Arizona Legislative District 6 Republican Committee

From the Business Journal. Former ‘East Valley Tribune’ building to house DES offices Greg Patterson

I've often argued that the Prop 105 "Voter Protection" act in unconstitutional. By way of quick recap, the Federal Constitution has an obscure provision that guarantees that states have a "Republican form of Government". No matter how much you like... Greg Patterson

Multiple sources tell me that Ben Quayle is planning to move to District 6 and run against Schweikert*. So it’s looking like District 9 is going to be an open seat in a swing district—talk about a bloggers dream. These... Greg Patterson

Here's a paragraph from the Republic's latest Gabby Giffords update. Can you find the obvious error? She was elected to the state House in 2000 and ran for the state Senate in 2002 after the death of Tucson Sen. Andy... Greg Patterson

Check out this Wall Street Journal story. Glendale, Ariz., is selling about $136 million in debt in the municipal-bond market this week, just days after Moody's Investors Service cut its bond rating because of the desert city's obligations to cover... Greg Patterson

I've been pointing out how badly the media botched their coverage of spillover Mexican violence by ignoring the underlying story and criticizing Brewer for her comments. Now the national press is starting to take notice as well. (This is great... Greg Patterson

Now that Gabby has said that she will resign Tuesday, we need to dust off the rules for Special Elections. I don't remember the exact dates, but these things go fast--like 90 days. But that's not the focus of this... Greg Patterson

Wow, this is huge. And since it's being featured in the banner on Drudge, the entire planet knows about it. The chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Arizona is refusing to testify before Congress regarding... Greg Patterson

The fastest way to expose media bias is to compare how the papers cover identical events performed by two different people. Governor Brewer just delivered her State of the State address and it was panned by the media. Governor Napolitano... Greg Patterson

I've been working on some "Best of/Worst of" posts and my award for Most Shameless Display of Media Herd Mentality goes to the mocking that the local media provided in response to Governor Brewer's discussion of headless bodies. You will... Greg Patterson

Here's Pima County Democratic Party Chairman Jeff Rogers' reaction to the TUSD Board's decision to scrap its ethnic studies program. Greg Patterson

If you follow current events at all, you will know that President Obama has adopted and expanded all of the so called, cowboy, "shred the Constitution" policies of the Bush Administration--signing statements, drone attacks (now against an American Citizen) Gitmo,... Greg Patterson

The Republic's EJ Montini is making up a story about Governor Brewer and we get to be there for the foundation stage. Montini likes to make up a catch phrase that he can throw into every column. The old catch... Greg Patterson

I've been highlighting some of the techniques that newspapers use in order to manipulate readers. One of the most powerful tools that they use is the "Letter to the Editor as Reporter". This is a fairly new trick; in the... Greg Patterson

There is much wailing and gnashing of teeth over the decline of the newspaper industry--at least among reporters anyway. But even regular folks ask me how we are going to get accurate information once the newspapers are gone. I ask... Greg Patterson

One of the newspaper's most powerful tricks is to misidentify a source. After all, if someone who is "independent" is critical of the Governor or Legislature, that's much more powerful than saying that a partisan Democrat is critical of the... Greg Patterson

The Republic recently wrote an editorial in support of efforts to put Elected Official's financial data on line. It seems that the web is easier, more convenient, searchable and cheaper for the public--and reporters--than the old fashioned paper system. I... Greg Patterson

Last week I printed the first half of a "Best of/Worst of" series of articles. My winner for "Worst Political Move of the Year" needs to be a full post. You will recall the debacle that was the TIME initiative.... Greg Patterson

Last year Governor Brewer was attempting to make the point that Mexican violence is out of control and that some of it is spilling over to this side of the border. It's a serious topic and if you follow Spanish... Greg Patterson

We all know the big stories of the year---Gabby, Pierce, The IRC, Arpaio--but there are quite a few important stories that I thought needed a little more attention. I've decided to feature them as a "Best Of" reveiw of 2011.... Greg Patterson