Category Archives: Action Alerts
Federal Action Alert – August 13, 2021
Produced by The Coconino County Democratic Party & Democrats of the Red Rocks This week: S1 and John Lewis Act and modified filibuster; passing a bipartisan bill with $3.5 billion social and climate/environment infrastructure Modify the filibuster – pass voter protection bills. Congress is in recess and its first order of business on return […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert – August 6, 2021
Produced by The Coconino County Democratic Party & Democrats of the Red Rocks This week: Senator Sinema and Rep. O’Halleran on the $3.5 billion social infrastructure; reform the War Powers Act returning essential war powers to Congress Social Infrastructure: While we can commend Sen. Sinema for her role in the bi-partisan $1.1 trillion infrastructure plan, […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert – July 31, 2021
Produced by The Coconino County Democratic Party & Democrats of the Red Rocks SUPPORT THE VOTING RIGHTS ACT!! Republicans know they can’t win on their bigoted, unpopular platform alone. It’s why they’ve returned to Jim Crow tactics — gerrymandering election maps, rewriting voting rules, denying voters access to the ballot, and even penalizing poll workers […]
Continue readingThe Coconino County Democratic Party Welcomes the Independent Redistricting Commission to Flagstaff, Tuba City, and Page
On Thursday, the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission is scheduled to hold its first public hearing in Coconino County. The Coconino County Democratic Party is excited to welcome the Commission to our County and encourages all residents to take part in this exciting, once-in-a-decade democratic process. NAU High Country Conference Center (HCCC) 201 W. Butler Ave. […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert – July 23, 2021
Produced by The Coconino County Democratic Party & Democrats of the Red Rocks This week: Lobby Sinema on not caving in on bipartisan infrastructure bill; Monday march on Sinema’s office with Rev. Jesse Jackson; support legislation eliminating racially discriminatory sentencing for crack vs powder cocaine and support federal legalization of marijuana and expungement of criminal […]
Continue readingOur Petition Drive: Voting Rights and Tax Referenda
We are fortunate in Arizona that our State Constitution allows Arizona voters to veto bad legislation through a process called referendum. Volunteers with the Coconino County Democratic Party are joining with citizens across the state to exercise this constitutional right. We are collecting signatures to reverse some of the damage the Arizona Legislature did to our […]
Continue readingRegulatory Alert – Canyon Uranium Mine (now called Pinyon Plain Mine)
The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality is in the process of renewing air and groundwater quality permits for the Pinyon Plain Mine (formerly the Canyon Mine), a uranium mine located south of the Grand Canyon National Park, 6.5 miles south of Tusayan. URGENT ACTION REQUIRED!! PROPOSED AIR QUALITY PERMIT RENEWAL Comments are due on the […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert – July 18, 2021
Produced by The Coconino County Democratic Party & Democrats of the Red Rocks RE: Demand our Senators to Publicly Support the $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint Plan via Reconciliation. This is the first step to getting to the social infrastructure and environmental legislation. President Biden and Senate Democrats have just announced a $3.5 trillion social infrastructure and […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert – July 11, 2021
Coconino County Democrats and Democrats of the Red Rocks RE: THANKS JOE FOR ISSUING THE EXECUTIVE ORDER OF JULY 9, 2021 PROMOTING ACCESS TO LOWER-PRICED CANADIAN DRUGS. On July 9, 2021, Pres. Biden signed a large executive order which, among other things, directs the federal government to work with states to devise plans to import […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert – Week of July 4, 2021
FOR OUR SENATORS: SUPREME COURT ATTACK ON VOTING RIGHTS/END FILIBUSTER/PASS S1 AND S4. On Thursday, July 1, 2021 the US Supreme Court gutted one of the only remaining provisions of the Civil Rights Voting Act of 1965. It upheld an Arizona law criminalizing the act of a non-family member or non-caregiver driving a ballot to […]
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