“Alleged” crime-bear Yogi. The case against him hasn’t been litigated yet and he hasn’t even been arraigned. You’re going to make jury selection really difficult with assumptions like this!
Regarding Steller’s column, I’m hoping that the recent tragedies involving interactions with unhoused/substance-affected people will shift the dialogue. To truly balance public safety with human dignity, we will need both services (perhaps housing, but mostly basic needs and designated encampments) and law enforcement (deterrents, including citation and incarceration, for camping, panhandling, etc, in public spaces), not one or the other. The tough reality for progressives to accept is that not all unhoused people are the same. Not all want housing according to the housed population’s (and policymakers’) paradigm. Some just purely want to be left alone, and may not be able to engage with resources and/or housing due to the nature of substance use or other untreated diagnoses. And those who want or need housing may not need SUD services; rather, they may have found themselves on the streets due in large part to cyclical financial woes/ poverty. I’m speaking from the perspective of a social worker and previous homeless outreach worker who engaged with chronically unhoused folks for years. It’s so hard to get someone in that situation to even consent to the process of getting housed, let alone stabilizing them in housing. Long story long, our local leadership would do all a service by balancing the approach between a Housing First resource model and a public safety model. I’d venture to guess that the collective could get behind that.
Re: SALT, that’s actually better news for taxpayers in high-tax states than for those in a comparatively low-tax state like Arizona. States like AZ end up subsidizing high-tax states. That’s why you had Republican members of Congress from NY arguing for a more generous SALT deduction during the HR 1 debate.
OK, decent local daily spot coverage. BUT: You should not have blown off the Sadie Shaw lawsuit story. VOTERS decide elections, not judges. But only in a real Democracy.
“Alleged” crime-bear Yogi. The case against him hasn’t been litigated yet and he hasn’t even been arraigned. You’re going to make jury selection really difficult with assumptions like this!
Jury of their peers might be an issue too. Good luck getting a jury formed this fall.
Regarding Steller’s column, I’m hoping that the recent tragedies involving interactions with unhoused/substance-affected people will shift the dialogue. To truly balance public safety with human dignity, we will need both services (perhaps housing, but mostly basic needs and designated encampments) and law enforcement (deterrents, including citation and incarceration, for camping, panhandling, etc, in public spaces), not one or the other. The tough reality for progressives to accept is that not all unhoused people are the same. Not all want housing according to the housed population’s (and policymakers’) paradigm. Some just purely want to be left alone, and may not be able to engage with resources and/or housing due to the nature of substance use or other untreated diagnoses. And those who want or need housing may not need SUD services; rather, they may have found themselves on the streets due in large part to cyclical financial woes/ poverty. I’m speaking from the perspective of a social worker and previous homeless outreach worker who engaged with chronically unhoused folks for years. It’s so hard to get someone in that situation to even consent to the process of getting housed, let alone stabilizing them in housing. Long story long, our local leadership would do all a service by balancing the approach between a Housing First resource model and a public safety model. I’d venture to guess that the collective could get behind that.
Re: SALT, that’s actually better news for taxpayers in high-tax states than for those in a comparatively low-tax state like Arizona. States like AZ end up subsidizing high-tax states. That’s why you had Republican members of Congress from NY arguing for a more generous SALT deduction during the HR 1 debate.
Not sure that’s true. California subsidizes all of Texas and then some.
Thanks for the info on Unrig the Economy. I’m going to find them and send them money to keep Ciscomani in the headlights.
OK, decent local daily spot coverage. BUT: You should not have blown off the Sadie Shaw lawsuit story. VOTERS decide elections, not judges. But only in a real Democracy.
I don’t think that is a fair criticism. We did cover the lawsuit.
We didn’t cover the initial filing because we were on vacation.
But we covered the decision by the Pima County Superior Court judge and what it meant.
I also think I responded to several commenters on what a new election would have meant for the other two ward races.
Hello~
You may think whatever you like.
In a real Democracy, VOTERS decide elections. Not judges.
Are you over 25-35 years old? Remember Bush v. Gore ?
Do you think the corrupt SCOTUS 5 made an inconsequential ruling to stop the manual vote recount?
Decisions have serious consequences. Like We the Voters potentially being suppressed.
Would Dahl have won anyway?
We will never know, will we?
He was happy not to have it confirmed.
We are not.
Thank you.