Random Musings

Because of a special election in Tempe, candidates for city council there had to file campaign finance reports early. That has led to some...

Former President Bill Clinton is coming to ASU in Tempe as part of a rally for Richard Carmona, the Democratic nominee for US Senate who has...

On Tuesday evening, the preliminary returns from Tempe's election for mayor were disheartening, to say the least. Initially, restauran...

In a baseball game when a pitcher knows that the batter is going to lean out over the plate and try to lay down a bunt, and the pitcher deli...

...The biggest meeting of the week is only a rumor at this point, but it is a rather persistent one.  There is a strong rumor going around t...

Not just campaign committees this time around, possible ballot questions too! ...Ginger Rough of the Arizona Republic has coverage of the...

For what is normally a relatively quiet time of the year in AZ politics, there sure are some interesting meetings coming up...OK, two or thr...

As there haven't been any significant entries into legislative, Congressional, Maricopa County, or statewide races, this post will be li...

In a development that really wasn't very surprising, Tempe City Councilman Mark Mitchell has entered the race for mayor of Tempe. From...

Monday's hearing of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, held in Mesa, has been covered in depth by Steve at Arizona Eaglet...

...From the "good things happening to good people" department - It's taken more than six months, but one of the victims of J...

Edit on 5/2 to add another candidate who was brought to my attention in a comment at Blog for Arizona.  My apologies to Ms. Baldenegro.  No ...

On Tuesday, the Scottsdale City Council approved a zoning ordinance for medical marijuana dispensaries by a 4 - 3 vote. Thursday night, ...

All info gathered from the websites of the relevent public bodies/agencies, and is subject to change without notice. Federal level - In ...

This week, I (and presumably, most of the other households in south Scottsdale and north Tempe) received a notice from the EPA announcing th...

As usual, all info gathered from the websites of the relevent political bodies/agencies, except where noted, and subject to change without n...

As usual, all info gathered from the websites of the relevent political bodies/agencies, except where noted, and subject to change without n...

Picture courtesy the website of the City of Tempe's website . From the City of Tempe press release - Former Tempe City Councilmember Le...

Most of the state's political attention is on this week's special election to raise the state's sales tax by 1 percentage point...

As usual, all info gathered from the websites of the relevent political bodies/agencies, except where noted, and subject to change without n...