Thursday, September 20, 2012
I attended the City Council’s study session yesterday. One of the items was transit, which brought out the Bus Riders Union. For those who don’t know about the Bus Riders Union, it was organized last year by Brian Flagg of Casa Maria to represent the interests of poor and working class riders that depend on [...]
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Richard Carmona’s campaign has announced that the entire Tucson City Council has endorsed him. And by that they mean six council members, even Republican Steve Kozachik. Here is Kozachik from the release: I know Dr. Carmona as a man of integrity, a high achiever, a man of compassion for the underserved and a man who [...]
Thursday, September 8, 2011
As of yesterday morning, the word out on the street was that Steve Kozachik would try to move to fire Mike Letcher, but it would fail because Karin Uhlich would have Letcher’s back. Further, this word on the street said that there might be a motion to remove Letcher with an effective date closer to [...]
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 [...]
I was disappointed by this morning’s Political Insider column in the Arizona Republic. Yeah, most of the time, it is written too smugly (it is, after all, a “tounge-in-cheek look at Arizona politics”). This morning, the column consisted of one item, a short one too, about Rep. David Burnell Smith’s campaign finance woes. This is [...]
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I spoke with Katie Bolger today, she noticed that I did not link to Karin Uhlich’s website. I could say that I didn’t because I don’t live in her ward, or I could admit that I didn’t know her URL. There is another Rum, Romanism and Rebellion site. Go figure. They even use the same [...]
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