Civil Anna Commentary



POSTED: October 16, 2010.
"Arizona is facing critical issues that will shape the future of the state for years to come. Former CNN anchor Aaron Brown delivered a speech at the Capitol Tomes awards banquet that issued a simple challenge: 'Good is not good enough. We should strive for greatness.'

I want to see Arizona – our citizens, our citizen groups and our elected officials strive for greatness."

POSTED: October 10, 2010.
"I am very concerned about the health of Democracy in Arizona. Arizona needs a method to achieve civil involvement in order for citizens to feel connected with their elected officials."

POSTED: October 5, 2010.
"Arizona operates in a political environment where very few polls are conducted and the methodology of those polls is suspect at best. Arizona needs to have a reliable method to gauge the policy preferences of its citizens to provide meaningful guidance to elected officials."

POSTED: September 21, 2010
"Political warfare issues" need to be left to the political experts. Arizonans need to focus on tangible issues that demand immediate action."

POSTED: September 19, 2010
"The legislators are not bad people, they are stuck in an impossible political environment."


POSTED: September 13, 2010
"If Arizona wants to effectively create jobs, the solution probably needs to be a strategic combination of approaches."

POSTED: September 10, 2010
"For meaning public policy reform, ultra-conservative, moderates and liberals are going to have reach meaningful consensus."

POSTED: August 20, 2010
"Arizonans must fight the temptation to answer complex public policy questions with simplistic political slogans."


POSTED: June 7, 2010
"This well thought out report deserves a hearing in the Arizona court of public opinion."


POSTED: May 5, 2010
"How can Arizona most effectively utilize our resources to support the most vulnerable in our state."