Wait Months for Election Results?

A note on our Senator Wendy Rogers from Arizona Agenda today: If you like waiting months to hear the results of the election, then you’ll love Senate Bill 1338, which would send Arizona back decades as far as election technology is concerned.  The bill — sponsored by none other than Republican Sen. Wendy Rogers, perpetual perpetrator […]

Legislative Alert – Feb 14, 2022

COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATS ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT February 14, 2022 Here is the contact information for our Legislators: AZ SENATE:                         LD 6 – Wendy Rogers                        602-926-3042                          LD 7 – Theresa Hatathlie                    602-926-5160  President         Karen Fann                                         602-926-5874  Majority Ldr     Rick Gray                                            602-926-5413  AZ HOUSE:                         LD 6 – Walt Blackman                       602-926-3043  […]

Arizona Legislative Alert – Jan. 30th, 2022

Here is the contact information for our Legislators: AZ SENATE: LD 6 – Wendy Rogers 602-926-3042 LD 7 – Theresa Hatathlie 602-926-5160 President Karen Fann 602-926-5874 Majority Ldr Rick Gray 602-926-5413 AZ HOUSE: LD 6 – Walt Blackman 602-926-3043 LD 6 – Brenda Barton 602-926-3421 LD 7 – Jasmine […]

Just Say “No” to Lori Matthews for City Council

There is a saying, “tell me who your friends are, and I will tell you what you are.”  City Council Candidate Lori Matthews’ financial disclosure tells us who she is. Lori Matthews just broke fundraising records for City Council candidates thanks to two couples who don’t live here, each of whom donated the maximum allowed […]

Arizona Legislative Alert – 01/23/2022

Here is the contact information for our Legislators: AZ SENATE: LD 6 – Wendy Rogers 602-926-3042 LD 7 – Theresa Hatathlie 602-926-5160 President Karen Fann 602-926-5874 Majority Ldr Rick Gray 602-926-5413 AZ HOUSE: LD 6 – Walt Blackman 602-926-3043 LD 6 – Brenda Barton 602-926-3421 LD 7 – Jasmine […]

Voting Rights Failed. What’s Next?

by Ann Heitland, Coconino County Democratic Party Chair Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema got their way. The filibuster lived. Voting rights legislation died. (Senator Sheldon Whitehouse thinks otherwise and it would be nice if Leader Schumer could pull off that plan. But don’t hold your breath. It’s not in our hands and we can’t effectively […]

URGENT ARIZONA LEGISLATIVE ALERT

January 14, 2022 PRODUCED BY THE COCONINO COUNTY DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE While we continue to urge you to take action in support of the federal Freedom to Vote Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act before Tuesday, January 18, 2022, when the U.S. Senate is scheduled to take up this critical legislation, […]

Arizona Will Pay for It

Arizona Agenda reports that Sen. Wendy Rogers wants Arizona instead of Mexico to pay for the border wall —at least a few expensive miles of it. After failing last year to get the legislature to spend $300 million of state funds to build a border wall, she’s upping the ante this year with her SB 1032, which would spend a […]

Community of Interest Hypocrisy at Independent Redistricting Commission

by Ann Heitland As I observe the final deliberations of the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC), I revisited the Communities of Interest Report on the IRC website. The “overlap count” puts any connection between Eastern Arizona towns (like Snowflake and Eagar) and Coconino County (Williams, Parks, Kachina Village, Bellemont) at the lowest of five ratings. There […]

2021 AZ Legislative Session Summary

The First General Session of Arizona’s 55th Legislature is OVER – for now – these same awful Legislators will get another chance in the Second General Session that begins in January 2022. Here’s a summary of what this Legislature actually did: Some GOOD: Allowing excused student absences for mental health reasons – SB 1097 – […]