By: Paul Bentz help writing essays I’ve often said that the best part about campaigns is that they actually end and you know if you won or if you lost. Needless to say, it’s also the worst thing about campaigns, particularly when you come up on the losing end. Such is the case of Justin…
DetailsMany 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…
DetailsAs 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…
DetailsHow 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. Â In 1995, many of the current folks here at HighGround were then working for Governor…
DetailsWe are just a little over a year away from the next General Election with every statewide office up for grabs. We have entered political equivalent of the Oscar nomination season where people are busy asking about who’s in and who’s out, who’s hot and who’s not. Is the primary going to be brutal? Will…
DetailsBy: Paul Bentz I read the “7 things consultants hate about you” by Jake Williams from Campaigns and Elections and found myself nodding along with most of the things he said. His complaints are common in candidate races and there is no doubt that they can be frustrating at times. In fact, we attempt to…
DetailsThirteen years ago, blackouts, and soaring electricity rates defined the political landscape of California. Drought, delays in approval of new power plants, and market manipulation decreased supply. Wholesale prices skyrocketed by 800% in little over half a year in no small part due to the efforts of electricity profiteers at places like Enron. California’s disaster…
DetailsVoters also oppose efforts to punish those who supported Medicaid ARIZONA, Restoring Arizona released the results of a statewide survey conducted last week that shows overwhelming support for the Medicaid Restoration plan passed by the Arizona State Legislature and signed by Governor Brewer. The statewide survey (attached) indicates that over 68% of the electorate support…
DetailsEvery once and awhile you read an article which makes life’s hard learned lessons seem so clear that you just have to pass it along. So is the case with this story in the NY Times Sunday Magazine, concerning Jason Everman. Just keep your feet moving and life is an incredible experience. Don’t ever give…
DetailsBill Keller’s insightful New York Times column from last weekend on the vast gulf that separates our President from true world leaders like Nelson Mandela is worth the read. Those of us in Arizona familiar with President Obama’s tantrum on the tarmac of Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport can certainly answer Keller’s closing question: “What moral…
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