I like the idea of the People's Agenda as long as all stories, especially breaking ones, aren't confined to a single weekly newsletter. Kudos to Joe for his great real-time coverage of these events in Bluesky. You're doing yeoman's work there, and I really appreciate it.
Thank you for your overview of the many ways Tucsonans are protesting. Your point that it is not just Democrats, but also Independents and Republicans is very important. In my neighborhood, there are many Independents who are participating in protests, calling elected officials, and writing letters to the editor. Every single one of these actions is a contribution to building a defense of our nation and our constitution.
Will you please assess(?) Santa Cruz County? For a City Council (Nogales), Town Council (Pata), County ( yes, swimming in issues but still...), and NUSD, to remain silent, unengaged, and basically quiet is not helpful. Note: Sheriff Hathaway is a glaring example of actually participating in events, and speaking up, ie saying no to Stonegarden. All these electeds are 90%+ elected Democrats and crickets from them. Federal government impact, ie Tariffs, Immigration, Border Security, Funding, and so much more are a challenge everywhere but a tiny border community? Oh my gosh.
A bright, shiny highlight, this past wkend were 80/100 folks in Tubac, 35/40 in each Nogales and Rio Rico, and 40+ in Patagonia holding signs on the side of road, or downtown. I think next time, perhaps May 1st, we can ask same questions and see what's what. Thank you for all that you do!
My Tesla has been reborn as a Honda Accord. Thank you for The People’s Agenda, and making a designated space for the story of the people to be shared in these times.
Thanks for the reporting and for the videos and coverage on blue sky. Really gives those of us who aren’t there a good idea of the scale. For the size and spread of Tucson the turnout is impressive to me.
That is a complicated issue that is a deep dive into competing priorities in the journalism communities.
We have a great number of talented reporters working in Tucson with the impossible task of prioritizing competing stories on any given day. I don't want to speak for them.
For us, we see a great value in talking to those who are putting their time into these protests - and hearing what they want out of their local/state/national elected officials.
While there is a good debate on whether these demonstrations speak for a majority of Tucson (tens of millions of Americans simply do not vote) this is as close as I can get in terms of hearing from the Vox populi at a specific moment in time.
FWIW, I am always reluctant to use exact numbers as well, because no one can agree on the figures. It just leads to complaints my number is too high, too low.
Fire codes are usually the safest number for indoor events but outdoors are hard.
Great work by the Tucson Agenda team! I am getting much more than my money's worth by being a paid subscriber. If you read this comment and you aren't a paid subscriber, might I suggest you do so and help out with funding solid local journalism in Tucson?
I like the idea of the People's Agenda as long as all stories, especially breaking ones, aren't confined to a single weekly newsletter. Kudos to Joe for his great real-time coverage of these events in Bluesky. You're doing yeoman's work there, and I really appreciate it.
Thank you for your overview of the many ways Tucsonans are protesting. Your point that it is not just Democrats, but also Independents and Republicans is very important. In my neighborhood, there are many Independents who are participating in protests, calling elected officials, and writing letters to the editor. Every single one of these actions is a contribution to building a defense of our nation and our constitution.
Thank you for the story today.
Will you please assess(?) Santa Cruz County? For a City Council (Nogales), Town Council (Pata), County ( yes, swimming in issues but still...), and NUSD, to remain silent, unengaged, and basically quiet is not helpful. Note: Sheriff Hathaway is a glaring example of actually participating in events, and speaking up, ie saying no to Stonegarden. All these electeds are 90%+ elected Democrats and crickets from them. Federal government impact, ie Tariffs, Immigration, Border Security, Funding, and so much more are a challenge everywhere but a tiny border community? Oh my gosh.
A bright, shiny highlight, this past wkend were 80/100 folks in Tubac, 35/40 in each Nogales and Rio Rico, and 40+ in Patagonia holding signs on the side of road, or downtown. I think next time, perhaps May 1st, we can ask same questions and see what's what. Thank you for all that you do!
My Tesla has been reborn as a Honda Accord. Thank you for The People’s Agenda, and making a designated space for the story of the people to be shared in these times.
Thanks for the reporting and for the videos and coverage on blue sky. Really gives those of us who aren’t there a good idea of the scale. For the size and spread of Tucson the turnout is impressive to me.
Has anyone got numbers (even estimates) of folks who showed up at Reid Park Saturday? Bigger, same size, or smaller than the previous event.
I got the sense it was roughly the same size as the first protest. Someone said it was 11,400 but I am always skeptical of crowd counts.
That fits with other anecdotal information. The mystery is why we are not seeing more reporting on the scale of attendees.
That is a complicated issue that is a deep dive into competing priorities in the journalism communities.
We have a great number of talented reporters working in Tucson with the impossible task of prioritizing competing stories on any given day. I don't want to speak for them.
For us, we see a great value in talking to those who are putting their time into these protests - and hearing what they want out of their local/state/national elected officials.
While there is a good debate on whether these demonstrations speak for a majority of Tucson (tens of millions of Americans simply do not vote) this is as close as I can get in terms of hearing from the Vox populi at a specific moment in time.
FWIW, I am always reluctant to use exact numbers as well, because no one can agree on the figures. It just leads to complaints my number is too high, too low.
Fire codes are usually the safest number for indoor events but outdoors are hard.
Great work by the Tucson Agenda team! I am getting much more than my money's worth by being a paid subscriber. If you read this comment and you aren't a paid subscriber, might I suggest you do so and help out with funding solid local journalism in Tucson?
Good idea. Plenty of obtuse angles from which to view this crazy place.