From the website of the FEC -
She appears to be a district person for one of the Pima County supervisors -
From the website of the Arizona Secretary of State -
Grove is lawyer who is best known as an executive for her family's golf club manufacturing company.
He'd be supportive of vaccines...if there was one that made folks look the other way. Of course, he doesn't need that one, since he already does that naturally
From Twitter:
By his definition, apparently I attended an un-American elementary school, since I had to take vaccinations for measles, rubella, polio, diptheria, and I'm not sure what else (I think smallpox was all but eradicated in the U.S. by then).
From Twitter:
Dear Ted -
Maybe there would be fewer vacancies if those businesses paid their employees more. Plus, you make a good argument for Congressional salaries being tied to the federal minimum wage.
Isn't getting a divorce attorney easier than pushing a lawsuit?
From NPR -
A judge in Ohio has reversed an earlier emergency order that required a hospital to administer ivermectin to a COVID-19 patient against the hospital's wishes. The anti-parasitic drug is most commonly used in the U.S. as a dewormer in animals.
Federal agencies and medical associations alike have cautioned against the use of ivermectin to treat COVID-19, as there is little evidence it is effective. But prescriptions — and related calls to poison control centers — have skyrocketed in 2021 as right-wing media have hyped it as a treatment for COVID-19.
The judge's decision is here.
From KJZZ -
Pinal County Supervisors Vote To Reject $3.4 Million COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Grant
Last week, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors rejected a $3.4 million federal grant aimed at improving vaccine equity.
The board voted 3-2 against accepting the grant money from the Arizona Department of Health Services.
Linda Lyon of Blog for Arizona has a take based on an Arizona Republic story on the same matter here.
From the minutes of the meeting -
It doesn't specify which supes voted against helping rural Pinal County residents, but Lyon has that -
Kevin Kavanaugh, who has a history of opposing anti-Covid efforts.
Jeff Serdy, who has much the same history. But he thinks that enhancing corporate profits are a good thing.
Jeff McClure, a fellow traveler on the "sacrifice the lives of others" ideological trail..
While all three are from cities/developments in Pinal County, and one knows it from their votes, there's a *lot* of rural in Pinal County. From the website of the US Census -
1. Wear a damn mask.
2. Get vaccinated.
And, in a bit of a surprise, for once I'm not talking about Ron DeSantis, though I could be.
And2, unsurprisingly, he's involved.
From Business Insider -
Florida official wants Gov. Ron DeSantis to make the controversial and unproven COVID-19 treatment ivermectin more widely available
A Florida county commissioner wrote a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis pleading that the livestock deworming drug ivermectin become more widely available for people who are struggling with COVID-19.
In the letter, Commissioner Neil Combee called ivermectin a "wonder drug," according to NBC affiliate WFLA.
From Lake Wales News -
County Commissioner Neil Combee Promotes Ulcer Medication as Covid Cure
A Polk County Commissioner is coming under fire for promoting a common ulcer medication as a cure for Covid-19. There is no medical or clinical evidence to support his claim.
Neil Combee, who represents the northwest corner of Polk but is elected county-wide, asserts that "the government knows" that the over-the-counter medicine is effective but is covering it up for unknown reasons. He offered no explanation as to why any authority would do so but says that he "doesn't trust government."
Known as famotidine and marketed as Pepcid-AC, the drug is used to reduce the production of stomach acid in ulcer patients, and may cause significant interactions with other medications.
Combee, a Polk County Commissioner and former state legislator, has no scientific or medical training, but he *is* a trumpkin, working in Trump's administration as the Florida state director of the USDA.
Like other trumpkins, reality doesn't matter to him. Apparently.
From KFOR (OK) -
Patients overdosing on ivermectin backing up rural Oklahoma hospitals, ambulances
A rural Oklahoma doctor said patients who are taking the horse de-wormer medication, ivermectin, to fight COVID-19 are causing emergency room and ambulance back ups.
“There’s a reason you have to have a doctor to get a prescription for this stuff, because it can be dangerous,” said Dr. Jason McElyea.
My guess is that he runs for governor of Florida when DeSantis' term is up; and if that doesn't work out, he moves to AZ and runs for something here.
1. Wear a damn mask.
2. Get vaccinated.
3. Don't ignore facts.
From NJ.com -
Biden coming to N.J. on Tuesday to review Ida storm damage
President Joe Biden will travel to Manville on Tuesday to survey the damage caused by remnants of Hurricane Ida, the White House said.
Biden also will visit Jamaica, Queens, on the trip. He is spending the weekend in Wilmington, Delaware, after traveling to Louisiana on Friday to view the damage caused by Ida.
Here's hoping that Biden learns from one of Trump's (many) miscues. From NBC News -
Trump Defends Throwing Paper Towels to Hurricane Survivors in Puerto Rico
President Donald Trump defended throwing paper towels into a crowd of Puerto Ricans at a relief center in the hurricane-ravaged territory earlier this week and lauded federal relief efforts.
“They had these beautiful, soft towels. Very good towels,” Trump told Mike Huckabee during an interview Saturday with Christian network Trinity Broadcasting.
From the AZ Mirror, written by Jerod MacDonald-Evoy -
A GOP lawmaker’s nonprofit was billed $400K for ‘audit’ security
Newly released documents show that the Arizona “audit” has spent more than $400,000 to hire off-duty police officers to provide security for the ballot review that concluded last month at the state fairgrounds.
Not much has been previously known about how much money is flowing in and the agreements between the Senate and Peoria-based Law Enforcement Specialists except that the Senate entered into an agreement with the group on April 26.
According to the website of the Arizona Corporation Commission, one Bonnie Lucas is the statutory agent and a director of Law Enforcement Specialists -
According to the website of the Arizona Secretary of State, one Bonnie Lucas gave a donation to Anthony Kern in 2019 -
Which is significant because Kern is a party to a lawsuit over his and Finchem's presence on January 6th at the U.S. Capitol. From Capitol Media Services, written by Howard Fischer, and published by the Arizona Capitol Times -
Fernandez fights Finchem, Kern lawsuit against her
A Yuma Democratic lawmaker is asking a judge to toss a defamation lawsuit filed against her by two Republican legislators and a member of Congress.
Rep. Charlene Fernandez contends she did nothing wrong in signing a letter asking the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI to investigate the activities of Rep. Mark Finchem of Oro Valley and now-former Rep. Anthony Kern of Glendale during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Both state lawmakers were there but have denied taking part in any disturbance.
Lawsuit status, from the website of the Arizona Supreme Court -
Interesting aside:
One of the attorneys, Alexander Kolodin, ran for a seat in the AZ Senate in 2020.
He lost in the R primary by more than 8000 votes to eventual winner and current AZSOS candidate, Michelle Ugenti-Rita -
Mesa County Colorado is a *very* Republican county - in 2020, it went for Cheeto by a lot, and in 2018, the clerk in question was unopposed in the general election (she defeated one challenger in the Republican primary).
From NPR -
Voting Data From A Colorado County Was Leaked Online. Now The Clerk Is In Hiding
It's been nearly a month since sensitive data about voting equipment in Colorado's Mesa County was posted online by conspiracy theorists eager to cast doubt on the outcome of the 2020 election.
At the center of the criminal investigation into how that information was released is county clerk Tina Peters, whose whereabouts remain unknown. She hasn't returned to work in Mesa County since the data breach was announced.
There seems to be a culture problem in her office. From the Grand Junction (CO) Daily Sentinel -
Charges filed against Mesa County deputy clerk
Neither of them should expect Cheeto to pay for a lawyer.
Congressman Steve Cohen doesn't though.
From Congressman Cohen's press release -
Congressman Cohen Disagrees with Colleague’s Description of the United States as a “Banana Republic”
During a Committee on Natural Resources mark up of elements of major infrastructure legislation today, Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-09) asked his fellow Committee member, Congressman Paul Gosar (AZ-04), to retract his verbal description of the United States as a “banana republic.” Congressman Gosar declined the polite and civil request and insisted “we might be even worse.”
In his remarks, Congressman Cohen said in part:
“If you would call back your referring to our country as a ‘banana republic,’ I’d appreciate it… ‘Banana republic’ is over the top. We’re not a banana republic. That has more to do with how you elect your leaders and not with legislation. There’s an old saying in Tennessee: ‘You don’t talk about rope in a house where a man’s been hung.’ I would just hope that you’d take back your reference to our country as a banana republic.”
He wasn't talking about Gosar's characterization (Gosar hadn't yet gone there), but loyal Trumpkin Mike Pompeo disagrees, too, From The Hill -
Pompeo says US not a 'banana republic' amid fallout from attack on Capitol
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo used his personal Twitter account on Thursday to criticize journalists and politicians for likening the U.S. to a "banana republic" following the violent attacks that occurred on the Capitol building Wednesday.
The push back from Pompeo came amid the fallout from an attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Trump's supporters Wednesday, in which five people, including a Capitol Police officer, were killed.
Even Gosar doesn't really believe the U.S. is a banana republic. From December 7, 2020 -
While I don't believe that the U.S. is a banana republic, Gosar is sort of correct - as far as Arizona, home of the fraudit, is concerned.
When the losing side of an election claims that loss is evidence of a fraudulent election and holds democracy itself as a hostage until they get their way definitely seems "banana-ish".
At least it's not for the fraudit this time.
From The Hill -
Arizona father threatens to zip tie principal after son told to quarantine
An Arizona father threatened his son's elementary school principal with a citizen's arrest while wielding zip ties after he received news that his child would be required to quarantine after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19.
Vail Unified School District officials told a local NBC News station that the man, who was not named, arrived at Mesquite Elementary School on Thursday morning along with his child and two other men to protest the quarantine policy.
The story from KVOA, the "local NBC News station" referenced in The Hill's story -
Police on-scene at Vail elementary school after group threatens to zip-tie principal over COVID-19 protocols
A conflict over the COVID-19 quarantine policy at a Vail Unified School District elementary school has been resolved shortly after protesters threatened to make a citizen's arrest on the principal Thursday morning.
According to VUSD officials, a student at Mesquite Elementary School was asked to quarantine after he reportedly was in close contact with an individual who tested positive for COVID-19.
VUSD said this decision was made per state policy, citing that when a school in Arizona experiences a positive case of COVID-19, it is required to report the case to its county health department - in Vail's case, Pima County Health Department. Then, the county decides which individuals need to quarantine in order to prevent a potential outbreak in the community.
AP picked it up, too -
1 arrest after clash over Arizona school’s COVID mandates
The father of an Arizona elementary school student was arrested after he and two other men showed up to the campus with zip ties, threatening to make a “citizen’s arrest” on the school principal over a COVID-19 quarantine, school officials said Friday.
Diane Vargo, principal of Mesquite Elementary School in Tucson, said the parent came to her office Thursday with his son in tow. The father was upset the child would have to isolate and miss a school field trip because of possible exposure to someone with COVID-19. She said two other men also “barged in.”
So far, I haven't found the arrested man's name, but I fully expect Dougie has it and will pardon the man, if it gets that far. Dougie may just make a call and have Markie force/influence the Pima County Attorney's Office to drop the case.
1. Wear a damn mask.
2. Get vaccinated.
3. Don't commit or even threaten violence.
