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We Endorse Prop 438 for CCC
At last Saturday’s County Democratic Party Meeting, our Precinct Committee Persons voted unanimously to endorse Prop 438 to support Coconino Community College. The election is May 17 and we urge everyone to vote “Yes” for Prop 438. Prop 438 is a smart and fiscally responsible reset of the property tax rate that will allow our […]
Continue readingCounty Defends Mail-In Voting
We’re extremely proud that our County Board of Supervisors is one of two counties in the State to join a host of others defending early voting by mail in the Arizona Supreme Court. The Arizona Republican Party filed an extraordinary lawsuit directly in the Supreme Court arguing that anything but voting in person, at a […]
Continue readingWhy I’m a Democrat
Adapted from a report by our County Party’s Chair’s report to County Committee on March 12. If you want to see the message(s) of the day, please look at our account on Twitter. Or, if you are not on Twitter, look at the bottom of the home page on our website, which reproduces everything we […]
Continue reading3.7 million American Children Fall into Poverty
The American Rescue Act, which was signed into law in March 2021, expanded the child tax credit for one year. The credit was expanded in three ways: 1. The amount of the child tax credit was increased from $2,000 per child to $3,600 for each child 5 or younger and $3,000 for each child 6-17. (The […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert – March 13, 2022
Produced by Democrats of the Red Rocks and Coconino County Democratic Party THIS WEEK’S ALERTS: Agencies to Contribute to in Ukraine War; Urge O’Halleran on the LGBTQ Data Inclusion Act; Push Now for a Climate Change Bill that has Manchin’s Support!; Push Senators to approve the nomination of Judge Brown Jackson to the Supreme […]
Continue readingArizona Legislative Alert – March 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 LD 6 – Brenda Barton 602-926-3421 LD 7 – Jasmine […]
Continue readingBe A PC!
The most constructive way you can change politics is to become a Precinct Committeeperson (PC) in the Democratic Party. PCs are the grassroots of the party. We are currently engaged in the biannual activity of PC recruitment. The Coconino County Democratic Party is entitled to 383 precinct committee members, and we have been running at […]
Continue readingSome Good News
Not all conspiracy-inspired election bills get passed. These bad elections bills were shot down in the legislature this week, with all Democrats voting no and 1 or 2 Rs joining them. A Sharpiegate-inspired bill to prevent Sharpie markers from being used to fill out ballots (even though that’s the preferred method from the voting machine […]
Continue readingArizona Legislative Alert – March 6, 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 […]
Continue readingFederal Action Alert – March 6, 2022
Produced by Democrats of the Red Rocks and Coconino County Democratic Party THIS WEEK’S ALERTS: Fund Ukrainian Resistance Efforts; Support Temporary Protected Status for Afghan and Ukrainian Refugees; Support the Affordable Insulin Now Act; Support Climate Change! A. SUPPORT $10 BILLION IN DEFENSE AID TO UKRAINE The Russian invasion of Ukraine, along with Russian […]
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