I can always tell when three-day weekends are coming up like this one for Memorial Day. Like clockwork, I see a spike in blog traffic as people who are thinking of heading to Mexico by car or foot start worrying about whether they will be stranded at the border if they try to cross back into the United States without a U.

A progressive-oriented overview of happenings in state and local Arizona politics, government and the news media. Thursday, November 15, 2012. This blog will become active again soon - certainly in time for the new legislative session. Emphasis will be on East Valley politics and government. Monday, June 08, 2009. The Arizona Republic has done a credible job the last week or two in providing information on how the budget plans of Gov.

Tuesday, June 1, 2010. Gubernatorial Candidate John Munger has officially withdrawn from the race. There was no word if Munger was going to immediately endorse any of his opponents. Friday, May 28, 2010.

Finding identity, and building a life worth remembering. A List of Books I Read in 2017. In 2017, I spent my first full year as a father, and I was busy at work helping to build a lot of infrastructure.

A new year, and the corruption busts keep coming. Wednesday was a busy day when it came to arrest ing CBP officers. In Yuma, Arizona, a 41-year-old CBPO and his wife were arrested. On bribery charges after allowing 600,000 fake ecstasy pills to be smuggled through his inspection lane during what turned out to be a sting operation. Nearly 2,000 miles away, a Brownsville CBPO was busted.

Mexico City, DF, Mexico. Thanks for coming to my blog.

Three-year-old Esperanza named her pigeon after her wheelchair-bound teenage uncle. He was shot by a rival gang member in a drive-by shooting. Taken in Watts, Los Angeles, 1994. The application deadline is April 9, 2018.