As we have said before, Arizona is our home and we are committed to working on issues to leave things better than we found it. We spend our time, our efforts, and our political capital to build a state that we can be proud of. Just as we invest in public policy efforts such as…
By: Paul Bentz First, let me say, Justin Johnson was the hardest working candidate that I have ever worked with. He was the first one up in the morning and the last one out at night. He was willing to talk to anyone and meet with whoever wanted to meet with him. His willingness and…
Many of us paid our respects yesterday when we attended the funeral services of our good friend former State Senate President John Greene. We remember John as a sharply intelligent, enormously humble, forever patient, and supremely kind public servant. Former Governor Symington captured much of John’s spirit in his brief eulogy yesterday. Whether you knew…
As we have said before, empathy plays a critical role in politics. Nelson Mandela understood that. Mandela knew that politics is not mainly a cerebral sport. As Bill Keller explained in his Mandela write up, “[Politics] is a business of charm and flattery and symbolic gestures and eager listening and little favors. It is above…
How Arizona and the Federal Government Could Keep the Grand Canyon Open online essay writer Humans have been in the Grand Canyon for at least 4,000 years. Mother Nature can’t keep us out, but now our Federal Government has. In 1995, many of the current folks here at HighGround were then working for Governor Fife…