Cactus Juice

An open letter to Arizona Senator Jake Flake (R, Snowflake) Dear Senator Flake (jflake@azleg.gov), This week Governor Janet Napolitano, in conjunction with two of your Republican colleagues, offered a plan to help bring our Valley's air pollution under control. Fortunately, their proposal came under immediate opposition from you! ...

Scraped this off Yahoo's home page today. Evidently ''Yahoos'' enjoy dirty air and property crime. Me, I'm partial to Phoenix's ubiquity of handguns and endlesss supply of crystal meth. Phoenix #5, are you kidding me? Come on, we have the best smog. Have you tried Phoenix haze lately? A slightly aged C02 -- dare I say mature smog, with ...

Photo enforcement cameras affected drivers' speeds. The speeders slowed down. According to an article on azcentral.com, ''Scottsdale's Loop 101 speed-enforcement cameras met city officials' expectations in slowing drivers and reducing the severity of freeway collisions during the technology's 2006 debut. ... A final report by ASU traffic ...

So this is what former president Bill Clinton looks like, when you don't show up early to the party. See him? Don't feel bad. I didn't see much more. BTW, if you don't live in Tempe, I have to tell you it was a beautiful day! Anyhoo it was really great to get out and hear him speak yesterday. Lots of people in attendance. Last time I saw ...