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The 12 Days of Williams: August 2014
Williams started August with rain and hail so heavy that it caused traffic to slow to the speed limit.
The weather caused some beautiful displays in Williams.
Congressional Democrats were so busy complaining about obstruction by the Republicans that they forgot to pass over 350 bills which languished on the desk of Harry Reid. Steve Stockman of Texas introduced a bill to address the border crisis. Sheila Jackson-Lee of Texas submitted her own proposal. This probably helped Independent voter registration to rise in Arizona.
The Panama Canal saw its 100th anniversary.
Senate Web Site photo
Deputy County Attorney Ammon Barker received Prosecutor of the Year Award.
Arizona State Senator Chester Crandell passed away in August. Former State Senator Sylvia Allen was chosen to replace him on the ballot in November.
Using sophisticated statistical analysis, the Northern Arizona Gazette predicted the outcome of the city council race in Williams. Primary 2014 had few surprises.
Cool Country Cruise-In returned to Williams. (See Also)
Friends of the Williams Aquatic Center held a pool party.
The annual Thunder Over Coconino event was held in Valle.
A 38-year-old male was arrested for trespassing on a houseboat on Lake Powell and apparently holding a party. A man turned himself in for sexual misconduct with a minor. A Flagstaff man was arrested for sexual assault.
Coconino County Sheriff Photo
Coconino County Deputies were called to investigate a man struck by lightning and participated in an armed intruder response exercise.
The Coconino County Sheriff and Flagstaff Police warned against phone scams.
A serious accident occurred on I-40 near Bellemont.
Williams held its annual Labor Day weekend celebration.
Deaths
Arizona State Senator Chester Crandell
Political cartoons
Boehner’s revenge: Payback has begun for members who opposed speaker
The House conservatives who mounted a very public, but doomed-to-fail bid to oust House speaker John Boehner are already paying the price.
After overcoming dissenters in his own party, Boehner won the speakership for a third term on Tuesday and lost little time exacting revenge. By Tuesday evening two Florida Republicans who had opposed him – Reps. Daniel Webster and Richard Nugent — had lost their seats on the powerful House Rules Committee.
And the roiling is going to continue for some time, according to Politico.
Read more at BizPac Review
McCain’s big purge
By Alex Isenstadt
In an interview, Schwartz blamed his ouster squarely on McCain, whom he said had singled him out. “It’s very clear what’s going on,” he said. “Look, John McCain has prominence and money and influence and because of that he thinks he can ramrod us.”
Nearly a year ago, tea party agitators in Arizona managed to get John McCain censured by his own state party. Now, he’s getting his revenge.
As the longtime Republican senator lays the groundwork for a likely 2016 reelection bid, his political team is engaging in an aggressive and systematic campaign to reshape the state GOP apparatus by ridding it of conservative firebrands and replacing them with steadfast allies.
The ambitious effort — detailed to POLITICO by nearly a dozen McCain operatives, donors, and friends — has stretched from office buildings in Alexandria, Virginia, where strategists plotted and fundraisers collected cash for a super PAC, to Vietnamese-American communities across Arizona, where recruiters sought out supporters eager to help the incumbent defeat the tea party.
Team McCain’s goal? Unseat conservative activists who hold obscure, but influential, local party offices.
Read more at Politico
David Gowan elected as speaker in the House
Brenda Barton, Arizona House Representative for District 6, is reporting on her Facebook page that the newly elected Republican Caucus has met and selected David Gowan as the new Speaker of the House.
David M. Gowans Sr. is the legislator for District 14 and lives in Siera Vista. District 14 encompasses Cochise, Greenlee, Graham, and east Pima County with the exception of the Indian reservations.
Gowan has been a member of the Arizona House of Representatives since 2009. He is considered a strong advocate for gun rights and veterans affairs.
Cory Gardner unseats Udall in Colorado
COLORADO – While you may have heard that the Republicans have taken the Senate, you may not have heard that one of the seats was taken in Colorado. In a surprising victory, Republican Cory Gardner of Colorado upset incumbent Democrat Mark Udall with almost 4% of the vote.
John Hickenlooper retained the office of governor by 1.36%
Doug Ducey declared the winner in the race for governor
PHOENIX – As of 8:44 Doug Ducey was declared the winner for the race for governor of the Great State of Arizona. Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton blamed “the dark money” pouring into the State. He probably did not mind the nameless, faceless ads run against Ducey by Soros-funded organizations.
Ruben Gallego who beat out Mary Willcox in the primary, was the first race to be called in favor of the Democrat.
Generally across the board Republicans are doing well. In addition to the governors race, they may take the Secretary of State race with Michelle Reagan just over Terry Goddarad and the Office of Attorney General with Mark Brnovice over Democrat Felecia Rotollini.
Across the Federal offices most of the incumbents are winning. The rough race in District 9 looks like it will go to Kyrsten Sinema against Wendy Rogers. Currently it appears that Ann Kirkpatrick could take her race, but there are many precincts to report.
Tom Forese and Doug Little are running 7-percent over Democrat Sandra Kennedy.
The only blight on the night, so far, is Sylvia Allen is running behind Republican turned Independent so he could vote Democrat without the label Tom O’Halleran. Brenda Barton and Bob Thorpe are ahead by about 4-percent over Democrat challenger Lanny Morrison. This is with 38 of 89 districts reporting.
All of the elected State legislators will go in without a pay raise as Proposition 304 is being soundly defeated. Proposition 122 which would retain Tenth Amendment power in the Great State of Arizona is very close 50.67% to 49.33%. Terminally ill patients will likely have the opportunity to opt to take experimental drugs as Proposition 303 is being overwhelmingly approved 78.96% to 21.04%.
In Coconino, the sales tax referendum 403 is overwhelmingly passing.
These are based on unofficial results as the votes will have to be canvassed upon completion of the counting. Some of the races, such as the Secretary of State and Superintendent of Public Schools, currently led by Diane Douglas.
Congress does not authorize free cars for welfare recipients
A “news” report from Empire News from August of this year seems to be making the rounds and into some alternative web sites. The story concerns Congress approving free automobiles for welfare recipients along the lines of the fraud-plagued Obamaphone system.
The only problem is that Empire News is a satirical web site.
While it is probably the only thing they have not done, the fact remains that Congress has not authorized free motor vehicles to welfare recipients. The article and the accompanying e-mail scam are false. This administration is not friendly toward American citizens owning cars and guns. Or even having gasoline to operate the ones they own.
Even lamestream media would pick up an accomplishment such as this and twisted it into a “good” thing such as they did with the Unaffordable Health Care act.
In fact one “prominent” inappropriately named Arizona newspaper reported that health care rates are likely to go up this year. Due to “competition,” however, they are not likely to rise that much. The fact is that Obamadoesntcare has doubled, and even tripled in some cases, the premiums people have had to pay. It is actually the case of the blood and turnip analogy.
Here are some tips for those who might be taken in by satirical articles. Find the source of the original article. Web sites such as National Report and Empire News are the Internet equivalent of the political cartoon run by people who cannot draw. Check for a disclaimer. It might not be posted on their front page, but will be found in their about page or some where else on the web site.
The upside of this article is that we found a way to use the funny Smart car graphic circulating the Internet.