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

AZ Ballot Propositions: My Picks

Early voting has begun, and I am trying to get right out there to offer some guidance.

Here goes:

Prop 106- HELL NO Repeal of FED Health Care Protections: HELL NO.

Prop 107- HELL NO ANTI-Affirmative Action: HELL NO (again)

Prop 109- NO Hunting and fishing as a Constitutional right: Wha? NO (duh)

Prop 110- YES State Lands Trust Exchange: YES

Prop 111- NO Lt. Gov runs as team with GOV: NO

Prop 112- YES Changing deadlines for initiatIve process: YES

Prop 113- NO Unions and "Secret Ballots": NO

Prop 203- YES Medical Marijuana: YES

Prop 301- HELL NO Fund sweep from Land Conservation Fund: HELL NO.

Prop 302- HELL NO Fund sweep from Early Childhood Education / Health Care: HELL NO.

Prop 400- YES .5 cent Sales Tax for 5 years to support Law Enforcement: YES. NO vote means, inter alia, no more TPD Becky Noel or any other Community Resource Officers.... IMHO a fate too horrible to contemplate.

Prop 401- NO Clusterf*ck of Mayor and Council housekeeping: Some good ideas and some bad ideas, but the bad ones outweigh. (ie: too easy for Big Bucks to buy elections once every four years)

Prop 402- YES TUSD needs all the help they can get.

Transients

This morning at 4:30 I surprised a transient who broke into an empty house on my block. I told him "Man, you can't BE here." I left the house front door open and watched from across the street as the man, pushing a small stingray bicycle and followed by a hooded child, slouched into the night. They left behind 2 sleeping bags, several stuffed animals, a broken Christmas tree ornament and a collection of Early Learner DVD's. Oh, and a copy of "The Incredibles."