Perhaps politics used to be boring, but it sure ain't no more. It's a potentially combustible combination producing all kinds of reactions and consequences - some that blow-up big time, some that fizzle-out and fade-away, and some that might cause people to pay attention.
Let's focus on two: CD 18 in Pennsylvania and CD8 here in Arizona
PENNSYLVANIA:
Pennsylvania Special Election Results: 18th Congressional District
March 14, 2018,
"The Democrat and Republican in a special House election in the heart of Pennsylvania’s Trump country were divided by a few hundred votes in a race that was too close to call early Wednesday — an ominous sign for Republicans in a district that Donald J. Trump won by nearly 20 percentage points. Read more here.
In 2016, Mr. Trump won the district by double digits, but the race between Conor Lamb, a moderate Democrat, and Rick Saccone, a Republican, had become unexpectedly competitive.
Whoever wins will have to decide soon which district to run in this year. The State Supreme Court threw out Pennsylvania’s current congressional map and recently issued a new map with redrawn boundaries. Tim Murphy, a Republican, resigned from the seat last year after reports that he encouraged a woman, with whom he had an affair, to have an abortion. . . "
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ARIZONA: Here in Arizona it was the primary election in CD8 that got some attention last week when AZ State Senator Bob Worsley's cultivated squeaky-clean-conservative-and-religious family-man image got tarnished in the media when - Worst Case Scenario or is it? - public-elected office-holder Worsley and his political campaign manager Kent Lyons (who's his business partner in a for-profit risky real estate speculation here in downtown Mesa, the $130-Million-Dollar Habit Metro development) got caught in an alleged Montenegro Revenge Porn Sex/TXT . . . more details in related content below
Before 'getting a call' from a close cohort of friends in 2012 to rescue the State Congressional seat lost by fellow conservative-religious good friend Jerry Lewis, Mesa Mega-Millionaire Bob Worsley who lives in a 5900+ Sq. Ft. McMansion on Presidio Circle in The Groves in northeast Mesa, Worsley managed to amass a personal fortune. . . once in office he became a proponent of personal corporate welfare for himself and his friends.
Reports go back for years (see below).
A stranger to most people here in Mesa, Worsley came out publicly last week as a State Senator to promote his own self-reportedly $20 million-gamble in real estate speculation for private profit in a swarm of low-ball sell-offs and buy-ins on more than ten downtown Mesa properties. . .
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OK that's just one way to do a story - there's so much more when you look into the closet of what else State Senator has done while in public office. No doubt some of it is good, but there's also no doubt that some other things for this public servant deserve the public's attention for things that might be conflicts-of-interest.
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Some related content on Worsley's other deals:
2 shuttered Snowflake power plants purchased by Senator Worsley
By Bob Christie Associated Press July 30, 2013 , 3:38 pm
Two shuttered power plants near the small eastern Arizona town of Snowflake have been purchased by a company controlled by Arizona state Sen. Bob Worsley, . . .
The connected 80-megawatt coal-fired plant will either be converted to natural gas or get new low-emission technology before restarting. Two shuttered power plants near the small eastern Arizona town of Snowflake have been purchased by a company controlled by Arizona state Sen. Bob Worsley, . . .
Blogger Note: See below for Worsley's actions to get tax credits for conversion to renewables - the bill establishes an individual and corporate income tax credit for investments of at least $300 million in a three-year period, . . .credit is $1 million per year for five years for each renewable energy facility, and the maximum credit allowed per taxpayer per year is $5 million.
“It will not be restarted in its current configuration,” Worsley said.
Worsley’s Nova Power LLC also bought 7,000 acres around the plants that include a landfill for plant ashes.
He and local investors put up $12 million to restart the plants.
Worsley developed the biomass plant 10 miles west of Snowflake in 2008 and sold it in 2010. . .
Worsley, a Republican who founded the advertising magazine SkyMall, said he has 10-year agreements to sell power to Arizona Public Service and Salt River Project.
That revenue stream will help the plants turn a profit.
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Here's State Senator Bob Worsley pushing a bill in the AZ State House that could directly benefit him personally:
Committee adopts renewable energy tax incentives, adds nuclear to renewables
By Phil Riske, managing editor | Rose Law Group ReporterSTATE CAPITOL — Its sponsor saying renewable energy is the best source of economic development in Arizona, a bill providing tax incentives for renewable energy facilities was unanimously adopted Wednesday by the Senate Commerce, Energy & Military Committee on a 5-0 vote.
SB 1484 establishes an individual and corporate income tax credit for investments of at least $300 million in a three-year period in new renewable energy facilities that produce energy for self-consumption using renewable energy resources if the power would be used primarily for manufacturing.
Sen. Bob Worsley
The credit is $1 million per year for five years for each renewable energy facility, and the maximum credit allowed per taxpayer per year is $5 million.
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