By Eve Shapiro. She is an Elected Precinct Committee Person in LD18, a Democratic State Committee member and former PCDP board member. She is a retired pediatrician, now works with TMC and UA campus health. She is also member of Physicians for a National Health Program. Medicare For All has been a part of our … Read more
LD18s awesome team of 20+ successful letter-to-the-editor writers continues to fill the Arizona Daily Star with commonsense Democratic opinions. Keep them coming, my friends! LD18 has created a Letter Writer Brigade headed by 1st Vice Chair Ricky Sage. Join the movement by emailing Ricky at [email protected]
Below are excerpts of Secretary of State Adrian Fontes’s remarks at the LD18 Democrats on July 25, 2023: This is not just a call from the Secretary of State. This is a call from one of the state’s leading Democrats. Listen carefully, Democrats, we need to get it together. We need to register voters, as … Read more
June was a banner month for LD18 to get letters published in the Daily Star. Encouraged by Lori Cinnamond, LD18’S Strategy and Data Lead, at least six of our letter-writing heroes had their opinions published. Kudos to: “Let’s keep up the momentum, get out your pens and let the presses roll!” said LD18 PC and Volunteer Development … Read more
Saturday, June 17 LD18’s three legislators met an inquisitive crowd of constituents at a Coffee With Constituents Chat at Beyond Bread on Speedway on June 17, 2023. Rep. Chris Mathis, Rep. Nancy Gutierrez and Sen. Priya Sundareshan fielded questions about school vouchers, light rail in Phoenix, flipping the Legislature, the power of letters to the … Read more
by Ojas Sanghi It was not higher fees that killed Tucson’s Prop. 412. Instead, it was the Democratic, liberal vote — the climate vote — that tanked this proposition. The climate-concerned electorate may not have been all the voters against Prop 412, but they were the deciding group. If TEP, the Mayor and Council wish … Read more
Kirsten Engel, CD6 Congressional candidate and former AZ Senator, called out the Republican incumbent for his hypocrisy and failure in office. She also detailed Arizona’s water crisis and her solutions for the drought. As you watch the video, you can view her slides below.
By Jennifer Dawson, PC in Precinct 93. MAGA extremists and their leader, Kevin McCarthy, forced through drastic cuts to bedrock American programs and Rep. Ciscomani voted to help them do it. America has always managed to meet its financial obligations, but this year we are being pushed to the brink of default because of MAGA … Read more
By Kirsten Engel On Monday, Janet Yellen reported that in less than a month, the Treasury Department will have exhausted all ‘extraordinary measures’ available to keep the nation from defaulting on our obligation to pay our current debt. If, at that point, Congress has stubbornly still failed to raise the debt ceiling — something it … Read more
By Larry Bodine, LD18 Chair Pima County School Superintendent Dustin Williams spoke at the April 25, 2023 meeting of LD18 Democrats. He warned that disruptions of school board meetings are attacks on LGBTQ and trans students. He also said that 51,000 students have left public schools, to use school vouchers to attend private and religious … Read more