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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 10, 2011
CONTACT: Mark Goldman
(PHOENIX, ARIZ.) – “Charging Scott with two misdemeanors makes it obvious they have no case and are merely trying to justify whatever time they spent during this extraordinarily prolonged investigation. ‘Reckless’ is a way to describe these charges and this investigation. Scott has maintained his innocence from the outset, even taking a successful lie detector test to reinforce this truth. He will be exonerated.” – Mark Goldman
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News Release
Goldwater Institute
PHOENIX—On June 14, 2011, the Maricopa County Community College District board will decide whether or not to hike property tax rates on all homeowners by 3 percent. In March, the board agreed to raise tuition and other student fees. With state budget reductions in many areas of government, it isn’t surprising that MCCCD is looking for more revenue. But a Goldwater Institute investigation finds that the district has refused to cut administrative bloat or to implement recommendations that could save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars each year.
This year, MCCCD, which consists of 10 community colleges and a district office, will spend about $1.6 billion, but less than 44 percent of the district’s operating budget will go toward instruction. When the district’s board grew concerned about overspending and waste, it hired an outside consultant that identified $48 million in savings and new revenue. But administrators fought the recommendations, and to date, few have been implemented.
In Schooled in Obstruction: Maricopa Community College Staff Blocks Cost-Cutting Reforms while Pushing Tax and Tuition Hikes, award-winning Goldwater Institute investigative reporter Mark Flatten found that district management publicly embraced and pledged to consider money-saving reforms recommended by the independent consultant, but privately they refused to implement most of them. In fact, Chancellor Rufus Glasper often lectured the district’s voter-elected oversight board on the limits of their power when they asked him to reduce administrative waste. He even went so far as putting together a task force to investigate the board.
MCCCD general fund spending has increased by about 30 percent since 2006, even though full-time student enrollment declined during some of those years. A recent study by the Center for College Affordability and Productivity found that the district’s spending on things that do not benefit students averaged 29 percent, compared to just 4 percent at community college districts nationally. Average three-year completion rates for full time students enrolled in a MCCCD school are also below the national average at 19 percent.
“Institutionally they are paying more than is typical for lower than typical completion rates,” said Jonathan Robe, a research associate with the Center for College Affordability and Productivity. “So they are overspending and underperforming from the student and taxpayer point of view. You would normally think if they are going to bring in more than is typical in terms of revenue, at least they’d have something to show for it.”
Much of the money MCCCD does not spend on instruction goes toward:
Salaries: 460 district employees make more than $100,000 a year. Chancellor Glasper’s salary is over $258,000.
Perks: Top district officials receive car allowances and cell phones in addition to their salaries.
Raises: Between 2008 and 2010, 38 of the district’s highest paid employees received raises of $10,000 or more. Four of them got a pay hike of more than $38,000.
Lobbying: The district spends about $387,000 per year on outside lobbyists.
Travel: The district and its colleges spent more than $5.3 million on travel last fiscal year.
Advertising: MCCCD spends almost $3.7 million a year on advertising.
In 2009, concerned that not enough money was being directed to the classroom, the MCCCD board hired consulting firm Alvarez and Marsal to identify ways to cut costs and increase revenues. Alvarez’s final report showed cost-cutting measures and new revenue sources the district could implement to save $48 million a year, including standardizing purchasing and procurement and outsourcing some non-teaching functions like custodial work and grounds-keeping. To date, Chancellor Glasper has implemented only two of the significant cost-cutting measures.
In conjunction with the investigative report, the Goldwater Institute has developed recommendations for reducing costs to taxpayers and increasing completion rates at Arizona community colleges. The Institute recommends that the MCCCD governing board reject the current tax increase proposal, institute a multi-year moratorium on tax and tuition increases, and require district administrators to implement the Alvarez recommendations, among other measures.
Click here to read Schooled in Obstruction: Maricopa Community College Staff Blocks Cost-Cutting Reforms while Pushing Tax and Tuition Hikes.
The Goldwater Institute is an independent government watchdog that develops innovative, principled solutions to issues facing the states and whose work is made possible by the generosity of its supporters.
Watch this exchange as Democratic Mayor Phil Gordon calls Republican Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio a “child” as DiCiccio attempted to answer a question posed by Mayor Gordon.
This came as Sal DiCiccio was drawing attention to the fact that the City of Phoenix imposed a tax on food and then used that money to reward city employees with raises and bonuses!
Here is that exchange:
Mayor Gordon and Councilman DiCiccio Spar in Budget Meeting: MyFoxPHOENIX.com
This is all the more reason why Phoenix residents need to elect new council members this year!
ACTION ALERT
June 9, 2011
Dear Arizona Taxpayer:
Governor Jan Brewer announced yesterday that she is calling the Arizona Legislature into special session this Friday (June 10) to extend unemployment insurance (UI) benefits for 15,000 people from 79 weeks to 99 weeks.
At this point, it appears that Gov. Brewer and legislative leaders have not actually lined up the 20 Senate votes and the 40 House votes necessary to extend the benefits for the extra 20 weeks. The big hurdle for Brewer is that the Legislature actually contains a lot of conservatives, and conservative Legislators have two main problems with Brewer’s proposal to extend UI benefits:
ACTION ITEM: Please contact all three of your state Legislators today and ask them to vote against the extension of unemployment insurance benefits. You can use these links to find your Legislators:
http://www.azleg.gov/alisStaticPages/HowToContactMember.asp
Burned by Brewer
As you are aware, Arizona has one of the most fiscally conservative Legislatures in its history, and in the country. The GOP majority in the Legislature was successful in passing many major free-market reforms. Unfortunately, Gov. Brewer vetoed several of the most consequential conservative bills, and some reforms were not untaken at all due to threatened vetoes. If Legislators are going to cave in and give subsidies to people to keep them from looking for jobs, they should bargain hard and demand that Brewer sign one or more of the following vetoed reforms:
Also, the $87 million in total extended benefits will not do much to stimulate our local economy: $87 million is less than one-tenth of one percent of the Arizona economy.
Please send a note to your Legislators as soon as possible. And thank you for taking action!
For Liberty, Tom
Tom Jenney
Arizona Director
Americans for Prosperity
www.aztaxpayers.org
tjenney@afphq.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 9, 2011
CONTACT: Rachel Semmel
Scottsdale, Ariz. – Congressman David Schweikert announced last week that he will host a Listening Session with City of Tempe Mayor Hugh Hallman today.
Constituents are invited to stop in to speak with the Congressman and the Mayor during their open forum discussion.
Listening Session with David Schweikert and Mayor Hallman
When: Today, Thursday, June 9, 2011
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Where: Pyle Adult Recreation Center
655 E Southern Avenue, Tempe, 85282 (map)
Atlanta, June 8, 2011— Karen Harned, executive director, National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Small Business Legal Center, and Mike Carvin, counsel to NFIB, issued the following statements after the oral arguments for the 11th Circuit:
“Today is a great day for small-business owners and for all Americans who believe in the individual right to determine the time and circumstances under which they will enter the health insurance marketplace,” said Karen Harned.
“NFIB and its co-plaintiffs challenged PPACA because it wrongly imposes a mandate to purchase insurance—Congress has no right to regulate inactivity by individuals who are not participating in commerce,” added Mike Carvin. “If Congress is allowed to regulate such inactivity simply because doing so will benefit other individuals who are voluntarily participating in commerce, then there will be no limits on the reach of federal power.”
Harned concluded: “We are confident that our side will ultimately prevail in this case; the arguments presented by our attorneys are grounded in the law. NFIB and its membership believe that the Court should strike down the health care law and that Congress should start over with health care reforms that will actually help small businesses, not walk all over them.”
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NFIB is the nation’s leading small business association, with offices in Washington, D.C., and all 50 state capitals. Founded in 1943 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, NFIB gives small and independent business owners a voice in shaping the public policy issues that affect their business. NFIB’s powerful network of grassroots activists send their views directly to state and federal lawmakers through our unique member-only ballot, thus playing a critical role in supporting America’s free enterprise system. NFIB’s mission is to promote and protect the right of our members to own, operate and grow their businesses. More information is available online at www.NFIB.com/newsroom.
by Christina Kohn
Goldwater Institute
If school districts were graded on respect for laws governing taxpayer elections, the Cave Creek School District would flunk. Its latest transgression involves a May 19 press release about a school district budget override election that the district posted on its website. This release raises serious concerns about the district’s compliance with a state law that bans the use of school district resources to influence the outcome of elections.
A couple weeks ago, the Goldwater Institute sent a letter to the district urging it to withdraw the press release which prominently features comments from the ballot committee LearnYes.org, which is campaigning in support of and fundraising for the district’s November budget override election. Attorney General guidelines specifically prohibit the use of district-sponsored web pages to sway election outcomes.
Just a few years ago, the district’s conduct elicited concerns from the Maricopa County Attorney after similar documents in support of a budget override and bond election were posted on its website. At that time, the district agreed to remove the documents and send all of its board members to a training class on unlawful political activities.
Apparently the lesson didn’t stick. The new press release attempts to skirt the law by directing readers to LearnYes.org’s website, whose homepage implores visitors to “vote yes” on the override.
The district is no stranger to bending the laws governing school-related elections. In April, the Goldwater Institute sued the district, challenging its decision to redirect bond money from voter-selected projects to projects school board members prefer. This school district needs to stop bending the rules and start respecting state law and district taxpayers.
Christina Kohn is an attorney with the Goldwater Institute’s Scharf-Norton Center for Constitutional Litigation.
Learn More:
Cave Creek Unified School District: CCUSD Board to Vote on Approval of Override Election
Arizona Republic: Cave Creek district will seek November override
Goldwater Institute: Friedman v. Cave Creek Unified School District
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 7, 2011
CONTACT: Mike Philipsen
(STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX) State Senator Sylvia Allen (R-5) today expressed her sadness and frustration over the devastation being caused by the rapidly-growing Wallow Fire in southern Apache and northern Greenlee Counties. Allen called on the U.S. Forest Service to reform its management policies and adopt restoration practices that will protect the forests and wildlife without harming rural communities, the economy, and the taxpayers.
“The Wallow Fire is further evidence that our current system of managing our forests is simply not working,” Allen said. “To the contrary, the federal government’s policies for protecting spotted owls and goshawks are wreaking devastation, destroying homes, and threatening lives, communities, and our economy throughout northern Arizona, and the owls and goshawks are no better protected.”
“It’s time that we return common sense to forest management. In areas where the forest had been thinned around communities, the fire has dropped and homes have been spared. Unfortunately, this thinning has only been accomplished in a few areas.”
Allen called on the Forest Service to move forward with the Four Forests Restoration Initiative, whereby the Forest Service contracts with private industry to do the mechanical thinning.
“The only way we’re going to restore our forests is to involve private industry, which will absorb the costs while responsibly thinning the forest, so we don’t have any more of these enormous fires,” said Allen. “It saves the taxpayers money, creates jobs, and protects us from these devastating wildfires.”
Allen also pointed to the economic devastation resulting from fires like the currently-burning Wallow and Horseshoe Fires and the Rodeo Chediski Fire of 2002. “Besides the millions of dollars it takes to fight these kinds of massive fires, there is another hidden cost to this beautiful region where I live. The fires kill tourism and recreation, and local businesses suffer for a long time after the fires go out.”
Allen expressed her gratitude to the firefighters and Forest Service officials who are responding to the Wallow Fire. “I want those who are fighting the fire to know that my prayers are with them for their safety, and my gratitude goes out to them for working so hard in fighting this fire.
My frustration is with bureaucrats 2000 miles away with their misguided regulations that lead to these catastrophic fires, and with the extreme environmental groups who have made millions of dollars from American taxpayers by filing lawsuits.”
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Northwest Conservatives
June 9th, 2011 Meeting
Meet & Greet Your Southern Arizona Candidates!
Confirmed attendees:
Gabriela Mercer – Congressional District 7 Candidate
Walt Setzer – Pima County Sheriff Candidate
Chester Manning – Pima County Sheriff Candidate
Shaun McClusky – City of Tucson Mayoral Candidate
Tyler Vogt – City of Tucson Councilman Candidate
Jennifer Rawson – City of Tucson Councilwoman Candidate
Rebecca Spann – Pima County Board of Supervisor Dist. 4 Candidate
Matt Caldwell – Pima County Board of Supervisor Dist. 1 Candidate
Adam Kwasman – Legislative District 26 Representative Candidate
Every elected official in Southern Arizona affects our daily lives from taxes to jobs to recreation and quality of life! Why not join us & find out what these candidates stand for & why we need to support them now! Your help is essential!
Date: Thursday, June 9th
Time: 6:15 pm
NEW Location: Oro Valley Library
Address: 1305 West Naranja Drive, Oro Valley
(Southeast corner of Naranja & La Canada)
Visit our website www.nwconservatives.com
You can make a difference! Everyone is Welcome!
by Stephen Slivinski
Goldwater Institute
Governor Jan Brewer may call a special legislative session to extend unemployment insurance (UI) payments from 79 to 99 weeks. Senate President Russell Pearce and others are concerned that extending the length of time the unemployed can receive government payments discourages their search for work. They have good reason to be concerned. A number of economic studies have estimated that the availability of extended unemployment benefits tends to postpone an active search for employment by the average worker.
There are additional reasons state legislators should not rush to extend unemployment payments under the current system. The state’s UI program seems to suffer a long-standing ineffectiveness in its ability to weed out unemployed workers who are ineligible to receive benefits. The Arizona Auditor General’s office concluded in 2005 – the date of its most recent performance review of the state’s Division of Employment and Rehabilitation Services – that “the Division’s accuracy rate in determining whether claimants are eligible for UI benefits is significantly below [U.S. Department of Labor] standards and national averages.”
The most recent Department of Labor data show that Arizona’s overpayment rate was 9.23 percent, almost twice the national average of 4.91 percent. That amounts to $86.7 million in unemployment checks paid to individuals who were not eligible for benefits.
If legislators consider extending unemployment benefits, they should first require a new audit of the state’s UI program. In the near term, the legislature should exercise its oversight capacity to make sure the Division of Employment and Rehabilitation Services takes tangible steps to tighten the state’s eligibility control procedures. Both would be vital steps to ensure the program is cost-effectively serving both the unemployed and taxpayers.
Stephen Slivinski is senior economist for the Goldwater Institute.
Learn More:
Office of the Auditor General: Performance Review of Arizona’s Unemployment Insurance Program (2005)
Associated Press: Good news on Arizona unemployment equals bad news
U.S. Department of Labor: Calendar Year 2009 Benefit Accuracy Measurement Data Summary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 6, 2011
CONTACT: Paul Boyer
Northern Arizona Representatives Brenda Barton, Chester Crandall, Senator Sylvia Allen and the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Frank Pratt have reached out to the Arizona State Parks and State Land Department to facilitate the potential relocation of livestock in the event of evacuation requirements due to the Wallow Fire.
“We’re trying to do our part to help ranchers with their livestock,” Representative Brenda Barton said. “This move will help them to get a hold of water for their animals while these brave firefighters work to bring an end to the fire.”
State Parks and the State Land Department responded immediately to make the approximately 1,000 acres of Lyman Lake available to Northern Arizona ranchers for this relocation.
“I’m praying for the safety of our firefighters and citizens who are in the path of this catastrophic fire,” Senator Allen said. “Opening Lyman Lake is one thing that the state can do to help with livestock evacuation.”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 6, 2011
CONTACT: Paul Boyer
Representative Brenda Barton is questioning whether or not nonfeasance is the true root cause of the Wallow Fire, now the 3rd most catastrophic fire in Arizona’s history.
“My heart is broken for the loss Arizona is suffering today,” Representative Brenda Barton said. “And I am filled with righteous anger at those responsible for this terrible disaster. This did not have to be.”
In 2010, Barton and Senator Sylvia Allen specifically toured the region of Big Lake to see first hand the forest conditions in the area. What they saw was lands managed by the Apache Tribe and the State of Arizona were properly cleaned and cleared, thus one did not need a fence or a sign to know when they had crossed into federally managed lands because the conditions were so deplorable.
An over crowded forest not only is a significant fire hazard, but it chokes the water-shed, and makes hunting by native predators such as the owl nearly impossible.
“One thing is for sure, who needs a spotted owl management program after this fire,” Barton said.
It has been over a decade since the last timber mills closed in Arizona’s mountains, and in that time under the management of the United States Forest Service (USFS) over 1,700 square miles of the state’s forests have burned. “I thought we’d learned our lessons in 2002 after the devastating Rodeo-Chedeski fire that destroyed over 730 square miles of Arizona’s forests, taking homes and lives with it. But I guess its business as usual for the USFS,” Barton said.
For over a decade, residents and civic leaders in Arizona’s mountain communities have been imploring the USFS to adopt a more pro-active approach to forest management; one that allows for an aggressive program to clean and clear the forest floor. It’s here in what is called the “fire load” that otherwise healthy lightning strike fires become catastrophic and devastate hundreds of thousands of acres in a relatively short period of time. Such intense and large fire events have an effect of searing the ground, which in turn makes it relatively difficult for the forest to regenerate.
Compounding this management problem is the refusal of the USFS to allow previously burned lands, such as those remaining from the 2004 Willow fire near Payson, to be cleared and cleaned. Current practice now simply allows this debris to build up and become dry and fuel for future wildfires.
In contrast, Sweden, arguably one of the most progressive environmental nations in Europe has in the past six years turned away from the US practice of au natural forests and has aggressively begun a forest management program which grooms and utilizes the timber while cleaning the forest floor. This program has created over 7,500 new jobs in Sweden’s northern regions while providing timber for the domestic construction industry. Germany has also begun a program of managed harvesting of their famous Black Forest in Bavaria.
Meanwhile, the jobs and economy of northern Arizona has languished as the USFS has pursued a “hands off” approach to forest management, culminating in recent years with entire areas of Arizona’s forests being gated off and locked to recreational use.
In the past, well managed timber harvesting combined with prudent cattle management has kept Arizona’s forests clean, which minimizes the opportunities for catastrophic wildfires, such as we have experienced since the late 1990’s.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 6, 2011
CONTACT: Genevieve Frye Rozansky
Mesa, Arizona – Republican Congressman Jeff Flake, who represents Arizona’s Sixth District, today illustrated the size and scope of the growing national debt.
In late May, a man in Utah was arrested for disorderly conduct when he paid for a $25 overdue medical bill with 2,500 pennies.
The U.S. is so broke that this man from Utah would have to bring 1.43 quadrillion pennies to the Treasury department to pay off our $14.3 trillion debt.
“Hopefully Congress will have the cents to start paying down our debt,” said Flake.
Along with Senators McCain and Rubio, Congressman Flake introduced H.R. 634, the Debt Buy-Down Act, which allows taxpayers to designate up to 10 percent of their federal income tax liability to reduce the national debt. The bill then requires Congress to reduce federal spending by that amount. More information on the Debt Buy-Down Act can be found here.
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Well the mercury is rising and so are the political ambitions. Can you believe the number of candidates for Mayor? Who would have thought that a job that pays so little and has so little power would attract so many? Unless of course you live in a city that has a real unemployment rate of 22%. Let’s see now. Who’s in the mix? There is Uncle Claude who has a war chest of a quarter of a million dollars. I guess he can use that as a buffer…a sort of golden parachute…when he doesn’t win…It must be hard for the union guys to decide which one of their cronies to vote for. So many choices, so few votes to cast. Then there’s Auntie Peggy….you go girl, what a unique way to avoid an indictment…run for mayor. Hey if you need any pointers you can always call on the new mayor of Chicago….Rham…you know the guy who got $320,000 just for running over to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac a few times….But he’s just so…you know……important. And then there is Greg and Wes and Dave probably a few more before the week is through. Only one real candidate though. That’s Jennifer Wright. Hard to win when the rules have been made for insiders. Hey I have a great idea! Why don’t the folks, you know, the people who complain all the time, vote for Jennifer and finally change things around….
I have to wonder if historians will one day write that, “The first woman President of the United States was both the Governor of the 49th State and a US Senator from the 48th State.”
In an earlier post I wrote that I thought that Governor Palin was running for President in 2012. I have not ruled that presupposition completely out. Every indication is that she is making ready for a run and a campaign based in Arizona.
But there is a new rumor-theory making the political rounds that gives me reason to believe that Palin may not run after all and may be instead thinking much more long-term in terms of her political future.
In my earlier post, I mentioned that I believe that the Palin’s fell in love with Arizona in their visits here over the last 2-3 years. Who wouldn’t? But I also believe that that love affair is mutual on behalf of many Arizonans who are thrilled to adopt the former Alaskan Governor as their very own. Remember, many Arizonans were not thrilled with the 2008 nominee until Sarah Palin was chosen to be on the final ticket. I was one of them.
This brings me back to the premise of my post and the settling of ruminations that occurred this week when Governor Palin dismissed any intention to seek Arizona’s Senate seat, at least not in 2012. (Watch interview.)
It is extremely unlikely that John McCain will seek re-election in 2016 and some politicos even speculate that he may retire early. Between now and 2016, Arizona will have another statewide election (2014). But we must also remember that anything under the Arizona sun can and oftentimes does happen.
Perhaps we should think longer term about Sarah Palin’s political future because, while it may have begun in Alaska and may ultimately peak in The White House, her newly adopted home state of Arizona may very well be the next chapter in her service to this Republic.
We haven’t posted photos of Arizona politicians in action for some time and with the Phoenix City Council race in full swing, maybe it’s time to see whose out and about around town (and beyond.)
If you’d like to share your photos of Arizona politicians on the move, please send them to sonoranalliance@gmail.com.
Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu is surrounded by supporters at a golf tournament for the sheriff.
GOP activist Kellie Greene poses with Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu at a special appreciate luncheon to Babeu in Arizona City / Eloy. The luncheon was organized by Janet Lopas and JoAnne Waszak of Pinal County Sheriff's COPS (Citizens on Patrol).
Sheriff Paul Babeu also spoke to the Thunder Mountain Republican Women.
Phoenix mayoral candidate, Jennifer Wright meeting with voters in northwest Phoenix.
Phoenix District One Council candidates and mayoral candidate, Jennifer Wright pose for a group shot at a gathering in northwest Phoenix.
Phoenix City Councilwoman Thelda Williams and council candidate challenger Gary Whalen listen to another candidate speak at a northwest Phoenix gathering.
Sheriff Joe Arpaio ventured to Humble, Texas to endorse Harris County Sheriff candidate Carl Pittman in a special event called a "Gathering of Patriots." For more about Carl Pittman, please go to CarlforSheriff.com.
Tonight from 6-7pm on the Alexander & Goldman Show we will talk to North Phoenix Tea Party leader Wes Harris about the current fiscal crisis facing the City of Phoenix. Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio discovered that the City of Phoenix claimed to have cut jobs, when in reality it just shuffled employees over into the Water Department and hiked our water rates in order to pay for the employees. Water rates have already gone up 40% over the past five years, including another seven percent this year.
Public employee pay and pensions are bankrupting the city, at the expense of the taxpayers, but the unions are fighting back hard to maintain the status quo, including starting a recall against DeCiccio. We will hear Wes’s perspective on these problems and what can be done. Can the City of Phoenix be stopped, or has it built up these “enterprises” in such a manner that there is no way to take away funding from the bonds that have been set up to pay for them?
We will also briefly discuss my new law firm, the Alexander Bankruptcy Law Firm. Bankruptcies shot sky high last year and remain high in certain parts of the country due to the government’s Bailouts for Big Business, Bankruptcies for the Middle Class. Fortunately there are Congressmen like David Schweikert who are fighting back against the government’s snubbing of the middle class. He has set up an office to assist homeowners who are getting the runaround from banks on refinancing their mortgages through the Homeowners Assistance Mortgage Program.
Last week’s show with the Arizona Latino Republican Association (ALRA) and Charlie Ellis for Phoenix City Council is archived here.
Please call in at 602.508.0960 and let us know your thoughts. Tune in locally to KKNT 960 AM or listen live online at KKNT960.com, which you can access by clicking here. Click here to get weekly email updates on our upcoming shows.
Be sure to stay tuned in to the show afterwards from 6-7pm for the ALRA Airwaves. They will be talking to Senator Russell Pearce and Representative Steve Montenegro about several issues including the Tequila Tea Party and the Pearce recall effort.
