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weareprovenpartner
Oct 8, 20241 min read
2024 General Election Guide
Here we are again: the most election of our lifetime...again. I am honored that folks in the region have a high level of trust in my...
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weareprovenpartner
Jul 30, 20241 min read
How to fix Tucson and Pima County in 5 Steps (maybe 6)
My friend Gary Davidson came up with these steps when we were fighting the County's ill conceived and bizarrely supported 2015 Bond...
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weareprovenpartner
Jul 16, 20244 min read
The Mississippi Child Literacy Miracle
Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times (no government funded pre-school, just teaching K-3 students the right way to teach with...
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weareprovenpartner
Jul 7, 20241 min read
Chris' Election Primary 2024 Guide
Here we are again, at the precipice of the most important election of our lifetime. (That sounds familiar) At this time of the year, a...
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weareprovenpartner
Jun 14, 20243 min read
Father's Day 2024: Thanks, Dad.
Originally published in March of 2013 in Inside Tucson Business newspaper. I wrote this right after our dad passed away. Appropriately, I...
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weareprovenpartner
May 21, 20245 min read
WSJ- Teacher at TUSD's Sahauro High School Quits Due to Kids Slavish Devotion to Cell Phones
Teachers put up with a lot of challenges. Those challenges multiplied due to the bad decisions of public health officials (Fauci, Crist,...
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weareprovenpartner
May 1, 20243 min read
Austin from Goldwater Slam Dunks Pima Electeds Over Their Disregard for Crime in the County.
As violent crime skyrockets, Pima County plans to set more criminals free Austin Van Der Heyden (that's really him in the pic) May 1,...
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weareprovenpartner
Apr 24, 20243 min read
Barbara LaWall takes no prisoners on Laura Conover in Star Op-Ed
In a blistering Op-Ed, former Pima County Attorney Barbara LaWall destroys fellow Democrat Conover in a piece in the AZ Daily Star. ...
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weareprovenpartner
Apr 21, 20243 min read
The Mayor of Tucson Has No Clothes
The purposeful lack of awareness of what's going on in her own city is disturbing. Does she get chauffeured around with her police...
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weareprovenpartner
Dec 14, 20231 min read
"So Disgusting" - Tucson Business Owner fed up with disgusting antics
TUCSON IS OUT OF CONTROL! The City Council, Board of Supes, Conover and certain judges are letting this place implode. WARNING: BELOW...
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weareprovenpartner
Dec 13, 20233 min read
Biden Administration Hits GCU with bogus $37 million fine. Goldwater to Defend.
Biden just imposed the largest fine ever on a Christian college By Jon Riches and Matt Beienburg In its latest assault on institutions...
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weareprovenpartner
Nov 2, 20231 min read
Tucson Stakes Claim for America’s Best Mexican Food
I am happy to continue the development of my Best 23 Miles concept to the bigger "Tucson: Best Mexican Food in America" campaign with my...
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weareprovenpartner
Oct 18, 20233 min read
Fashion Designer Joey Rodolfo rips Romero at Meeting. Not moving company to Tucson! (VIDEO)
A big name in the international fashion business made a surprising appearance at the Tucson City Council Call to the Audience on Tuesday...
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weareprovenpartner
Jun 22, 20232 min read
Ed Ackerley on Tucson's failed "free" transit program.
Free Bus Rides Are Not Free. With the Tucson Mayor and City Council's May 10 decision to extend free bus rides on Sun Tran through 2023,...
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weareprovenpartner
Mar 24, 20235 min read
When is enough - ENOUGH????
I keep telling you that the city of Tucson is devolving... The following email was sent to all of the most of the electeds and the...
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weareprovenpartner
Feb 11, 20232 min read
A listener's great analysis of Dr. Cullen's confirmation hearing.
A listener who has been following Pima County government for years watched Dr. Cullen's hearing on Thursday and sent me this on Saturday...
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weareprovenpartner
Jan 19, 20231 min read
Wake Up Institute: Spending, Taxes & Deficits: A Book of Charts
Congressman David Schweikert shared this amazing resource about the reality of the federal budget. It uses government data to build a...
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weareprovenpartner
Dec 23, 20223 min read
Democrat State Legislator calls "housing first" model a "disaster".
Catherine Mirada, a newly elected Democrat state legislator (previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives, representing...
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weareprovenpartner
Dec 7, 20222 min read
A great listener email: Stop using "homeless" to describe street criminals.
Christopher, I suggest everyone stop using the term “Homeless” in describing street criminals. This term was made-up to de-stigmatize...
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weareprovenpartner
Oct 27, 20221 min read
Taxpayers prevail in Goldwater Case against Pima County (Worldview)
Here's the decision from the Arizona Court of Appeals. A minor miracle, the taxpayers of Pima win. This has to do with a dodgy deal...
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