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Stopping climate change essential for national security
The safety and security of the United States will depend on how well we as a nation address the challenges of climate change.
Read More »Brewer uses Symington’s playbook, and staffers
Gov. Jan Brewer is taking a page right out of former Gov. Fife Symington's playbook. And why not? It worked.
Read More »State needs to close tax loopholes, cut non-essential services 
Arizonans watched Republican lawmakers and the governor fail multiple times last year to solve one of the biggest budget deficits in history and continue to push our state down the wrong track.
Read More »Suspicious signatures
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is collecting signatures to run for attorney general and Bill Montgomery is collecting signatures to run for Maricopa County attorney.
Read More »Pearce’s bill would increase county costs, eliminate accountability
Sen. Russell Pearce has introduced a bill that would make elected county offices totally dysfunctional and far more expensive.
Read More »Injury, death in family led to missed votes
Recently, the Arizona Capitol Times ran an article stating that I was absent for a number of votes during the past legislative session.
Read More »Congratulations to Brewer for Privatization Commission
Gov. Brewer is on the right track in looking for ways to save money by establishing her Privatization Commission (announced Dec. 21). I hope that the targets for this commission will not be limited, since there is virtually no function of state government that cannot be privatized. We may choose to keep the courts and police as government employees, but even they could be private, albeit as a government granted monopoly.
Read More »Kavanagh clarifies remarks on Maricopa Integrated Health Care
I wish to apologize to the staff of the Maricopa Medical Center for implying that it was a poorly performing hospital. It is not.
Read More »Senator Burns: Read our lips – no new taxes
Based on Senator Burn's recent editorial in The Arizona Republic ("Conservative Calls for Sales-Tax Hike") it is apparent that we need to look to other leaders for solutions to our budget challenges. Burns labors mightily to create the impression that everything that could possibly be done to stem the tide of red ink has been done. This is false.
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