Tucson City Council: Ill-Conceived Ordinances Wiped from Agenda (video)
The Tucson City Council was scheduled to vote on two ill-conceived ordinances at their St. Patrick’s Day meeting this week. The Crowd Management Event ordinance would have given the police chief … Continue reading
Proposed Tucson Ordinances Spark Calls for Protest & Attendance at March 17 City Council Meeting
If your first amendment rights are important to you, you should start watching the Tucson City Council agendas very closely. Embarrassed by the Safe Park quagmire and the subsequent scolding … Continue reading
Tucson: It’s Time to Stop Ignoring the Homeless & Help Them (video)
For decades, Tucson has waffled between ignoring the homeless living on our streets and under bridges to over-policing them. When I moved here in 1981, the politically correct term for … Continue reading
Sanders Echos Warren with Call to ‘Bust Up the Big Banks’
One day after Senator Elizabeth Warren rekindled the spirit of President Teddy Roosevelt and called for breaking up the Wall Street banks because they have too much political power, Senator … Continue reading
As Income Disparity Grows, Tucsonans Protest Low Wages at Walmart & McDonalds
Protests against the low wages paid by multinational corporate giants have been sweeping the country, since the Occupy Movement raised the consciousness of the 99%. On Black Friday, Nov. 29, … Continue reading
Can Public Banking Spur Economic Growth in Southern Arizona?
Tucson is one of the most impoverished cities in the country—for many reasons. The Arizona Legislature—driven by the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) and short-sighted, “small government” ideology—has routinely swept … Continue reading