Category Archives: Action Alerts
MID-WEEK UPDATE: LEGISLATIVE ALERT
March 31, 2021 STRIKERS HAVE CHANGED OLD BILLS INTO TOTALLY NEW CHALLENGES! CALL YOUR LEGISLATORS NOW TO LET THEM KNOW YOUR OPINION ON THESE BILLS!! HB2140 – OPPOSE – subject to a striker that would make it a class 3 felony for a doctor to provide an abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected, just […]
Continue readingIndependent Redistricting Commission Update 3/28/2021
The next meeting of the Independent Redistricting Commission is March 30rd at 9:00 am. Watch: https://youtu.be/xCAsnCXseqc Submit public comments: https://forms.gle/gZcq7AeScdqqbZoY7 (The link will be activated at about 9:10 am and remain open until just before the meeting ends.) Agenda: https://irc.az.gov/sites/default/files/meeting-agendas/3.30.21%20IRC%20Agenda.pdf Main agenda items: Discussion and Possible Action on Executive Director and other potential […]
Continue readingCoconino County Board of Supervisors Update 3/28/2021
1. $5000 given to Flagstaff Shakespeare Festival; $1000 from District 1 and $4000 from District 3 2. Last meeting for outgoing and retiring County Manager, Jim Jayne; Steve Peru will now be our County Manager. 3. Update on Covid 19 a. Positivity rate has dropped to 3.2% from 10% a month ago b. Weekly hospitalization […]
Continue readingArizona Legislative Alert – 3/28/2021
The Arizona Legislature is in a state of flux this week. The only committees in session are Rules and Appropriations. RTS is possible for these committees but RTS is largely ignored in these committees unless the specific RTS comments deal with constitutional or legal issues. A better use of your time will be to contact […]
Continue readingFAST ACTION 3/21/2021
BILL ALERTS for people who are short on time. Use “My Bill Positions” in the RTS side bar menu to give these bills a thumbs-up or thumbs-down: EDUCATION / CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM SB1529 – SUPPORT – Would extend county jail education programs to all inmates 21 years old and younger, regardless of a disability, who have not […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert – March 21, 2021
Produced in cooperation with Democrats of the Red Rocks Voting Rights and Filibuster AGAIN (Yes, we’ve done it before but super important, timely, and coming to a head:) For Senators Kelly and Sinema: Please contact both Senators AGAIN and ask them to co-sponsor the “For the People Act” and the “John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement […]
Continue readingIndependent Redistricting Commission Update 3/21/2021
The next meeting of the Independent Redistricting Commission is March 23rd at 9:00 am. One of the agenda items is to discuss options for securing legal counsel. They can continue with representation from the Attorney General’s Office or “hire legal counsel, that is already procured, from the Attorney General’s Outside Counsel List” or continue with […]
Continue readingCoconino County Update 3/21/21
There was no BOS meeting this week. However, for the first time, the County is now publishing a weekly update for the Covid-19 virus in the county. It is 10 pages long and includes several types of stats including hospitalizations, cases by ethnicity and age, deaths, doses administered, etc. It’s chock full of charts and […]
Continue readingAZ Legislative Alert 3/21/2021
Legislature Overview: Budget – Currently being negotiated in secret, as usual. Expectations are that it will contain a $1 Billion tax cut and a move to a 2.5% flat income tax – both efforts that will clearly exacerbate already underfunded government services. Democracy – The anti-protest bill has passed the House – making it a […]
Continue readingIndependent Redistricting Commission Update 3-14-2021
The Independent Redistricting Commission will interview their top five candidates for Executive Director on March 16, starting at 9:00 am. If you would like to submit public comments, this link, https://forms.gle/azyUptsqP2JMKuqY8 will be activated shortly after 9:00 am, and remain open until just before the meeting adjourns. The link to the meeting is https://youtu.be/Yv7x5IadSCM. A couple […]
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