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18th Annual RK Dinner a Huge Success!
Our 18th Roosevelt-Kennedy fundraising dinner sold out! Nearly 300 people attended, including statewide and local candidates. We sold all of our wonderful auction items using an amazing new text-messaging auction format. We are thankful for the generosity of all who bought tickets and attended, for our auction donors, for the NAU Young Democrats who helped […]
Continue reading“Outlaw Dirty Money” Needs Help with Petitions!
Arizona deserves transparency in politics– and former Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is leading an effort to achieve that. The work is called Outlaw Dirty Money. The movement seeks a an amendment to the Arizona Constitution that gets rid of anonymity in large campaign donations. Outlaw Dirty Money needs 300,000 signatures to get the “Stop Political Dirty […]
Continue readingLori Polini-Staudinger Wins 2018 Eleanor Roosevelt Award
We’re not saying that Professor Lori Polini-Staudinger isn’t “well-behaved” but she surely has stirred things up in Flagstaff since the 2016 election. For that, the Coconino County Democratic Party awarded her its 2018 Eleanor Roosevelt recognition. Each year, the Coconino County Democratic Party searches for a community member who lives up to Eleanor Roosevelt’s famous statement, […]
Continue readingDemocrats Propose Funding for Infrastructure with a Better Tax Plan
#Ever since Republican’s crammed their tax bill down Americans’ throats at the end of 2017, they have been looking for ways to pay for the $1.5-$2.1 trillion dollar deficit that their new law is projected to create. House Speaker Paul Ryan has his eye on cutting Medicare, Social Security, and Medicaid. Trump plans to gut […]
Continue readingTariffs, Trade Pacts, and Trade Wars
This week Trump announced huge new tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum. He lost his chief economic advisor, Gary Cohn, as a result. More than 100 Republicans in Congress have asked him to reconsider. And, the Republican head of the Senate Senate’s Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee announced a review that includes asking […]
Continue readingRepublicans Throw Transportation Safety Out the Window
Rules that transportation safety experts have spent years designing are being tossed out in the Republican Administration’s wholesale deconstruction of our federal government. A dozen transportation safety rules under development or already adopted have been repealed, withdrawn, delayed, or put on the back burner since Republicans took over the Executive Branch last year. There have […]
Continue readingSylvia Allen Claims to be for Education: This Bill is a Big Test
On Monday, the Arizona Senate is planning to consider SB1392, another permanent tax cut. This cut would leave our already anemic state budget with another $120 million loss that will grow exponentially over time, according to projections from the Arizona League of Cities and Towns. The cut will also slash $14 million from Prop 301 […]
Continue readingGunsense, the NRA, and Russia
The Democratic Party is committed to sensible gun laws. We respect the 2d Amendment as we do all parts of the U.S. Constitution. We believe there must be some solution to the slaughter that takes over 30,000 American lives per year and yet does not afflict other advanced nations. We are excited to see young people […]
Continue readingLand Swap: Forest Service Land Surrounding Flagstaff
As reported in the Daily Sun on February 18 and again on the 24th, Senator McCain’s office has been negotiating a land trade deal with the Hopi Tribe and the State of Arizona Land Department. This proposal has not been finalized. Congressman O’Halleran is interested in receiving comments from his constituents regarding the proposal. This post […]
Continue readingLocal Young Democrats Address Gun Violence
We are pleased to assist the NAU Young Democrats and local Flagstaff high school students who are part of the High School Democrats movement. These young people are the future of the country and the Democratic Party. It’s inspiring for members of our Executive and Outreach Committees to hear from them and watch them make […]
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