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Elephants: The Tide Turns

Friday, February 17th, 2006

Back last June, I took a rather lonely stand on this blog calling for the relocation of the Reid Park Zoo elephants to an elephant sanctuary in Tennessee where they could stand a chance of a longer, happier life among other freed elephants.
At the time, that was like taking a stand against Mom and [...]

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Daily Star trumpets right-wing flak

Sunday, December 18th, 2005

Perhaps you noticed the opinion cover story in today’s Star on “an expert’s close analysis” showing that, contrary to decades of study to the contrary, suburban sprawl is good for us and should be encouraged.
Too bad Jim Kiser, who wrote this column, didn’t check out the background of his source: Robert Bruegmann, a professor [...]

Posted in Media Watch, Protecting the Environment, Public Health, Sensible Development, Transportation | 7 Comments »

Anatomy of a Corporate Giveaway

Monday, October 24th, 2005

I don’t usually blog about national policy issues, but this one is too big and too ignored for me to resist. It’s also a classic illustration of how multinational corporations and their shills in Congress operate to obtain massive handouts from taxpayers, and convince us it’s an urgent national need.
If you haven’t yet heard of [...]

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Tucson Weekly Endorses Steve Farley

Wednesday, August 17th, 2005

I’m proud to announce that the Tucson Weekly, our beloved local newsweekly, has endorsed my candidacy for City Council.
Read it now online, or if you want a hard copy, email Lorena@FriendsOFarley.com.
Spread this one all over town, folks! The Weekly endorsement makes a huge difference in Ward 6 in particular.

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Tucson Citizen Endorses Steve Farley

Thursday, August 11th, 2005

The Tucson Citizen, our afternoon daily, has strongly endorsed my candidacy for City Council. In their words,
Farley has shown that he has the vision, the ideas and the guts to put new ideas on the table and to challenge his fellow council members.

Read the whole endorsement online and pass it along to your friends. [...]

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Karl Rove’s Secret Tucson Trip

Friday, April 29th, 2005

Apparently, even local Republicans are afraid to admit that they are friends of the dark force behind Bush’s political ascendancy, Karl Rove. Rove came to town today to raise money for Senator Jon Kyl at a $500-a-plate lunch at the Tucson Country Club after a $2,000-per-person shindig at Jim Click’s house.
But instead of trumpeting [...]

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