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Dave Gallagher's avatar

I just received a response from Congressman Ciscomani regarding my email urging him to do the right thing and advocate for the swearing in of Adelita Grijalva.

Ciscomani wrote that Speaker Johnson would swear in Adelita Grijalva when the House resumed. Ciscomani continued and wrote that, Should legislation come before the House concerning Adelita Grijalva, he would keep in mind my request that he do the right thing.

I got the feeling from Ciscomani's response that Adelita Grijalva would not be sworn in anytime soon.

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Richard Grayson's avatar

I discovered my first AI detector on Grammarly last evening. First I took something written at my behest by ChatGPT, and it said that 0% of it was generated by AI. Then I took a diary entry I wrote in 1972 and it said that 100% of it was generated by AI.

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Dave Gallagher's avatar

With all the money that Tucson spends on the Tucson Police Department, I don't understand why private security needs to be paid to protect Tucsonans who drive and ride the bus.

Kelly wins, Ciscomani loses argument over Trump's second government shutdown.

Trump's attempted take over of higher education, including Pima Community College, does warrant a lawsuit from PCC for the purpose of our community college receiving allocated funds designed to serve students.

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Wyatt Kanyer's avatar

I agree, Dave. It would be wise for council to use existing resources within TPD to enforce security measures if there are enough available officers. Sun Tran already contracts about $1.7 million in security, primarily for the transit centers. It would make sense to use TPD CSOs (and a limited number of officers, as they are likely too busy with other violent crime calls and TPD is already facing a staffing issue for a community our size) to patrol transit stations. I also think it wise to pay riders or impoverished community members as community safety monitors who can gather data about which stops have the highest incidence of loitering, drug use concerns, and other issues that have finally crossed council’s radar.

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