Everybody: Adrian Fontes here, Democrat running for Arizona’s Secretary of State, and I was a marksmanship instructor in the Marine Corps. I taught Marines how to shoot. Why is that important? Because I think there are a lot of people who don’t understand what the Second Amendment actually means in the context of the whole … 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
By Rick Sage, LD18 1st Vice Chair Udall Territory hosted a LD18 Udall Park Meet ‘N Greet on April 22. The morning social event was enjoyed by approximately 55 Dems who came from across the LD. The park setting was perfect for seeing old friends, meeting new Democratic neighbors and talking with elected officials and … Read more
By Larry Bodine, LD18 Chair The “tamale bill,” House Bill 2509, was ostensibly to help small families sell homemade food. But it was actually a ploy by the right-wing Americans for Prosperity, the Institute for Justice, and the Libre Initiative, which all oppose any regulation of businesses. House Bill 2509, sponsored by Republican Rep. Travis Grantham, … Read more
By Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez, president of NextGen America. Earlier this month, young people again defied stereotypes by turning out in droves to elect progressive jurist Janet Protasiewicz to the Wisconsin State Supreme Court. Their determination to advance more humanistic and equitable policies on issues from reproductive rights to gun control, immigration to climate change, racial justice to … Read more
By Ed Carter Are you looking to make a positive impact on your community? Are you ready to take your activism to the next level? Running for office could be a path worth exploring. Political campaigns can be challenging, whether at the federal, state, or local level. And when you live with a disability, those challenges … Read more
By John Della Volpe Welcome to Gen Z’s world. We have now entered the era of young Americans’ active, enthusiastic, and enlightened political participation that will shape America for decades. In just one week in April, Gen Z was celebrated by the left in Wisconsin and demonized by the right in Tennessee as America’s youth extended … Read more
Letter to AZ Star editor, by Larry Bodine, Chair, LD18 Columnist Jay Ambrose wrote [in the April 3, 2023, Arizona Daily Star], “Whether Trump criminally planned the Jan. 6 Capitol riot has not been convincingly demonstrated.” I wondered if he was smoking crack, drinking brainwashing Kool-Aid, or living in an armed MAGA compound for the … Read more
