Greetings from the Great Barrier Reef!

Sr. Brad’s Ballot Picks for 2012:

Well, Boys and Girls, it is a BIG Ballot this year, and you all know what THAT means?

                                       Big PENCILS! 

 President:              Obama/ Biden



Guess who I voted for?!?!?!

United States Senate:   

Carmona, Richard

U.S. Representative in Congress, District 2:

Barber, Ron

State Senator, District 9:

Farley, Steve



Representative, District 9 (Vote for 2): Sidwah, Mohur Sarah and Steele, Victoria

Corporation Commission (Vote for 3): Busching, Marcia; Kennedy, Sandra; Newman, Paul

Board of Supervisors, District 5: Elias, Richard

County Attorney: LaWall, Barbara

Sherriff: Dupnik, Clarence

County Recorder: Rodriguez, F. Ann

County Treasurer: Richardson, Elaine

County Assesor: Staples, Bill

County Superintendant of Schools: Arzoumanian, Linda Lee (GOP) See, I can do it....

Constable: Dorgan, Mary C.

Pima College Governing Board Dist #5: NOT incumbents Marty Cortez or Vicki Marshall. BOTH were enablers to historic corruption. Depending upon your District, I pick Richard Fridena and Sylvia Lee.

TUSD School Board:  UPDATE 10/20/12: Ralph Ellinwood, Betts Putnam-Hidalgo and JUAREZ.  I originally picked Stegeman, but follow-ups from readers indicated they believe Stegeman operated in bad faith with teachers unions and unnecessarily complicated the Mexican American Studies discussion.  Clearly my 5 hours of initial research were NOT enough.  :-(

Retain All Judges:  "YES".... with PARTICULAR YES-ness for The Honorable: Karen Adam, Jane Eikleberry, Leslie Miller, Virginia Kelly, Paul Tang, Sarah Simmons and Jan Kearney.

Now, the PROPOSITIONS-

Prop #114: Crime Victim Liability- NO. Bcz the Legislature RLY wants this and it smells of the Koch brothers.  This isn't what it looks like.  In application a YES could limit the rights to recovery of LOTS of plaintiffs.... and protect 1% corporate perps.

Prop #115: Judicial Selection- HELL NO! Please preserve an independent Judiciary.

Prop #116: Business Tax Exemption- NO. This is a MAJOR tax break for the 1%, and will hit the counties HARD.

Prop #117: Property Tax Limit- (Per Blog for Arizona) "F*CK NO!" Would enable WingNuts to starve the government, then drag it to the bathtub and drown it.... THEN, they’ll take over.

Prop #118: State Land Fund Distribution- NO. Legislators just trolling for more cash and give backs to their 1% donors.

Prop #119: State Land Exchanges- YES. Sierra Club supports it.

Prop #120: State Sovereignty- NO, "... and YOU can keep that tinfoil hat, Buddy."

Prop #121: Top Two Primaries- NO. Because the League of Women Voters tells me so.

Prop #204: Sales Tax Extension for Education- YES

Prop #409: Municipal Bonds- YES

Spring is Sprung!

Fish are Jumpin'

One Night Only!

These cactus bloom only once a year, and at night... by day, the flowers shrivel when hit by sunlight. I was able to get these photos before the full sun hit the the blooms and destroyed them. ...something about fleeting beauty... blah, blah.....

Sr. Brad's Magic Carpet Open House!

Je$$e Kelly Energy Policy: The Early Years

VOTE: Candidates

My Picks:

AZ Senator: Rodney Glassman (Go RODNEY!)

Dist 8 Congress: La Miss Gabbie Giffords (Home Girl and Neighbor!)

AZ Governor: Terry Goddard (ONLY candidate who graduated high school... just sayin')

State Senator Dist #28: Paula Aboud (Ted, g'night, plz)

State Rep Dist #28: Steve Farley (aka: Clark Kent) and Bruce Wheeler.

AZ Secretary of State: Chris Deschene (Let's try SMART for a change, TYVM)

AZ Attorney General: Felecia Rotellini (Would NOT want to go against her in Court. "Sir, exhibit A is Defendant's butt in a bucket. He is SO screwed... uh, nothing further, Your Honor.")

AZ State Treasurer: Andrei Cherney (OK, Smart AND Dreamy. :)

AZ Superintendant of Schools: Penny Kotterman (BTW: Have you SEEN what Republicans have done to our schools? "GOP: Because stupid biggots are easier to scare")

AZ Mine Inspector: Manuel Cruz (He can see better in the dark?.... I don't know, sorry straight up DEM here)

AZ Corporation Commission: Dave Bradley (scary smart and nice guy to boot) and Jorge Garcia.

AZ Clerk of Superior Court: Margaret DiFrank

Justice of the Peace #8: Susan Bacal (Because she was really gracious when she smacked me down for being unprepared in Court one day... I deserved MUCH worse)

TUSD: Adelita Grijalva and Miguel Ortega (because as a City Council Aid, he is SERIOUS champion for neighborhoods like mine... OK, and see "Dreamy" above)

Re: Judges Retain All (Their job is complicated and by and large, I can live with their rulings EVEN WHEN I don't like those rulings)

Just. Vote.

Thank You.

Jorge Spellvin