Today was the day that everyone decided to write to me about the story printed in the Republic this morning that, apparently, the state Republican party will have no paid employees after next week. Yes, I knew this. I was first tipped of to this on Monday when someone named Mike posted it to this […]
Clarence Boykins is still being talked about as a candidate in Ward 2, but it seems that the ever eager Rodney Glassman has out maneuvered him in the early part of this race.
Last Thursday, Glassman turned in enough contributions to qualify for city matching funds. Long time City Clerk Kathleen Deitrick says that it’s the […]
Some of us were curious whether or not Republican activist Rob Haney would stage one of his dubious and slanted “straw polls” at the State Party’s reorganizing meeting on Saturday. Well, he didn’t but one of his allies, a guy named Mark Zemel, was handing out a palm card that detailed the goals of the […]
Former Pima County Supervisor Bud Walker has died. Walker also served in the state legislature in the 50’s and 60’s.
He was an old school county pol, first elected when Pima County had a fraction of the residents it does now and the then clubby three member Board of Supervisors reigned supreme. He was also very builder friendly. This […]
Still, no candidates have pulled packets to run in Ward One, including incumbent Councilmember José Ibarra. All of this just leads to speculation; many folks are wondering if Ibarra is thinking of running at all. There has even been speculation that he may run for mayor, something he talked about doing years ago.
(Unlike Steve Leal, […]
Steve Leal has been coy about his plans in the upcoming mayor’s race. As infuriating as this can be for Democratic activists who want to have a candidate as soon as possible, our resign to run law doesn’t allow much public discussion on his part.
Speculation has turned to who would replace Leal if he resigned to […]
Over the last few days of finalizing this blog’s new “do,” I have gotten advice from Eric Lybeck and Tony Cani. Eric has been a friend since high school; Tony is a more recent friend that I know through political life. Eric has been very good about steering me to “plug-ins” that make this blog […]
The new Fantasy Congress is up. We have another R Cubed league going on, this one is called “R Cubed Season 2,” and our league password is “ashurst.” If you did not join the Fantasy Congress when we did a short season of it late last year, you should go to Fantasy Congress’s homepage and get […]
Longtime readers will no doubt know about my continuing frustration with otherwise informed liberal activists who tell me that John McCain is really a moderate, even a liberal, and just hides it because of his party. “Just wait,” they tell me, “McCain will be the best thing for liberalism in America.”
It’s enough to make me […]
Former Massachusetts Rep. Robert Drinan, the only Jeebie to serve in the United States Congress, has died.
Drinan initially ran as an anti-war candidate, defeating a pro-war Democrat in the primary. He quickly became an articulate spokesman for what we now term the progressive wing of the party. He served on the House Judiciary Committee that […]
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