Author Archive: Web Steward
Call, Write, Fax: It Matters That We Stop the Tax Bill
Newsweek just named Jeff Flake and John McCain as two of only a small handful of Senators who could kill Trump’s terrible tax bill. These are our Senators and they will listen to YOU more than anyone from any other state. Call, write, and Resistbot (Text 504-09) or fax. Here’s Senator McCain’s email contact form Here’s […]
Continue readingTaxpayers pay legal bill to protect Trump business profits
As President Trump faces Constitutional challenges over his private businesses, taxpayers get the bill for government lawyers to protect his profits. Source: Taxpayers pay legal bill to protect Trump business profits
Continue readingEconomy Not Working For Arizonans
Arizona’s year-over-year employment rate went up slightly but is far below projections made by the state’s Office of Economic Opportunity a year ago. Governor Doug Ducey continued to cling to the notion that it’s a nice place to live in his remarks following the release of the new economic figures. While the economy continues to […]
Continue readingTo Fix Roads, Change Legislature | Letters |
Regarding I-17/I-40 road conditions (article and opinion published 10/23), I’d like to encourage fellow readers to take ownership of this problem and become part of the solution. We have taken our public facilities for granted for too long, and we are paying for it. Be willing to pay for public works – many Flagstaff residents […]
Continue readingAction Alert: Save the ACA (yes, again)
As of last night, Congressional Republicans are coming after the Affordable Care Act again as they reach for cash to pay for their massive corporate tax cut and elimination of the tax on estates valued at over $5 million. Call and tell your Senators and Representatives that this is just plain wrong. From WaPo, Finance […]
Continue readingTake Action: Stop Talley Appointment to the Federal Bench
Update 11/13/17: It just got worse. Talley failed to disclose that he is married to a White House lawyer who is a witness in the Mueller investigation. Original post: Last week the Senate Judiciary Committee — on a party-line vote — recommended the confirmation of Brent J. Talley as a federal district judge. This is […]
Continue readingTax plan hurts working families | Letters | azdailysun.com
Congress passed a budget that makes $4 trillion in cuts to programs, many of which help our families. This would be detrimental to the families in our community and our local economy.We need our elected officials to stand up against this awful tax plan! True tax reform would create policies that boost working families, not […]
Continue readingTwo Institutions — and You — Are Saving America
The President is unfit for office and Congress is failing to use its oversight abilities to check him. We are living in a worst-case scenario. What happens when two branches of our government are missing in action? Democratic Representative Adam Schiff, from California’s 28th Congressional District, said on October 14 at Stanford University that we […]
Continue readingFlake’s Radically Conservative Record Demonstrates Fallacy in Top-Two Primary System
Your suggestion that a “Top-Two” primary would produce a “moderate,” which you suggest Sen. Flake is, is way off base. If a Top-Two Primary offered general election voters Flake and Kelli Ward, voters would have a choice between two extreme conservatives with no option for social liberalism. Jeff Flake may be a gentleman, as his […]
Continue readingTake Action: Stop the Tax Bill
(This article has been updated with additional information and references.) Republicans plan to ram a tax bill through Congress before Thanksgiving. We need to give this as much protest as we gave to their efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Call, write, and fax every day between now and Thanksgiving. Never before has a […]
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