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OBAMA FOR AMERICA LAUNCHES THE TRUTH TEAM TO PROMOTE THE PRESIDENT’S ACHIEVEMENTS AND HOLD REPUBLICANS ACCOUNTABLE
Chicago, IL – Today, Obama for America announced the launch of the Truth Team, a new national effort by President Obama supporters online and on the ground to promote the President’s achievements, respond to attacks on his record and hold the eventual Republican nominee accountable. More than a million people too...
Perhaps Pratt is informed by his experience as president of Pratt Pools and Casa Grande Dive Shop. Among other things, the company builds pools, which in turn, need pool pumps. Pratt and supporters of this bill, as well as a Senate measure to repeal the mandate altogether, say it's too expensive to buy an energy-efficient pump. Arguably, HB 2775 would hurt Pratt's business, since it would allow the less-expensive pumps to still ...
Sen. Paula Aboud (D-LD 28) announced today that she is running for Congress in the new CD 2. "Aboud first announced her plans via a recorded phone message to voters Sunday night in which she invited them to participate in a telephone town hall she has set for Monday night at 7 p.m."
Well, I know that I never received any phone message and I am on everyone's list. If you want to know where this town hall is you are on your own.
It has just been confirmed that Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will speak at the Lincoln Day Luncheon. The event will take place on Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at the El-Zaribah Shrine Auditorium, 552 N. 40th Street, Phoenix. The event begins at 11:30 am with former Sen. Rick Santorum scheduled to speak at 12:00 noon.
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I hear this event on March 17 is not for wimps, so only the hardy need sign up/apply. Don’t forget the early deadline is coming up on Feb. 19. Thereafter fees go up $10 for individuals ($30 to $40), or even more for the squad of five ($135 to $180). So sign up now to save money, & start training. Prizes will be awarded to the top 5 male, top 5 female, and top squad.
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Cityscape of Tucson downtown against mountain range, Arizona.
By Rob Lovitt, msnbc.com contributor
Is winter giving you a bad case of the blues? If so, perhaps you should go to your happy place, which might just be Tucson, Ariz.
In a new study, “The Old Pueblo” topped a list of the 10 happiest winter travel destinations in the U.S. It was joined, in descending order, by: •St. Petersburg, Fla. •Charleston, S.C. •Napa-Sonoma, Calif. •Seatt...
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Mitt Romney's tax returns have drawn political scrutiny on multiple fronts, like his relatively low tax rates and the money parked in a Swiss bank account. But on Capitol Hill, his returns have caught the eyes of members of both parties for what appea...
Join us in New York City to learn about a new type of democracy! After spreading around the world for over 20 years, “Participatory Budgeting” is making waves in the United States and Canada. It is giving people the power to make real decisions over the budgets that affect their lives–and it may soon be coming to a city near you!
Participatory Budgeting (PB) is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how t...
Washington, D.C. – As the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) continues today in Washington, DC, Speaker Newt Gingrich unveiled his battle plan for 2012 – rallying fearless conservatives around his candidacy like Governor Rick Perry, Herman Cain, Senator Fred Thompson, Michael Reagan, Linda Upmeyer, J.C. Watts, Kellyanne Conway, Chuck Norris and others as he takes on the Saul Alinsky radicalism of the Obama Administration.
Gannett is offering another buyout. Jim Hopkins over at Gannett Watch has full coverage. I thought this comment was especially interesting.
At The Arizona Republic, the buyout offer for 70 employees companywide turns out to be targeting 44 in the newsroom. Jim, how about a survey to find out what's happening at other properties? How many reporters and editors is Gannett going to lose? The 2008 buyouts took 800 years of experience out of the Republic newsroom. No count for this buyout as ye...
Earlier this month, the Charlotte Observer published a story about the birth of Tommy Arias, the first baby born in 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The article sparked an outpouring of hate from some readers. How could news of a newborn baby instigate so much outrage?
Here’s what happened. A photo of new mom Lucero Arias, 19, and baby Tommy, was published along with the article, which did not reference Ms. Arias’ immigration status, or national origin. The piece, however...
Al Cardenas, head of the American Conservative Union, has said that Republican turmoil might lead to a brokered convention in which Jeb Bush, former Florida governor, would emerge as a “possible alternative” party nominee.
Mr Cardenas, who is running this year’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), a gathering in Washington of some 10,000 conservatives, told MailOnline that it was not certain that one of the four current Republican candidates would emerge vict...
With the election year already in full stride, here are several things I absolutely know to be true (and a couple of things about which I am quite certain):
• If Barack Obama wants to get re-elected, he is going to have to drop his Cool Breeze persona and go on the attack. The soul of America is at stake.
• As we've been reminded throughout our lives, great civilizations crumble from within. The minute that the American middle class blinks out of existence is the moment w...
No Child Left Behind (NCLB), the primary federal education law for K-12 public schools, was signed by George W. Bush a decade ago. Heralded by many as a great bipartisan agreement, NCLB ushered in a new era of accountability for public schools and, for the first time, required schools to show evidence of student achievement or face consequences.
But NCLB was a compromise, and no one was completely happy with the plan. NCLB applies to a system with diverse stakeholders and pow...
The British newspaper the Daily Mailreports on another fine set of Iraqi immigrant parents, all the way across the pond, here in Arizona.
Yusra Farhan, 50, is being held in a Maricopa County jail facing charges of aggravated assault, unlawful imprisonment and resisting arrest. She is accused of beating her teenage daughter and padlocking her to a bed after she was seen speaking to a young man in her Phoenix high school parking lot.
As I posted awhile back, will political reporters ask "Mittens" the typical fluffer questions to merely take stenography for his campaign talking points? Or will they show some spine and ask him tough questions he does not want to answer about his family's Mexican ...
