Slowly (too slowly, but what can you do?) some national news outlets are starting to take a look at John McCain’s backroom deals. Check out this piece run in the New York Times this morning about McCain’s relationship with local land razer Don Diamond. Thankfully, they did not allege an affair in this case.
Our boy Ray Carroll […]
Years ago, I attended a memorial service for Morris Udall. One of the speakers was author and environmental activist Terry Tempest Williams. She pointed to Udall’s Mormon upbringing as a big part of why he became congress’s greatest conservationist. She read some passages that were quite beautiful calls to protect the earth. Many in the […]
I have yet to meet anyone that thinks that this proposed I-10 bypass is a good idea. Then again, I don’t talk to a lot of real estate developers.
Daniel Patterson already has a post on the idea, and he thinks it stinks. Then again we expected that. The “Tucson Avoiding” portion of the bypass would […]
In my last couple of drives to Phoenix, I’ve been struck by the two billboards that are up in opposition to a proposed rail yard emblazoned with the words “Save the Peak!”
I’m a bit confused about folks who want to save the senic beauty of Picacho Peak advertising their cause on large freeway billboards that block […]
So, let me get this right, Karl Rove told Sheryl Crow not to touch him? You know, folks are right about me, I just don’t understand the Republican mind.
Of course, these are guys that think that Ann Coulter is “hot.”
As they start to realize they are losing the global warming argument, the new tack of conservatives is to attack the energy use of environmentalists. To hear them tell it, if you are concerned about global warming, you are commanded to live in a little cabin somewhere off the power grid and ride your bike around […]
I got a note from John Kromko last night. He wanted me to put up a link to his latest petition drive, No More Water Fees. In the 80’s and 90’s, a Kromko petition drive was enough to send chills down the spines of elected officials and bureaucrats everywhere. His organizational ability lost some of its […]
A fellow political history geek attended a field hearing a couple of weeks back on the mine that is planned for the Santa Rita mountains that was convened by Raúl Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords. As it turns out, one of the folks that showed up to testify was Doug LaFollette.
LaFollette is the Secretary of State […]
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