A lot of messaging about pedophilia. Not so much about water, state finances, and the national debt.
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/the-campaigns-that-werent
Category Archives: State and local
Jon Kyl: A remembrance
The better angels of our nature
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/jon-kyl-a-remembrance
Cast a wary eye on the ballot propositions
Given how hard it is to change or fix voter-approved measures, the threshold for passage should be high.
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/cast-a-wary-eye-on-the-ballot-propositions
Prop. 144’s deception, unanswered questions, and troubling fiscal precedent
How many times does the state constitution need to say that only citizens can vote?
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/prop-144s-deception-unanswered-questions
Get rid of the legislative subpoena
Jake Hoffman’s attempted abuse of the power makes the case, as do events at the federal level.
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/get-rid-of-the-legislative-subpoena
Get rid of grades for schools
Arizona’s system of student testing and grades for schools isn’t producing the intended results. Blow it up and start over.
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/get-rid-of-grades-for-schools
Biggs campaigns like it’s 1986
Choosing Kerr for geographic balance would have made sense … 40 years ago.
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/biggs-campaigns-like-its-1986
Voucher combatants behaving badly
Both sides are engaging in deceptive tactics.
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/voucher-combatants-behaving-badly
Are demagoguery, hyperbole, and lies politically necessary?
What if our politicians engaged in substantive debates and discourse about real issues?
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/are-demagoguery-hyperbole-and-lies
Is Arizona really opposed to the Paramount-Warner merger?
This shouldn’t be a unilateral decision by the state attorney general.
Read the column: https://robertrobb.substack.com/p/is-arizona-really-opposed-to-the