Tag Archives: Arizona Legislature

Focus On Education.

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Gary LaMaster

This week, Democratic Perspective hosted a legislator who makes decisions on education and a school board member who has to live with those decisions. The legislator is Representative Tom Chabin who is running for election to the Arizona Senate. He … Continue reading →

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A Conversation With The LD6 Jobs Team.

Posted on October 15, 2012 by Gary LaMaster

Many politicians promise to create jobs and improve education if elected. But LD6 candidates Angela LeFevre and Doug Ballard actually have the experience and expertise to actually deliver on their promises. Democratic Perspective recently had the opportunity to interview both … Continue reading →

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Arizona Legislative District 6 Candidate Interviews — Podcast July 2, 2012

Posted on July 5, 2012 by William Timberman

Arizona’s Legislative District 6: A Real Choice, and a Real Opportunity in 2012. Democratic Perspective’s co-hosts, Mike Cosentino and Steve Williamson, interview the three Democratic candidates for Arizona’s Legislative District 6. Doug Ballard and Angela Lefevre are running for the House, and … Continue reading →

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Arizona’s Lunatic Legislature — Podcast March 5, 2012

Posted on March 7, 2012 by William Timberman

Extremism As a Way of Life: With supermajorities in both houses of the Legislature, and the Governor’s office in their hands, Arizona’s Republicans seem bent on turning Arizona into a place that most of its citizens won’t recognize. Democratic Perspective … Continue reading →

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More Extreme Arizona.

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Gary LaMaster

On March 5th, Democratic Perspective examined the 2012 session of the Arizona Legislature which, once again, seems to have dived into the shallow end of the pool and hit their collective heads. We all know what happened to the Arizona … Continue reading →

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ALEC: Who Really Writes Our State Laws? — Podcast, December 12, 2011

Posted on December 14, 2011 by William Timberman

The American Legislative Exchange Council: Who Really Writes Our State Laws? Democratic Perspective co-hosts Steve Williamson and Mike Cosentino take on ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, a group funded by conservative business-oriented special interests, which writes and recommends model … Continue reading →

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“A Very Broken System”

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Gary LaMaster

Democratic Perspective continued our conversation with AZ House Minority Leader, Chad Campbell. This week, the subject was privatization. According to Campbell, privatization sometimes makes sense, but you need to look at each situation carefully. For example, he talked about the … Continue reading →

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“Unite and Conquer”

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Gary LaMaster

That’s the title of a book by Arizona State Senator Kyrsten Sinema which describes her relationship with conservatives. As one of the very few Democrats in the Tea Party-controlled legislature, she describes her approach to working with conservatives as “letting … Continue reading →

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