Category Archives: Talking Points
Blackman and Barton Clueless About the Constitution
Our LD-6 State Representative Walt Blackman, R-Snowflake, jumped right into the new legislative session pushing his number one priority — which is no one else’s as people die, lose their jobs and homes, and suffer in isolation in a once-in-a-century pandemic. Blackman has introduced a plainly unconstitutional bill that would require prosecutors to charge women […]
Continue readingOpen Letter to Senators Sinema and Kelly
January 17, 2021 Senator Kyrsten SinemaSenator Mark KellyUnited States SenateWashington, D.C. Dear Senators: On January 6th, our nation’s Capitol was attacked by a mob of armed insurrectionists. This was a horrible moment for us all. Both of you quickly condemned the violence. Senator Sinema went so far as to acknowledge that the violent insurrection was […]
Continue readingFirm Response to Attack Needed
CCDP Chair Calls for Firm Response to Wednesday’s Attack at U.S. Capitol Ann Heitland, Chair of the Coconino County Democratic Party, issued the following statement on Friday, January 8, 2021: The January 6 attack on our Nation’s Capital and assault on Members of Congress is the culmination of decades of desperate verbal attacks by a […]
Continue reading#WendyRogersTales
“Brace Yourselves. It is going to be a bumpy flight and the pilot, Colonel Rogers, looks like she is flying high altitudes without her oxygen mask.” That’s our LD-6 Senator-Elect whom David Gordon is blogging about. We’ve been tweeting #WendyRogersTales to highlight the far-right extremism – frankly craziness — that’s she’s been spouting the last […]
Continue readingFear Itself
By Ann Heitland I often see quoted out of context President Franklin Roosevelt’s statement “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” The full statement is: “So, first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is…fear itself — nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes […]
Continue readingVote for All Three!!
Reminder You can vote for ALL 3 of your Corporation Commission Candidates! Our #solarteam2020 is ready to bring back integrity to the AZ Corporation Commission! Happy Early Voting Learn more about this race from our September 22 blog post.
Continue readingWendy Rogers: Wrong for AZ Senate
Legislative District 6 Deserves Better than This Republican Character and competence are on the ballot this year, a proposition applicable to all campaigns, including state and local races. However, as right-leaning Arizona Daily Independent News Network notes, Wendy Rogers, the Republican candidate for State Senate, cannot run on the issues “because she doesn’t know them.” […]
Continue readingThorpe Is Wrong for District 4
Bob Thorpe has spent the last 8 years in the Arizona House of Representatives opposing what the majority of his Flagstaff constituents want — good education for their children, affordable and accessible healthcare, and local solutions to local problems. Now that the law prevents him from running for a 5th term, and his party rejected […]
Continue readingLD-6 Candidates Get Seal of Approval from Clean Air/Water PAC
Chispa AZ PAC Endorses EIGHT Candidates for State Legislature Chispa AZ PAC today announced plans to invest in state legislative races, and endorsed the first nine candidates who will be receiving their new Clean Air, Clean Politics seal (attached). These candidates are Chispa AZ PAC’s first round of endorsements because they have the potential to […]
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