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Cap Times Q&A: Petra Falcon – ‘We promised that we would keep fighting’
Petra Falcon is a woman of stories. Stories not just her own, but of the thousands of people she has connected with over the more than 20 years she has spent as a community organizer in Arizona, working with farmworkers, in border towns, and rallying the Hispanic community around civic engagement.
Cap Times Q&A: Leah Landrum Taylor – Karaoke, taekwondo and no more politics
After 16 years in the Legislature, Leah Landrum Taylor is enjoying her time away from elected office just fine. She has zero plans to throw her hat back into the ring – she’s having too much fun doing karaoke and watching her three kids grow up.
Cap Times Q&A: Justice Rebecca White Berch ‘Our highest joy is to read the law’
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Rebecca White Berch is ending 17 years on the bench, 13 of them on the Arizona Supreme Court, with her retirement on Sept. 28.
Cap Times Q&A: Lobbyist Wendy Briggs recalls being a ‘haole’
Let’s face it. Lobbying isn’t the most popular of professions. Often, the only times the public hears of lobbyists are in connection with something unsavory. But inasmuch as Americans need politicians to bargain with each other on their behalf, so, too, lobbyists play a crucial role in America’s experiment in democracy.
Cap Times Q&A: Julie Erfle – ‘Just a little bit snarky’
Julie Erfle has gone from a journalist who suppressed her fascination for politics to a political operative, beginning work in July as executive director of ProgressNow Arizona, a liberal advocacy group.
Cap Times Q&A: Former Mesa Mayor Scott Smith reflects on politicians, big game hunting and life’s lessons
A few hours before he sat down for a Q&A one humid August afternoon at a coffee shop, former Mesa mayor and one-time gubernatorial candidate Scott Smith had flown a plane, delivering a supply of blood to northern Arizona.
