Meet AZ Governor Doug Ducey:Trump & ALEC's Foster Child

Nothing could be more clear after four years in the political arena that Arizona's highest elected official has been chosen as one of the President's new apprentices in the right-wing agenda to deploy and run-the-game in their national political playbook. On the local state level Dicey Doug has succeeded sooner than Trump in 'stacking' the Arizona Supreme Court - he's already done that. The Arizona State House is a totally story where a slim Republican majority could lose its edge-control in this election cycle.

Peddling Trump's Pandemic Play-Book to sell-it-to-the-public is a conflicting panorama of highly-charged clouds filled with disinformation  and distrust.

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“Thank you to Arizonans for weathering the storm to date,” he said. “We know that there is a storm ahead of us yet its not here.”

Arizona governor defends school rule as virus 'storm' looms

Bob Christie, Associated Press

Updated 7:53 pm EDT, Thursday, October 29, 2020

Ducey on Wednesday dodged questions about why there was no announcement of the change and did not specifically say who requested them. The guidance covers 1.1 million public school students in district and charter schools statewide. It doesn’t cover private or parochial schools.

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday warned that a “storm is ahead” as coronavirus cases climb in the state, but defended new guidelines for in-person school instruction that will let students remain in class far beyond what earlier guidance would have recommended.

The Republican governor insisted that his administration consulted with public education and health officials before making the decision to ease guidance for when schools should consider ending in-person instruction and returning to online classes.

But Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman, a Democrat, said in a tweet that her department did not request or recommend any changes to the state health department's guidance.

And two major school administrator groups objected to the decision, saying it goes against months of planning done following the previous guidance. The Arizona School Administrators and the Arizona School Boards Association released a statement s aying the change was made without communicating its reason or an understanding of its impact on schools.

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Ducey: 'Storm Ahead' on COVID cases but no new restrictions on the horizon        

Nicole Ludden, Inside Tucson Business

Inside Tucson Business | 2020-10-29T15:59:00-07:00