Keeping the People, not Fat Cats in the driver's seat: The Future of Clean Elections in Arizona
Eleven
years ago Arizona voters wisely passed the Citizens Clean Elections Act. Since
then the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and its friends have tried to kill
it.They don’t like voters interfering
with their back-room choices of who may run for elective office, and they plan
to place a repeal of Clean Elections (CE) on the 2010 ballot. At the same time,
the health care debate has brought into sharp focus the overwhelming influence of big-money on public policy. We must strengthen and expand public campaign financing, not eliminate it. Come hear
from leading stakeholders and advocates about how you can help in this critical
fight!
Date: Thursday, November 19th Time: Refreshments at 5pm;Program begins at
6pm Where: Grace Lutheran Church, 1124 N. 3rd
Street, Phoenix (SW Corner of 3rd & Moreland just south of the
I-10) RSVP today by calling 602-297-2500 or rsvp@azadvocacy.org
Politicized Justice: Inside the Department of Justice Thank you to all of our supporters who joined us on November 5th for an evening of celebration. Special thanks to our hosts Janet and Mike Valder, our guest speaker Joe Rich, Phil and the Blanks and El Portal Restaurant.
AzAN Foundation gratefully acknowledges the support of: Mike and Janet Valder UFCW Local 99 John Curtin Eugene Kadish and Mary Statzer Vinton Lackey LiUNA Olga and Jim Strickland
Joe Rich, Director Fair Housing Project Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights under Law was interviewd by KPHO about the increasing number of homeowners being scammed by loan modification companies. Watch the story for six things to help you spot a loan modification scam. Watch the video here.
News
Prop 200 Case Heard by the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals
On Tuesday, October 20, 2009 Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Chief Judge Alex Kozinski and Judge Sandra Segal Ikuta heard arguments regarding the Prop. 200 voting rights case at the University of Arizona Law School. Prop 200 required that Arizonans present documentary proof-of-citizenship in order to register to vote and documentary proof-of-identity (one photo ID or two non-photo IDs) if they wish to vote at the polls. For those who vote early or by mail, a signature suffices as proof of identity. Listen to the argument
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has chosen to boot Sheriff Joe Arpaio out of the portion of the 287(g) program that allowed him to arrest people suspected of being in the country without proper documentation. This would never have happened had it not been for a dedicated coalition of grassroots organizations and volunteers who have descended upon each of the Sheriff's racial profiling sweeps with video cameras documenting the abuses and recording interviews with people who were caught in the Sheriff's dragnets. The video evidence sparked national media coverage forcing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to scrutinize the Sheriff's actions.
DHS has shown that they lack the capacity to effectively oversee this failed program. It must be ended; it cannot be mended.
In a recent CNN interview Arpaio admits that clothing, speech and conduct help determine if someone is undocumented. Read the article from Think Progress and watch it on CNN. Tell Secretary Napolitano and DHS Enough is Enough! End the 287(g) program and work to pass Comprehensive Immigration Reform. Click here to send a message.
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