By:  J. Charles Coughlin “I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore!” It has been a frustrating fall for me.  Most people who know me are aware that I am passionate about Michigan Football and getting things done in politics.  If at least one of those things is going well,…

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…