Has anyone noticed that the same folks who think Tucson should be forced to have non-partisan elections are the same ones who want to ban independent voters from Republican primaries?
A mild-mannered reader of this here blog pointed out to me that Rob O’Dell said that Karin Uhlich won her council race by 195 votes.
The figure, according to the City Clerk and quoted by other reporters at the Star, is 175.
The inflation of Uhlich’s victory by twenty votes from what otherwise would be a razor [...]
For the last couple of years, it seems that any problem with Rio Nuevo or Downtown development has been heralded by an above the fold, front page story in the Star. So, you’d think that yesterday’s announcement that the final bit of money for a streetcar system would be similarly heralded as a success. After [...]
It was never matter of if but when. Humberto Lopez has announced that he is filing termination papers for his attempted recall of Regina Romero, Karin Uhlich and Bob Walkup. No word yet on whether tea partiers Robert Mayer or Trent Humphries have been let in on this decision.
Lopez says that his recall effort was [...]
Yesterday, Raúl Grijalva brought Labor Secretary Hilda Solís to town to tour the Kino Teen Center and Las Artes, and tomorrow, both Grijalva and Gabrielle Giffords will be hosting Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood.
Is it just me, or does that name conjure up images of a cowled pirate from a 70’s cartoon?
LaHood, Grijalva, Giffords and Mayor [...]
Over the last couple of days, Humberto Lopez has given indications that he’s dialing back on his enthusiasm for his recall of Karin Uhlich, Regina Romero and Bob Walkup.
This prompted a press release from Trent Humphries and Robert Meyer, who are local “Tea Party” organizers that have taken the lead on the recall. They [...]
My weekly round up of things that for one reason or another I just didn’t get to last week:
The Pima County Democratic party has issued a press release on Humberto Lopez’s attempted recall of members of the city council. There are a couple of things to keep in mind here. One is that Lopez has given indications of dialing back on the effort, with talk of “suspending” the whole thing or removing Bob [...]
Republican National Committeeman Bruce Ash put up a response to my post congratulating Regina Romero for having a baby stating that he hopes she doesn’t use the child as a “political human shield.” I’m still stuck on what prompted this little outburst. Surely, Ash wouldn’t be such a jackass as to criticize Romero for being [...]
I’ve been asked by two R-Cubed fanaticos why I haven’t commented on Humberto Lopez’s recall movement, which he will be kicking off today. Well, I’ve been busy with other politics, okay?
It’ll be interesting to see who Lopez manages to get on board with this. Part of the trouble with recalls is that because of the [...]
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