about 4 months ago - 1 comment
The Arizona Senate passed Senate Bill 1070. It’s very controversial and I am against it becoming law. It will do nothing to help with border security and will most likely be too difficult to enforce. It’s also very possible that it is unconstitutional. The city attorney for Phoenix has instructed the Phoenix Police Department that,
about 5 months ago - 1 comment
Yeah, so I have been slacking on my posting recently. Sorry folks. I will have my 12 of 12 for March up later today. Until then, tell me what’s wrong with this image.
about 7 months ago - 1 comment
Last week we had rain… lots of it. Consider this… Phoenix normally gets about 7 to 8 inches of rain a year and last week we got almost 3.5 inches. That’s kind of nuts to think about. Amazingly, there wasn’t much street flooding in the metro area, so that was good. The back yard of
about 7 months ago - 1 comment
So I read the FAQs online and was able to troubleshoot the heating problem. The system works like a charm now. Just in time, since the weather took a turn for the worse this week. We have had pretty not stop rain since yesterday at 4pm. Nuts.
about 8 months ago - No comments
Yesterday was a crazy weather day here in Arizona. Two interstates were closed because of bad weather. I-10 was closed South of Phoenix due to blowing dust. The low visibility caused a massive wreck that involved at least 8 semi trucks and killed 4 people. Insane. The second interstate was I-40 between Flagstaff and Williams.
about 8 months ago - 1 comment
It’s amazing to look back and see what all happened in the 2000s. It’s already over!? Wow. The decade in news photographs – The Big Picture – Boston.com Posted using ShareThis
about 8 months ago - 1 comment
A recent news story (here) announced that Stephen Banta will be named chief executive of Metro Light Rail. He comes to Phoenix via Portland, OR where he ran their TriMet system. He comes to the Valley at a good time. Metro is in a transition period where the light rail is moving from being the
about 9 months ago - 1 comment
<begin sarcasm> We have a really awesome newspaper in Arizona called the Arizona Republic. They do such good reporting and they fact check everything before going to print. </end sarcasm> “With Congress in recess until after Thanksgiving, Arizona lawmakers are hosting town-hall meetings to discuss health-care reform, the economy and more.” Read Ummmm… A quick
about 10 months ago - 1 comment
Safeway and Fry’s (Kroger) employees are set to go on strike this Friday if an agreement isn’t reached between the companies and the Union. That’s all well and good but there are some issues that are troublesome for the Union and I’m wondering if they’ve really thought this whole thing through. First, Arizona is a
about 10 months ago - No comments
This is a very interesting article in The Atlantic on the efficacy of the flu vaccine. Check it out.
