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		<title>The State of Arizona Intervenes in Rio Nuevo Debacle</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/11/30/the-state-of-arizona-intervenes-in-rio-nuevo-debacle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is important to remember that the Rio Nuevo legislation is a partnership between the state of Arizona and the city of Tucson. Both entities have a vested interest in its success. Tax-increment financing (TIF) legislation is a legal template used across the country to finance sports stadiums and similar projects for municipalities. In essence, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rio Nuevo &#8211; Why It Failed</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/09/24/rio-nuevo-why-it-failed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the beginning, there was the word, and the word was &#8220;stadium.&#8221; Many moons ago, in the municipal-government firmament, someone figured out a way to build a stadium at no cost to the municipality. It was called &#8220;TIF,&#8221; and they saw that it was good. TIF stands for tax-increment financing. In this type of legislation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TUSD Ethnic Studies and Alinsky Tactics</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/06/17/tusd-ethnic-studies-and-alinsky-tactics/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/06/17/tusd-ethnic-studies-and-alinsky-tactics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Rules for Radicals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saul Alinsky]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I heard a talk show host wonder aloud why president Obama spent much of a recent speech about the federal budget attacking Paul Ryan, the Republican chairman of the House Committee on Budget. It seemed counterproductive to attack a person with whom, presumably, you would be negotiating, and it was not very presidential. Later [...]]]></description>
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		<title>November&#8217;s Mail Ballot Election &#8211; Is Voter Fraud the Motivation?</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/04/22/novembers-mail-ballot-election-is-voter-fraud-the-motivation/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/04/22/novembers-mail-ballot-election-is-voter-fraud-the-motivation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 18:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Steve Kozachik]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tucson City Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tucson elections]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tucsonsammy.com/?p=265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Voting has always been considered a cornerstone of our democratic processes. It is how we keep our government officials in line, hiring or firing them as we see fit. As voters, we must always look closely at government officials who endeavor to change the process by which we hire and fire them. Democratic Tucson City [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gun Control Folks Exploit Giffords Shooting</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/03/23/gun-control-folks-exploit-giffords-shooting/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/03/23/gun-control-folks-exploit-giffords-shooting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Mar 2011 21:24:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So what is the common denominator here? Is it increasing the penalties for crimes of murder? Is it to make it easier to commit crazy people? Is it a moving the culture toward condemning the perpetrator instead of blaming “a lack of civility”? No. At each stage, the push was for wider and deeper <em>record keeping</em>. 
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		<title>The Arizona Legislature will make the Tough Choices</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/01/13/the-arizona-legislature-will-make-the-tough-choices/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/01/13/the-arizona-legislature-will-make-the-tough-choices/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 17:46:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is no consolation that virtually every other state in the nation is facing heap big budget deficits, nor is it that California is in worse shape than we are. It is the fact that, unlike California, there is hope for Arizona. Both California and Arizona are in dire budgetary straits as a result of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Weekend of the Attack</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/01/10/the-weekend-of-the-attack/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2011/01/10/the-weekend-of-the-attack/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jan 2011 17:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I learned that Representative Giffords was shot shortly before leaving home on Saturday morning. I was preparing to co-host the Inside Track radio show with its owner, Emil Franzi. We opened the show with what little we knew of the attack, and took a call. The caller wasted no time in blaming our show in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liberty Activists Celebrate a New Day</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/09/30/liberty-activists-celebrate-a-new-day/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/09/30/liberty-activists-celebrate-a-new-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Sep 2010 19:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 29, some bills that passed the state Legislature and were signed by the governor became law. Included in these was SB 1070. Of course, there was a SB 1070-related protest, and counter-protest, downtown. I like a good protest as much as anyone, but I had a celebration—of other laws going into effect—to attend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Arizona Clings to an Archaic Understanding of the Right to Keep and Bear Arms.</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/02/27/university-of-arizona-clings-to-an-archaic-understanding-of-the-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2010/02/27/university-of-arizona-clings-to-an-archaic-understanding-of-the-right-to-keep-and-bear-arms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:30:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though the University of Arizona is an institution of higher learning, it appears that the students and faculty are decades behind in regards to the cultural and legal progress of the right to keep and bear arms (RKBA). It was back in 1987 that the state of Florida took the lead in passing a new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economic Benefits of the Rosemont Mine</title>
		<link>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/11/22/economic-benefits-of-the-rosemont-mine/</link>
		<comments>http://tucsonsammy.com/2009/11/22/economic-benefits-of-the-rosemont-mine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:30:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Augusta Mining Company&#8217;s plan to build an open pit mine in the Santa Rita Mountains south of Tucson has been controversial from the start. The Rosemont Mine project will cover 4,300 acres, about one third of which is privately owned by Augusta, the rest is U.S. Forest Service land. Many support the plan for [...]]]></description>
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