enterprising American immigrants before her, Cindy Vong came up with an inspired business idea.
Ms. Vong, a licensed nail technician who owns LaVie Nail Salon in Gilbert, last year opened a second business called Spa Fish Therapy. The therapy, which is popular in many Asian countries and in other [...]
by Mark Flatten
Goldwater Institute
The operators of Tucson International Airport have scrapped the use of racial preferences in awarding concession contracts. That is in sharp contrast to efforts by the City of Phoenix to preserve race-based programs at Sky Harbor International Airport.
The Goldwater Institute reported [...]
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,' [...]
