Dirty Money – Coconino County Democratic Party

Democrats smart enough to counter Republicans’ money

Flagstaff folks may not have “ungodly” amounts of money, as the Republican National and State Party has targeted us with, but we do have brains and we do have numbers: Over 500 locals attended the Democratic Governors Debate at Sinagua Middle School on Tuesday. The “Blue Wave” are smart enough to know that Republican leadership […]

Money-filled campaigns ruin free market theory

I was about to write a critical analysis of the theory known as “free market economics” when I saw the front page of the Arizona Daily Sun. The picture of the dark money hired hands, lolling about, taunting Flagstaff, crystallized for me the main flaw of free market economics. In reality, nothing about this market […]

Letter to Editor: Sign petitions against dark money

On Sunday afternoon, I attended an extremely interesting, informative and well-attended presentation on Dark (Dirty) Money by former Arizona attorney general Terry Goddard. Goddard is pursuing a constitutional amendment to outlaw Dirty Money contributions in Arizona elections. He spoke eloquently about the corrosive and negative influence of undisclosed contributions to our elections from people like […]