Author Archive: Web Steward
Native Americans Reassignments by Trump’s Interior Department Out of Line
Native American employees of the Department of the Interior were reassigned at a much higher rate than other ethnic groups when Secretary Zinke took over the Department. In June 2017, when Zinke reassigned 33 career employees, almost have of them were minorities. Thirty percent were Native Americans. The reassignment of Native Americans was far out […]
Continue reading#BeAPC Campaign Launched! Join Us!
The Coconino County Democratic Party has launched its #BeAPC Campaign! This is a drive to expand and strengthen the party by making it more inclusive. So far, three major events are planned, but we’ve reached out to chapter houses and at flea markets on the Navajo Reservation already. Did you know that Navajo Democrats make […]
Continue readingBarton Enters LD-6 Senate Race
LD6 Representative Brenda Barton(R) has said she plans to file paperwork to challenge LD6 Senator Sylvia Allen(R). Assuming both candidates get their signatures, this would create a contested primary in the LD6 Senate race. We can hardly wait for a primary debate because it will be really hard to find any daylight between these two extreme right-wing […]
Continue readingCoconino Voices: Gov. Ducey already knows how to subtract
Local teacher and progressive, Derek Born, has this almost right. What he says about Ducey’s fake support for education is spot on. But, it’s not enough to just subtract our votes from Ducey’s column. We have to add votes for the Democrat who opposes him — or Ducey will win again. It’s critical that people […]
Continue readingSenate: Campaign funds, dark money sources to stay anonymous
Saying they’re protecting people from harassment, the state Senate voted to block cities and counties from requiring “dark money” groups from disclosing their donors. The Arizona legislature needs to change. When rich people and corporations participate in politics, the rest of us have the right to know it. Senator Sylvia Allen, LD-6 (Flagstaff, Sedona, Holbrook, […]
Continue readingSwamp Spending: Your Tax Dollars NOT at Work
Trump He’s set the tone for this wasteful spending by spending tens of millions in taxpayer money on his weekly excursions to his golf clubs and resorts. His Mar-a-Lago trips cost an estimated $3 million each – he has been there 16 times since becoming president. Scott Pruitt Reporting shows that Pruitt has lived in […]
Continue readingAssault weapons have no place
Having lived in Alaska for nearly 30 years, I am well aware of the type of weapons used to kill game. Hunting is a way of life for many urban Alaskans as well as rural residents. Most hunters are responsible in their use of guns and their safe storage. The right to own guns is […]
Continue readingTrump Plan to Privatize the VA Disclosed
Parting words from the fired VA Director reveal the Trump plan to privatize (and thus reduce funding for) Veterans’ Healthcare: “I believe differences in philosophy deserve robust debate, and solutions should be determined based on the merits of the arguments. The advocates within the administration for privatizing V.A. health services, however, reject this approach. They […]
Continue readingCensus Citizenship Question
Trump’s Commerce Department is reinstating a citizenship question to the 2020 Census for the first time in 70 years. This is a craven attack on our democracy and a transparent attempt to intimidate immigrant communities and reduce representation in blue states. The census is a constitutionally-mandated count of all U.S. residents, not a political tool […]
Continue readingAZ Ed Funding “a Burning, Heaping Mess”
Arizona funding for education is “a burning, heaping mess.” And, that’s the description applied by a Republican. State Treasurer (soon to be Trump’s head of NASA) Steve DeWit “compared the status of Prop. 123 to telling a person who was hand-building an airplane that the plane will crash, and then watching that person crash the plane […]
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