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Tucson motorcyclist dies in collision

This morning at approximately 1:20 a.m., deputies from the Foothills District responded to the 1700 blk. of West Ruthrauff Road and West Ruth Street for a vehicle collision. Upon arrival, they discovered that a motorcyclist collided with a semi-truck. The motorcyclist Jonathan Davies, was deceased at the scene. According to investigators, Mr. Davies was traveling [...]

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Election strategy 2012: Sunday’s Comic

Raul Grijalva and Jeff Rogers 2012

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Phoenix to honor oustanding Young man and Young Woman of the year

The city of Phoenix will honor the 2012 Outstanding Young Man and Young Woman of the Year winners at the 26th annual awards event at noon Friday, April 6, at the Phoenix Country Club, 2901 N. Seventh St. Sixteen students were selected as council district winners and will be recognized at the event, along with [...]

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Jeff Rogers and friends promote TUSD "crisis"

Pima County Democratic Party Chair has joined in on the exploitation of TUSD students for political purposes. Rogers sent out an email to fellow Democrats, promoting the lie that TUSD administrators attempted to prevent free speech at today’s Caesar Chavez celebration. Rogers told democrats, “TUSD administration has attempted to block the staging of the event.” [...]

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Daily Links – March 31, 2012

REMINDER: Today is the LAST DAY to get the Early Bird Rate for the RedState Gathering. Read about it here, or sign up right away here!Today is March 31st. On this date in 1889, the Eiffel Tower had its first official tour, as Gustave Eiffel led a group of reporters and city officials throughout the [...]

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Paul Babeu: Dead candidate walking

We’ve already used the headline Bombshell! Bye-bye Babeu? so this one was the next obvious choice. Things are not looking good for the Pinal County sheriff and congressional hopeful. Since this damaging report titled “Deleted Pinal County Sheriff’s Office files spur investigation,” is based on records obtained through a public-records request initiated by the Arizona [...]

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True the Vote to be focus of Tucson townhall

Smart Girl Politics, Verify the Vote of Maricopa, Pima County Voter Integrity Project are hosting a townhall at Gabby Saucedo Mercer’s campaign headquarters 4550 S 12th Ave., from 1:00 to 3:00 pm. True the Vote founder, Catherine Englebrecht will be the featured speaker. The topic will be what can be accomplished by citizen led efforts [...]

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President Defends ‘Flexibility’ Remarks

By John Semmens: Semi-News — A Satirical Look at Recent News In what President Obama believed to be an “off-the-record” exchange, he was overheard requesting “space” from the Russians until after the November election when he would have more “flexibility.” This would-be covert conversation has raised suspicions about his intended defense policies for a prospective [...]

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Proud’s forensic audit bill signed by Governor

Governor Jan Brewer signed Proud’s legislation, HB2408, which calls for a special “forensic audit” of Pima County bond efforts. The legislation directs the Auditor General to complete a special audit of the 1997, 2004, and 2006 Pima County general obligation bond programs. Pima County residents have questioned the process the County uses to decide which [...]

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The IRS is NOT investigating Gov. Nikki Haley (R, SC).

You may remember that a few days ago a minor South Carolinian political blog tossed out the very serious allegation that South Carolina governor Nikki Haley was about to be indicted by the Justice Department for alleged tax fraud involving her parents’ temple*.  The keyword?  “Imminent.”  Well, it turns out that the IRS is not [...]

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