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Payson Roundup Declares War on Allen, Thorpe, and Barton
Here’s what a small town newspaper in the heart of the Republican sector of LD 6 had to say last week about our LD 6 Republican legislators, Sen. Allen, Rep. Thorpe (aka “Missing Bob“), and Rep. Barton (emphasis ours): “… all three voted for vouchers — which will probably do even more damage to public […]
Continue readingEleanor Roosevelt Award Puts Local Dems in the News
The Arizona Daily Sun covered the story of our award to Eva Putzova, and noted in the last paragraph that we had a fabulous turnout for the Roosevelt-Kennedy Dinner this year. Read the story here.
Continue readingCongressman O’Halleran Holds Town Hall in Globe
From Arizona Silverbelt, April 11, 2017: Rep. Tom O’Halleran (D-AZ, Dist. 1) held a town hall at Globe City Hall on Sunday evening. O’Halleran expressed his frustration with Congress funding the government through continuing resolutions instead of by passing an actual budget. “That’s really been hurting our military and it costs the taxpayers billions of dollars,” […]
Continue readingStay Woke
Be Informed: This six-minute video is worth watching. What it doesn’t make clear is Russia’s interest in propping up Assad, namely that Russia’s only naval base in the Mediterranean is on Syrian territory and Syria and Iran are Russia’s only allies in the oil-rich Middle East. We have no idea what the motivation for this […]
Continue readingArizona Lawmakers Who’ll Make Your Jaw Drop
Of course, LD 6’s own Bob Thorpe and Sylvia Allen on among the infamous seven. Here’s the article from Laurie Roberts detailing what makes them deplorable: Arizona lawmakers who’ll make your jaw drop
Continue readingPutzova Wins Eleanor Roosevelt Award
Eva Putzova was awarded the annual Eleanor Roosevelt Award on Saturday. In the words of Chair Nathan Jones, it takes a special person to campaign hard for an initiative, win, and then come back and lead a compromise for the welfare of the community. Eva has done that and so much more. Eva ran […]
Continue readingEleanor Roosevelt Award Nominees
Eleanor Roosevelt Award Winner Will Be Announced Saturday Flagstaff, AZ, March 22, 2017 – The Eleanor Roosevelt Award is presented annually to members of our community whose work and service to the people of Coconino County embody the ideals of Eleanor Roosevelt. Though she never held elected office, Mrs. Roosevelt was viewed as a […]
Continue readingWhat Calling Congress Achieves
Stay the course. We are in an historic moment and you are participating. What Calling Congress Achieves, Kathryn Schultz in the New Yorker.
Continue readingBob Thorpe in the News
March 16, 2017 We need to say “Bye, Bye, Bob” in 2018. This LD-6 Representative is an embarrassment. In one day, we’ve got two reports that prove it. First, in it’s lead story for the day, the Arizona Daily Sun reports that Bob Thorpe claims to be coming out of hiding to hold a radio […]
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