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In reply to the discussion: Black athlete having second thoughts about attending Ole Miss after election night riot. [View all]brush
(61,033 posts)Tucson has always been the blue part politically of admittedly crazy Arizona. It always has dem mayors and and congresspersons. Rep. Raul Grijalva, who advocated a boycott of the state because of SB 1070 (Tempe), and Gabby Giffords are from there. Also, the sheriff in Tucson said that his officers were going to be too busy to enforce SB 1070. The Udalls from back in the day were from there. Long-time Democratic Congressman Mo Udall ran for President back in the 70s and came in 2nd in a couple of primaries against Carter. His brother Steward Udall was Secretary of the Interior under Kennedy and Johnson. And South Tucson is not the "Latino" portion of Tucson. It has always been a separate city abutting Tucson that Tucson has grown around. And btw, Latinos, a very sizable part of the population, live wherever they to want all throughout the city of Tucson and surrounding county, including in South Tucson. Phoenix, two hours north, is right wing central. And the cities have a long-standing rivalry. Until recently the Tucson School district had a very popular Latino Studies program until the repugs in the Legislature up in Phoenix cancelled it. Get your facts straight.