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Wendy 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 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 […]
Continue readingOne More Reason Not to Vote for Walt Blackman
We missed this embarrassment at the time, but now that we see it, it’s perfectly consistent with one-term Rep. Blackman’s attitude and treatment of others. As well as his lack of qualifications to serve. “I am talking, so that means that you are a radio, and you are receiving right now,” Republican State Representative Walt […]
Continue readingSylvia Allen Says She Won’t Run!
Jeremy Duda, Arizona Mirror reporter, tweeted this morning that LD-6 State Senator Sylvia Allen says she won’t run for another term, even though she’s not termed out in until 2022. This is good news for Democrat Felicia French, who has announced she’ll run for the seat after losing her AZ House bid by just a […]
Continue readingBob Thorpe needs to go
Once again we read in the Daily Sun where Representative Bob Thorpe, R-Flagstaff, is busy at work trying to protect his own interest to the detriment of the citizens he was elected to represent. Last legislative session we witnessed his attempt to prevent students from voting in the district where they spend the majority of […]
Continue readingYour View: Vote for scientific literacy
Mr. Patel, a local hotel owner, recently voiced his concern in the Daily Sun that the lack of snow is hurting his business and that the increased likelihood of forest fires in the summer will also be bad for business. Global warming, in other words, is not good for the local economy. Bob Thorpe, our […]
Continue readingTracking Sylvia Allen
Where’s Sylvia? The “Bugle” Newspaper has a story that Sen. Sylvia Allen is going to be the guest speaker this Thursday evening at a joint meeting of all the Verde Valley Schools. “Arizona State Senator Sylvia Allen will be the guest speaker at this year’s joint governing board meeting of Verde Valley schools, scheduled for […]
Continue readingPayson 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 […]
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