The Week Ahead

See what fitz into your calendar

On Saturday I’ll be interviewing New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd in the Star Tent at 1PM at the Tucson Festival of Books about her most recent book“Notorious, Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion and Tech”. A lifelong fan, I read her latest, and savored it. She won me over to guzzling an entire book of celebrity profiles for the sheer fun of her snarky, sharp writing, her Capote-esque observations and her wicked provocative questions. She’ll be there after my interview, signing copies of her brand new book which will be available for purchase at the book festival.

Screw Amazon. Buy local.

For details about authors, venues and times check out the Tucson Festival of Books website here :

https://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/

The following weekend give thought to action:

Stand Strong Speak Up

“March 20 Saturday at 10 AM there will be a protest at Congressman Juan Ciscomani’s office located at 1636 N. Swan Road, Suite 200. Tell Ciscomani to honor his oath and protect our Constitution. Stop project 25. End DOGE. Bring a sign. Make one. Or use one of ours.”

Stand strong. Speak up. Now.

Prop 414: Vote Yes

I do not live within the city limits of my beloved Tucson thus I feel uncomfortable sharing wind on the subject. I am a resident of Casas Adobes, where all the casitas are made of adobe but mostly chicken wire and stucco. Where the historic homes tour features a racnh style casita dating back to 1979.

This outsider supports proposition 414 and encourages you to vote for it. For three reasons:

1. Donald Trump will tank our economy. Canadians are not going to spend their nest eggs here anymore. We can kiss our middle class money-spending Sonorans from the south Adios at the malls. When is the next time the city of Tucson will have a shot at such a proposal? During the next recession? Or worse- a depression? This is as good as it’s going to get. For a long time.

2. For too long first responders have gone without the support they deserve. We love to shoot off our mouths about how much we love first responders. Prove it. Show up. And toss nickels at housing the desperate while you’re at it.

3. Tucsonans love to squabble and grouse about the particulars of any proposal. Like quail around a seedblock. It’s a Tucson thing. Too often, in search of the “perfect”, we reject the “good”. Don’t reject this because it’s not perfect in hopes of a fantasy down the road ahead. The dark road ahead.