From SOLO: Peter Cresswell has summarized arguments & facts from a collection of peices dealing with the immigration debate. Great reading if you are wanting to sort out the facts and get the issues straight. Cresswell is a New Zealander,

The Arizona voting rewards raffle made the Drudge Report today, linking to a story on the Arizona Red Star's web site. Arizona Watch has already covered this story, here and here, but let me make sure we've been clear. This

The following peice was written by James Valliant and first appeard at SOLO, an online Objectivist forum. I'd like to thank James for allowing me to re-print it here. There is also some very good discussion on illegal immigration at

It occurs to me that this question was answered succinctly and definitively 230 years ago by Thomas Jefferson in the very document that created our country. The Declaration of Independence is, in ...

Last month, I posted on a petition I was asked to sign regarding a raffle to reward people for voting in Arizona. This movement sought to create a $1 million raffle to be given to one lucky person who chooses

Below is a press release provided to Arizona Watch by Deanne Poulos, Press Secretary for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, regarding the Maricopa County budget for FY 2006-2007. Particularly noteworthy is the ability of this very large county to

On May 16, 2006, Pima County voters have the opportunity to vote on the latest of a long list of plans to expand the transportation infrastructure in the rapidly growing Tucson metropolitan area. While this plan appears to be better

I had a rather vigorous, and perhaps at times emotional debate with my co-blogger on Arizona Watch, Bridget Bettencourt, regarding solutions to the current immigration debacle. It did not turn out particularly well (for some time, I don't think she's

We recently did an interview with an Arizona Watch reader, referred to here as Mr. X, to get some insight into the recent Tunis Summit on Internet regulation and control. Arizona Watch: The UN has been threatening to take control

Usually while walking in public, I wear my "I'm mean, don't bother me" face. I make an exception for signature gatherers with petitions. I like participatory government, and many petitions propose some absurd (and thus, funny) ideas. Today I was

Every oppressive regime that attempts to make the market its bitch has realized that the she does not "go gently into that good night," and meets oppression at every turn with the ruthless determination of men and women who know

I generally don't do track backs or posts that essentially consist entirely of someone else's post. I'm making an exception for Dennis Foster at Kaibab Journal who not only made me crack up but is also going to keep me

Below is a condensed version of the "state of the county" address delivered by the Chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. Don Stapley. Thanks to Deanne Poulos, Press Secretary for the Board, for providing us with an address

Today, Arizona Governor Janet "I am Governor, Hear Me Roar" Napolitano vetoed HB 2004, a bill that would have provided corporate income tax breaks to corporations contributing to student tuition organizations designed to finance private school educations for children of

You're all familiar with Janet "I am Governor, Hear Me Roar" Napolitano's State of the State Address earlier this week. I'm not going to rehash it. The address was largely a campaign speech on immigration. I missed the stupid electronic

I enjoy going for walks or bike rides around dinner time. One of my favorite places for such an excursion is the neighborhood south of downtown Tucson, particularly on 3rd Avenue between 14th and 17th Streets. For some reason, it

Governor wants to monitor cold meds - Fox News 11 (requires registration) Christmas and New Year's have come and gone, but not to be outdone by Old Saint Nick, our glorious leader, Janet Napolitano has created her very own list