Council Member Lane Santa Cruz is being harassed by a powerful police officers’ union in an attempt to intimidate and silence her. The Pima County Democratic Party (PCDP) wholeheartedly condemns this type of harassment and stands firmly with Council Member Santa Cruz....
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Pima County Democratic Party Resolution: Black Lives Matter
The Executive Committee of the Pima County Democratic Party approved the following resolution at its June 8 meeting. In a tragedy that has become all too familiar, the world grieves the deaths of Dion Johnson, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and many more...
GOP Wrong About the Election Integrity Commission’s Role
In his ongoing campaign to suppress voting in the November election by attacking all-mail balloting, Pima GOP Chair David Eppihimer has also been spreading misinformation about the Election Integrity Commission (EIC). In a recent press release, Eppihimer...
Trump’s Vanity Wall Violates Tribal Rights, Federal Law
The following statement may be attributed to Alison Jones, Chair of the Pima County Democratic Party It comes as no surprise that a lawless president would ignore a longstanding agreement to consult with the Tohono O’odham Nation before blasting lands held sacred for...
Homeowners May Display Political Signs, Pima Dems Remind HOAs
Homeowners have a constitutional right to display political signs, the Pima County Democratic Party said today, regardless of homeowners association (HOA) rules that ban such signs. “State law is crystal clear,” said Alison Jones, chair of the Pima County Democratic...
PIMA COUNTY DEMOCRATS CALL ON SINEMA TO WITHDRAW HER SUPPORT FOR “OPERATION SAFE RETURN” AND EMBRACE “DEMOCRATIC VALUES”
The Pima County Democratic Party has called on Senator Kyrsten Sinema to abandon a fast-track deportation proposal that jeopardizes the rights of immigrants and is inconsistent with the values of the Democratic Party. The Party’s opposition to the proposal was outlined in a resolution adopted on August 5, 2019 by the Party’s Executive Committee. A copy of the resolution was sent to Senator Sinema on August 7th .
PIMA COUNTY DEMOCRATS DENOUNCE TARIFFS, CHALLENGE DUCEY
The Pima County Democratic Party has denounced President Donald Trump’s planned tariffs on Mexican imports as a move that penalizes Arizona residents and businesses for the President’s failure to articulate an effective immigration policy. “Penalizing U.S. consumers...
HOW TO PAY FOR THE GREEN NEW DEAL: A COMMUNITY EVENT
The Green New Deal is a bold plan to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero while meeting the country’s energy needs through clean, renewable resources, by 2030. But critics and even some supporters want to know: “How are you going to pay for that?’’ That’s...
PCDP SUPPORTS SANCTUARY INITIATIVE
The Pima County Democratic Party (PCDP) has gone on record supporting the Tucson Families Free and Together Initiative, which proposes amending the Tucson City Code to prevent city police officers and other city employees from detaining someone based solely on...
PIMA COUNTY DEMOCRATS CHALLENGE SHERIFF MARK NAPIER ON IMMIGRATION
Pima County Sheriff Mark Napier must use his national media platform to tell the rest of the country that the only crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border is a humanitarian crisis, Pima County Democratic Party Executive Committee members told him during a contentious...
Alison H. Jones, a Tucson hydrogeologist, is the new Pima County Democratic Party chair.
Elected to a two-year term at PCDP’s biennial organization meeting on Dec. 15, Jones, 60, defeated second-term incumbent Jo Holt in what many party regulars considered an upset. Jones, who campaigned with the slogan, “Expect More,’’ polled 156 votes to Holt’s 151. “I...
