Arizona Governor Doug Ducey (r) is a popular guy. Facing a main thoroughfare:

“Support public education. My child is an honor student, my governor is a lunatic.” – On Broadway, west of Columbus, in Tucson, Arizona.

Steller: Broadway wall sends political message, welcome or not

….Monday night, I talked to both of the neighbors across Broadway who have the most direct view of the wall. Neither of them wanted their full names used because they don’t want to get involved in neighborhood disputes. And neither of them like it.

One said he finds it obnoxious that he has to see the wall every time he sits down for dinner and looks out the window. The other told me she simply didn’t like seeing such a negative message day after day….

What do you bet the second neighbor watches the Faux News Channel all the time?

Previously:

Signs we’ll be seeing for the next ten years (May 11, 2015)

Early morning in the foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains, Coronado National Forest, Southern Arizona.

On a recent trip to Southern Arizona I had a conversation about immigration with a long time friend of Hispanic descent. Toward the end of our conversation on the subject she related that recently, “People have told me, ‘Go back to Mexico’. I was born here. I was raised here. I went to school here. I’ve lived here my entire life…”

Welcome to post-racial America.

“….the greatest integrative force in this country has been our public education system. The greatest integrative value developing part of this country has been our education system. And we need to strengthen that. As a new demography comes in there has to be a touchstone, an American touchstone that translates and brings to that accommodation who we are as a nation, what our values are, and what it means to be an American. I learned that in school, I learned it from my family. And we cannot rob the next two or three generations of the opportunity in our school system to become fully empowered and American like the rest of us. [applause]….”

Previously:

That’s Liza with a Z, not Lisa with an S… (May 18, 2013)

Truman Days in Jackson County – 2013 (May 18, 2013)

Truman Days 2013 – Rep. Emanuel Cleaver (D) – Breakfast Keynote – May 18, 2013 (May 19, 2013)

Truman Days 2013 – Attorney General Chris Koster – May 18, 2013 (May 20, 2013)

Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva (D) was the keynote speaker at the Jackson County Democratic Committee’s Truman Days dinner in Kansas City on Saturday night.

Representative Raul Grijalva (D) was the keynote speaker at the Jackson County Democratic Committee’s

annual Truman Days dinner in Kansas City on May 18, 2013.

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“… I go, you know, Pops, why with the union, you know? And I’m speaking more for myself. Why do I have to come? But he took it as a question directed at him, like I do at the union. And I think that’s been kind of a guiding principle since he said that. He said to me, you know…on the job they can work me like a dog. But with the union they have to treat me like a man. [applause, cheers]… “

Former U.S. Representative from Arizona Gabrielle Giffords (D) and her husband, former astronaut Mark Kelly, have unveiled a new political action committee today:

…Two years ago, a mentally ill young man shot me in the head, killed six of my constituents, and wounded 12 others. Since that terrible day, America has seen 11 more mass shootings – but no response from Congress to prevent gun violence. After the massacre of 20 children and six of their teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary though, it’s clear: This time must be different.

Americans for Responsible Solutions will encourage elected officials to stand up for solutions to prevent gun violence and protect responsible gun ownership by communicating directly with the constituents that elect them.

Join us today, and tell your elected leaders that Americans are demanding responsible solutions to reduce gun violence…

Read their op-ed in USA Today.

Previously:

Don’t tell me “now isn’t the time” to have a serious conversation about guns (December 14, 2012)

One day (December 14, 2012)

This is America – December 14, 2012 (December 14, 2012)

President Obama: statement on the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut (December 14, 2012)

SB 75: bad timing (December 17, 2012)

Offered without further comment (December 17, 2012)

Sen. Claire McCaskill (D): good grades (December 18, 2012)

Can we talk about gun control yet? (December 26, 2012)

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