Author Archives: robertrobb

This wasn’t a budget on which Ducey ran

During the campaign, Ducey avoided specifics as though they were a form of leprosy.

Most of the Legislature shouldn’t be bit players on the most important and fundamental governing decision.

Despite claims, there are too many wishes and prayers to declare the state budget structurally balanced.

Supreme Court justices didn’t laugh at the claim by legislators that they get to draw congressional district maps.

Despite Netanyahu, a bid for time with a bad deal may be the best option regarding Iran’s nuclear program.

A change this fundamental, including getting the state into the loan guarantee business, shouldn’t be enacted through a footnote.

The impasse over funding the Department of Homeland Security wasn’t a test of political fortitude. It was a test of political intelligence.

The Valley’s economy isn’t driven by housing and it will recover when it recovers.

Rather than confronting a structural deficit, the mayor sends out a happy-face press release.

K-12 education should get first dibs on a sales tax increase.