tony arizony

I look forward to sharing the road with this guy and his F-250 this time next year.

JD Vance’s team had water level of Ohio river raised for family’s boating trip Exclusive: Incident raises questions of exploitation of public services, but Secret Service says it was requested for ‘safe navigation’

Someone mention to Vance about the great kayaking at Lake Mead...Arizona water crisis solved.

Can't we build rail? Buy more buses and build rail.

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Michael Crow, President of Arizona State University, has an excellent column in the Weekend @WSJ

Why this Arizona water expert says Ted Cooke is a great choice to lead the Bureau of Reclamation President Donald Trump this week nominated Ted Cooke to lead the federal Bureau of Reclamation. Cooke is the former manager of the Central Arizona Project, whose canals bring water to the Valley.

Ted Cooke’s nomination has largely been praised in Arizona, although water officials in some of the other basin states have expressed concern that he may play favorites, given his ties to Arizona.

Zeldin poised to make Arizona water announcement EPA previously held a state-specific "water policy" event with West Virginia officials, which focused on carbon injection wells.

Biggs & Gosar on environmental water policy? Wonder what’s coming…

The greatest danger to an Arizona child doesn't leave the backyard. Watch kids around pools.

Boards and commissions full of vacancies – Republicans want them gone anyway | Arizona Capitol Times As vacancies plague the state’s more than 200 boards and commissions, Republican lawmakers have set their sights on cutting them this session as a way to shrink government.

Or just get rid of advisory boards and regulatory commissions altogether, right? Citrus Research, what's the point, says Kolodin.

Elevate the unqualified is what I always say.

GOP lawmakers remove expertise requirements for their own board appointments Arizona board qualification requirements eliminated by GOP lawmakers who scrutinize Democratic governor's agency director nominees

"...removes the requirement that legislative appointees to the Economic Estimates Commission be knowledgeable about economics and that appointees to the Arizona Water Protection Fund Commission 'have demonstrated an interest in natural resources...'"

Elevate the unqualified is what I always say.

Misdemeanor for this is wild. Accident is the wrong word.

Goodyear judge refuses to dismiss most charges against truck driver in 2023 bicycle crash A Goodyear judge this month could rule in the case against the truck driver who crashed into a group of cyclists in 2023, killing two and injuring 19.

“Quintana-Lujan faces 12 misdemeanor counts of an accident that caused serious physical injury or death.”

On the one hand, WHYYY, but on the other hand, JESUS CHRIST NO.

@kjzz.org does solid work. Their Sun Up podcast is a great (and ad-free!) way to catch up daily on AZ news, sports, etc. It’s been part of my morning routine for a couple years. Worth listening, worth supporting.

Trump officials consider shrinking 6 national monuments in the West Interior Department officials are considering scaling back the boundaries of national monuments in the West to encourage energy development on public lands.

"I hope you will not have a building of any kind...to mar the wonderful grandeur, the sublimity, the loneliness and beauty of the canyon. Leave it as it is. Man cannot improve on it; not a bit. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it." - T.R.

Phoenix: Shading residents against the heat | United Nations

"27,000 new native and drought-tolerant trees"
No shade under a palm or palo verde. Gimme those lush canopies.