Arizona UPRISING — Reorganize, Regroup, Reenergize
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the...
View ArticleArizona UPRISING — Maricopa County Democratic Reorganization
Congratulations are in order for the Maricopa County Democratic Party, citizens and voters. Precinct committeepersons this morning elected Laura Copple to serve as chair for 2013 and 2014. Laura's a...
View ArticleRedistricting litigation update(s)
Since we last met (or since I last wrote about Arizona's independent redistricting), a number of things have taken place in lawsuits pending in federal and state court. The Arizona Court of Appeals on...
View ArticleHow long will it take to forget this time?
Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. That quote is often attributed to Albert Einstein. It doesn't matter to me who first coined the expression. However,...
View ArticleThe time to ACT is NOW.
Unless you were asleep all weekend, you already know that a gunman killed 20 children and six adults in Newtown, Connecticut on Friday before shooting himself in the head. In addressing an interfaith...
View ArticleRedistricting — Meeting on December 21
Unless precluded by the impending apocalypse, the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission will meet at 11am Friday December 21, at its office, 1100 W. Washington St., Phoenix. At this point, it...
View ArticleRedistricting — federal court update
Yesterday, in the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission's lawsuit on the GOP challenge to the legislative district map, parties met at the Sandra Day O'Connor federal courthouse in Phoenix for a...
View ArticleArizona UPRISING — Arizona Eagletarian is alive and well
Amazingly, TIME FLIES -- whether you're having fun or not. Yes, it's been about three weeks since my last post on this blog. I have been remiss in not keeping you up to date. Please forgive me. There...
View ArticleRedistricting — cost update
Just a quick note to link to Mary Jo Pitzl's latest story on azcentral.com about the ongoing costs of litigation for the multiple lawsuits the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission has to...
View ArticleArizona UPRISING — WHO is Setting the Agenda?
Over the last two years, and in spite of tremendous resistance from astroturf inspired (Tea Party) political groups, the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission exercised its citizen mandated...
View ArticleArizona UPRISING — Hope for some bipartisanship in AZ
While I may be otherwise occupied and not busily blogging on the Arizona Eagletarian as much as I'd like, I do keep my eyes and ears open hoping to find out that the state legislature is doing...
View ArticleArizona UPRISING — AZ DEM reorganization
At my first meeting as a member of the state committee of the Arizona Democratic Party, elections for the executive board for 2013-2014 took place today. Bill Roe, longtime Democratic and environmental...
View ArticleGuest Post — AZ Solar under attack
Arizona's solar future is under attack at the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) in a big way, and we need to respond in a big way. Last Wednesday Commissioner Gary Pierce tried to sneak in an...
View ArticleRedistricting news update
Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services reported yesterday that members of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission: ...do not need to answer certain questions from those who are suing them,...
View ArticleRedistricting — fed court order on privilege?
Following up on Howard Fischer's story the other day regarding the question of legislative privilege, Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission counsel Mary O'Grady provided a copy of the January 30...
View ArticleRedistricting — Those Poor, Persecuted Republicans
So, do you think you've seen it all? Well, how about this: the newly elected chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, in a statement quoted by Roll Call reporter Abby Livingston said: “Arizona’s...
View ArticleArizona UPRISING — the next AZ governor, perhaps?
Of course, it's not scientific and he hasn't even formally declared his candidacy, but when one of the most notorious Arizona Republicans is sounding the warning, it might just be a good sign. This...
View ArticleRedistricting — Fed court update
On Monday, I reported about Judge Silver's order last week that each of the five members of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission tell her whether they intend to invoke (or assert)...
View ArticleRedistricting — Fed court: legislative privilege
Pursuant to Judge Roslyn O. Silver's order (yesterday) giving Arizona Independent Redistricting Commissioners Scott Freeman and Rick Stertz until today to give notice, counsel for each did so,...
View ArticleMake no mistake — ALEC still at work in AZ
It would undoubtedly be a full time job for one or more persons to get a handle on all of the ALEC model legislation that has been introduced in the Arizona Legislature thus far in 2013. I do not have...
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