Turning lemons into lemonade, U.S. Congressman David Schweikert is using the opportunistic carpetbagging of Ben Quayle to his advantage: Ben Quayle wants you to join him on a magic carpet ride to carpetbag a new Congressional district… Why? Because Ben Quayle wants to run for Congress in Schweikert’s CD6, but there are a few problems [...]
There’s nothing Independent about AZ’s Independent Redistricting Commission This is how the daily newspaper plays the potential pitting of two conservative first-term Arizona Republican congressmen — David Schweikert and Ben Quayle — against one another in the newly drawn Congressional districts. The new maps also set up roadblocks for Congressman Paul Gosar, another conservative first termer. [...]
39 percent of Republican state legislators negatively impacted The report in the daily carried an innocuous headline — Some lawmakers feel upended by new map – belying the disturbing facts behind Arizona’s so-called Independent Redistricting Committee‘s charade of impartiality redrawing district lines. Although the state Constitution prohibits the Democrat-heavy commission from considering the addresses of incumbents [...]
In an absurd ruling issued yesterday, U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow has expanded the scope of a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to include every Hispanic driver and passenger who has been stopped, detained, questioned or searched by MCSO deputies since January 2007, according to a report in the daily. Regardless of [...]
Within days of testifying before a Congressional committee about his office’s role in the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms gun-smuggling operation known as “Fast and Furious,” U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke has submitted his letter of resignation — effective immediately. His resignation comes amid fallout of his knowledge of the ill-conceived and [...]
Olbermann, Gallardo serve as stooges for one another Last Thursday Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne took the bold step of suing the federal government in reference to the constitutionality of a portion of the Voting Rights Act requiring Arizona to pre-clear all voting changes with the Justice Department. The 16-page Complaint for Declaratory Judgment and [...]
Single issue of non-enforcement behind campaign training There’s a new brand of political gamesmanship in town passing itself off as campaign education. It’s called the AZ Political Academy and offers a two-day course in political strategy, campaign management and public policy. It has a ring of authenticity until closer examination causes one to ponder who [...]
