Los Numeros de Phoenix
THE BORDER REPORT No, no, not those numeros. I’m talking about the official numeros de secuestros and home invasion rip-offs in Phoenix. The statistics seem to have turned into a hen-pecking party with...
View ArticleMexico’s Hidden Drug War
THE BORDER REPORT The following story was produced for the Fronteras Desk, public radio, Arizona. Click here for the audio version. Long known as Arizona’s beach town, tourists and business owners in...
View ArticleBrewer Gives Obama The Finger
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View ArticleSal Diciccio channels Mitt Romney in his endorsement of Justin Johnson
The front page of Sunday’s Valley section of the AZ Republic featured a piece about how the Phoenix Council District 4 election results next Tuesday “could significantly affect the ideological makeup...
View ArticleJustin Johnson campaign and its supporters are not a good advertisement for...
My pal Jo Hafford has a great diary up at DailyKos about next week’s Phoenix election wherein he details how (as municipal races in Arizona go) things have gotten nasty in the Council District 4 runoff...
View ArticleSal DiCiccio admits what they’re really after
I got the following email from Councilman Sal DiCiccio after Thursday morning’s Phoenix City Council vote on so-called “pension spiking”. Emphasis mine. Mayor Stanton key swing vote to keep pension...
View ArticleLast night went fairly well
There were a surprising number of very important elections going on around the country for an off year, including right here in Phoenix where we elected two kickass progressive Democratic women, Laura...
View ArticleRep. Debbie Lesko Will Challenge Sen. Rick Murphy in AZGOP Primary
Representative Debbie Lesko announces she will run for Arizona State Senate in Legislative District 21 PHOENIX – Representative Debbie Lesko has announced that she will seek election to the Arizona...
View ArticleArizona Police Association Endorses Andy Tobin
In a joint press conference with the Phoenix Law Enforcement Association, the Arizona Police Association announced today their endorsement of House Speaker Andy Tobin for United States Congress in...
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