By: Wally Roberts
November 11, 2011 
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Every business owner and every CEO of every corporation would surely profess to believing in the free enterprise principle of competition. It’s what produces better products and services and lower prices. However, to be a good competitor requires that you try to eliminate the competition—so you can become a monopoly and raise prices at will. [...]
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By: Common Cause Guest Blogs
November 11, 2011 0 Comments
For the first time in Arizona history, an elected officeholder was recalled on Tuesday night, by 53-45 percent. The recalled politician, Russell Pearce, is the author of the now infamous SB 1070 Arizona immigration bill. While Pearce is well known nationally for having authored SB 1070, it was other blatantly corrupt practices that may have [...]
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By: Greg Rabidoux
November 9, 2011 0 Comments
Now, the redistricting work of the Commission is in peril, the matter is headed to the Arizona State Superior Court, and sadly, what the good folks of Arizona wanted when they voted for reform of this process in 2000 is in real jeopardy.
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By: Common Cause Guest Blogs
November 11, 2011 0 Comments
During my first week at Common Cause, I had the opportunity to meet with Congresswoman Diana DeGette. Gina, Colorado Common Cause Board Chair and I were asked to represent the organization as part of a meeting with other activists from Free Press. The purpose of the meeting was regarding the concept of media consolidation in [...]
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By: Rachel Bradley
November 11, 2011 0 Comments
The best time to contact your legislators Things may seem pretty barren in the political sphere right now, but that doesn’t mean that your representatives aren’t listening. Now is the perfect time to contact your legislators (click here to find out who they are) because they are not consumed by the work that takes place [...]
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By: Dale Eisman
November 11, 2011 0 Comments
Today is Veterans Day. Conservative or liberal, Democrat, Republican, Independent or disinterested — whoever you are and whatever you do, PLEASE take time today to find a veteran and thank him or her for their service. The men and women of our armed forces put their lives on the line for America every hour of [...]
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By: Dale Eisman
November 10, 2011 0 Comments
Two Supreme Court justices are again treading dangerously near and perhaps crossing an ethical boundary that sensibly restricts off-the-bench activity by other federal judges. “The scheduled keynote speeches tonight by Justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas at what appears to be a fundraising dinner for the Federalist Society highlight the need for higher ethical standards [...]
By: Derek Cressman
November 9, 2011 1 Comment
Last weekend, I was invited to speak on a panel at Occupy Los Angeles on corporate control of democracy. I was truly honored and humbled to be part of such a profound event. After the panel, I met a man who had been the California Common Cause field director in 1974 and worked to pass [...]
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Paradox of Competition
Recall No Fiesta for Pearce
The Nuts and Nutshell of Arizona’s Redistricting Mayhem