I’m honored to have received the endorsement of the Arizona AFL-CIO for the LD28 primary. To quote the official letter from Executive Director Michael McGrath,
“The Arizona AFL-CIO General Board voted unanimously to endorse your candidacy on June 20, 2006 based on your commitment to the issues most important to working families.
“The official endorsement represents more [...]

It’s time to celebrate! We’re living in a new era for Tucson.
After many years of hard work on the part of so many people on so many sides of the issue, our community came together on Tuesday and said YES to a balanced, regional transportation plan that will revolutionize our transit system with dramatic increases [...]

Most of you know that the RTA regional transportation plan election is coming up on May 16. I and many other citizens from all different parts of the political spectrum have been working for the last three years to develop regional consensus. We finally have a plan that we can all support, and the endorsements [...]

This week, there is a conference going on in Denver hosted by the Association for the Study of Peak Oil, where industry experts are sharing information about how quickly we are all running out of oil, and what happens as this foundation of the world’s economy dramatically declines.
We at the People’s Policy Project have [...]

It was announced last week that Google will be expanding into the Phoenix area, where it will provide more than 600 high-wage, high-tech jobs to boost the economy of our neighbors to the north.
Now, the Arizona Republic and East Valley Tribune are reporting that various Maricopa County cities are competing over who will house the [...]

A lot of folks, particularly in the business community, breathed a major sigh of relief this year when Davis-Monthan Air Force Base was spared by the Defense Department’s latest round of Base Realignment & Closure (BRAC). The base is a huge contributor to our local economy with money and jobs.
But at what cost? The [...]

We all know we have a transportation problem here in the Old Pueblo. Lots of problems; not enough money to fix them.
I support much of the RTA draft plan, which will dramatically expand our transit capacity, frequency, and efficiency. But the half-cent-sales tax that funds it will only go so far. We need to maintain [...]

Yesterday, despite prodigious get-out-the-vote efforts on the part of our cadre of indescribably dedicated volunteers, only 14% of eligible Ward 6 voters cast a ballot. 35% of those who did, voted for me, and I am humbled by their support. Their votes were truly votes coming from a place of hope, and we will build [...]

Crude oil prices peaked over $70 a barrel for the first time on Monday. Gas prices could be soaring past $3 a gallon by this weekend, and $4 or $5 by January. The devastation wrought on the people of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina has also destroyed a large part of the nation’s oil refining [...]