Rum, Romanism and Rebellion

I waited until today to post this because Mondays have my highest readership. Last Sunday, I posted an item referencing Steve Emerine’s column about Mayor Bob Walkup. I noted that Walkup had Emerine’s support in the 1999 election, and said that in the 2003 election, many of the Democrats that took a walk with Emerine in […]

Guy I talked to the other day suggested that Elaine Richardson would be an excellent candidate for mayor. I don’t know if this is anything resembling a “draft” or even if she’d be the least bit interested. I’m throwing it out there because, well, he’s a talker and I can’t be the only one he’s […]

Over at Sonoran Alliance, they have been critical of what they believe is footdragging by the Pima County Republican party in the upcoming Tucson Mayor’s race. They have complained twice about having to get information on their own candidates from a “Democrat Leaning Blog” (that’s me, but, only “leaning”?) rather from their own party.
They have […]

I recieved an e-mail today from Daniel Patterson who wanted to tell me that he pulled papers his papers to run for mayor. From the props where props are due department: I spoke to Patterson the other day and he actually understood and appreciated the reference to Henry A. Jaastad in my last entry about his […]

I got a missive from Steve Emerine, who wanted y’all to look at his column in Inside Tucson Business. The column will be published tommorrow, but is already available online.
Emerine is highly critical of the lack of the lack of leadership from the mayor’s office. Yes, many people have been critical of the dearth of […]

The Democrats are hunting for a mayoral candidate now. Steve Leal was such a presence in the race that it kept many others from seriously making a go of it. The trouble now is finding a candidate that is more than just a name on the ballot. Yesterday, Daniel Scarpinato floated the name Roger Pfeuffer, the […]

So, Steve Leal opted out of the race.  So, who will jump in now?
Yesterday, Daniel Patterson took the unusual step of posting an announcement on his blog. Patterson had previously floated his name as a replacement for Leal if he had to step down to run for mayor. Patterson has been involved in environmental and […]

Rodney Glassman will be having a “campaign kick-off party” on March 23rd. This comes as a great suprise to all of us who weren’t sure he was actually going to jump into this race, given the lack of enthusiasm he has mustered so far.
Yes, before y’all post, I’m kidding.
The kick-off will be on Friday the […]

Reports are that Steve Leal has decided against taking on Bob Walkup in the upcoming election, and will be sending out a press release to that effect.
This leaves Michael Toney and Joshua García as the only candidates to pull papers in the Democratic primary. Well, they haven’t heard of you either. Presidio Park hot dog […]

What did I tell you guys when I left last week? I said, don’t do any politicking while I’m gone.  And what did you go and do? Y’all allowed developments to happen that I couldn’t blog about because I was gone.
I can’t trust any of you.
Last week, Clarence Boykins let people know that he is […]

So, is it pater or filius? I am not sure myself anymore. I was corrected yesterday after I posted my comments about a certain Luis Gonzales pulling papers to run for city council when I wondered if it was the same one who has made numerous unsucessful runs for various offices over the years. Someone […]

Okay, my mistake. The Luis Armando Gonzales that filed to run for city council in Ward 1 is not the one that has made numerous attempts to return to public office since an ill-considered try to take out Mo Udall in a Democratic primary back in 1986. The Luis Armando Gonzales that filed is Luis […]

Los Angeles Dodgers fans, or for that matter, patrons of our local Asian eateries, may have noted that papers have been pulled by one Luis Gonzales to run in the Ward 1 Democratic primary. Some of you may want to note the spelling on the name “Gonzales” before you get too excited though.
I’m thinking that […]

The Star reported yesterday that Cox Cable and the City of Tucson had agreed to a deal.  Both Steve Leal and José Ibarra voted against the deal, which would be a reduction in public access channels and no guarantee that Cox will not pursue legislation to strip the city of their ability to regulate.
I found […]

Despite a rumor that was communicated to me by an over enthusiastic source, Clarence Boykins has not yet filed his Statement of Organization at the Clerk’s office.
Everything else I wrote about him is true, I promise.

Word is that Clarence Boykins filed his statement of organization to run in the Democratic primary for Ward 2 yesterday.  This allows him to start collecting money and signatures and otherwise cause the sorts of mischief that we expect out of our candidates. The city clerk’s candidate listing still doesn’t reflect this, but it should […]

Nobody but me remembers this, but I was a candidate for Ward 6 city council for a few days in late 2004. I saw that no one had pulled papers to run against Fred Ronstadt, so I went downtown and pulled them myself.  As it turned out, Steve Farley had pulled papers already but for […]

Here I go, taking issue with a column written by a fan of this blog. This is bite the hand that feeds me week here on R-Cubed.
Ernesto Portillo Jr. had a column yesterday whose title says it all: Another Ibarra is not needed in Ward 1.
Portillo goes after José Ibarra’s combative style and talks to several […]

Regina Romero, an aide to Councilmember Karin Uhlich, is expected to pull papers today to run in the now open west side Ward 1 council race.
Romero’s husband, Ruben Reyes, works for Raúl Grijalva, and she herself has been very active in his campaigns since she was in college. My keen senses developed though nearly two […]

Thursday’s Star had an article on Republican Sharon Collins, who made several runs for office over the last decade or so.  Collins is now running a clothing boutique in Green Valley and working as an Associate Superintendent of Public Instruction.
The article notes that Collins ran for office three times and lost.  She probably picked the […]