Even with the Supreme Courts hold on matching funds for Clean Elections many candidates still need their fives. If all the candidates running for an office are running Clean no one has an advantage. This would hold true if the Governor’s race is between Jan Brewer and Terry Goddard or in the race for Corporation [...]
Here in Arizona we get a double dose of Republican indifference to the needs of our citizens. We have Congressmen like Jon Kyl arguing that unemployment benefits dissuade people from job-hunting “because people are being paid even though they’re not working” and” … If anything, as I said, it’s a disincentive. And the same thing [...]
Healthcare reform is not dead but we still have to work for it! Congressman Mitchell’s staff says the anti-reform insurance companies have their people calling. Don’t let the insurance companies beat us. Call ALL our AZ Democratic Congressional delegation. Let them know Arizona people want reform. You can call the Capitol on this 800 number [...]
There seems to be a lot of Republican revisionist history going around: Rudy Giuliani claimed “we had no domestic attacks under Bush — we’ve had one under Obama.” Then we had Mary Matalin: “We inherited a recession from President Clinton and we inherited the most tragic attack on our own soil in our nation’s history,” [...]
THE ISSUE: During the November 2008 election, the payday industry tried to pass Proposition 200 in Arizona – an initiative that would have allowed the payday lenders to bleed hard-working Arizonans with 400 percent interest rates forever. Arizona voters said “No!” to the payday lenders – loud and clear – rejecting Proposition 200 by a [...]
Conservative courts may soon invalidate the matching funds provision of Arizona’s Citizens Clean Elections Act. Longtime foes of Clean Elections view this as their opportunity to end public campaign financing in Arizona and return to a time when big-money was the primary factor deciding who would represent our communities in legislative and statewide elective offices. [...]
Thanks to all those who turned out in the heat to rally for health care. We had a good turn out and were taped by channels 5 & 12. Thanks also to The Billionaires for Wealthcare. They gave us a good laugh. If you couldn’t be there, speaker Kyrsten Sinema gave us our assignments – [...]
Show your support for Health Care reform. Meet on the north side of Jefferson Street near US Airways Arena starting at 11am on Sunday, September 13th. Bring your signs. We will march through Copper Square to Chase Field. Speakers will include Kyrsten Sinema. WE CAN’T WAIT!
SAVE THE DATE: SEPTEMBER 13th about NOON. We will be holding a Rally for Healthcare and the Public Option. We need a big turnout or we loose. Check back for details. Volunteer to help get this organized and and advertised. email: tstahl38@gmail.com.
JOHN SHADEGG / CD 3 is having a HealthCare Town Hall. All in favor of health care reform should definitely come to this event. Shadegg is very anti-reform and needs to hear our voices. Date:Saturday, August 8, 2009 Time:11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Arizona time. Location:Arcadia Neighborhood Learning Center – cafeteria 4330 N. 62nd St. [...]
