< 1 min read Atención: miembros del sindicato de pasajeros No habrá junta general este miércoles POR FAVOR de atender la reunión del concejo municipal el Martes, junio 9 a las 5:30 pm Y/o La junta del Transit Task Force el Lunes, junio 8, 4 pm, en el edificio de la Ciudad/condado, 201 N. Stone ave., 6to piso. (Ver previa entrada en el blog para más detalles)
< 1 min readNO GENERAL MEETING THIS WEDENESDAY Please attend the City Council Meeting on Tuesday, June 9 at 5:30 pm and /or The Transit Task Force Meeting on Monday, June 08, at 4:00pm, at the City/County Building, 201 N. Stone Ave., 6th floor (see previous blog post for details)
3 min readJune 4, 2015 By Brian Flagg, To: All Bus Riders and Supporters LAST MINUTE ATTACK ON BUS RIDERS BY CITY STAFF, THE MAYOR AND COUNCILMAN KOZACHIK The Bus Riders Union (BRU) requests your presence at the final budget hearing on: Tuesday June 9 at 5:30 p.m. City Hall, 255 W. Alameda Come and help us thwart the secretive, last minute $1.1 million worth of cuts to 9 bus routes. They are always being pressured to give everything to the cops. After this public hearing the City will finalize this year’s budget. Over this last year the Council has repeatedly voted to
< 1 min readChad Owens We need soup cooks and drivers, both on regular basis or you could put your name on our list of people to call when we are occasionally in need of a driver or a cook. Cooks come in at approximately 7:00 a.m. and can choose to stay and help serve or else leave at 8:30 or 9:00. Drivers use our shiny new van to go to Safeway’s and Food Cities to pick up food along with Chad Owens who has lived and worked here at Casa Maria for many years. WE NEED: COOKS AT 7:00 A.M. ON: Wednesdays
2 min readBy Brian Flagg, “There is something profoundly wrong” when so much of the nation’s income goes to the top 1 percent of all earners. “This grotesque level of inequality is immoral.” Bernie Sanders is the Vermont Senator who yesterday spoke these words to 5,000 supporters along the shore of Lake Champlain as he kicked off his presidential campaign (Star, May 27, 2015). I liked how he said “now is not the time for thinking small” and that we need a revolution to transform our country economically, politically, socially and environmentally. Most politicos are posturing or outright lying when saying things
< 1 min readBy: Brian Flagg I went to this party he had and he introduced me to current Wildcat basketball star Kaleb Tarczewski and his coach and former Wildcat star Joseph Blair. This Picture is Proof! (From Left to Right: Lorena Parra, Joseph Blair, Katie Bolger, Brian Flagg, Kaleb Tarczewski) They are both very humble and down to earth and seemed open to participation in the struggle for basic human rights and dignity in Tucson! JB for Mayor?! ———————————————————————————————————————— Prueba de que el Consejal Paul Cunningham es una Buena Persona! Por: Brian Flagg Yo asistí a una fiesta que él realizó y en
3 min readby Cesar Aguirre It’s a packed house, the line of people waiting to get in to the county board of supervisors meeting extends out and around the building. Oscar Silva and I wait patiently to go through the metal detectors. The crowd of more than 400 is diverse, from suits and ties to speedos and bicycle helmets, from white collar to blue to no collar at all. This is what democracy looks like. The issue being voted on today is whether or not the County Bond package will be put on the ballot. The few that speak against the package
2 min readCasa Maria supports the Fight for $15 national effort to increase wages paid for workers across the country. This is truly a moral issue. $15 an hour for all workers, including fast food workers, would go a long way toward authentic economic development. The Tucson action will join at least 200 cities around the US and the world holding similar events. Below is information about our local event. WEDNESDAY APRIL 15 11:00 AM ASSEMBLE at the intersection of Speedway and Campbell (we are hoping to occupy all four corners.). MARCH west on the North Side of Speedway approximately one block
3 min readNota Editorial por Brian Flagg: Muchas de la gente a quienes servimos diariamente en Casa Maria son de Mexico, incluyendo la region de Cananea. Nosotros en Casa Maria entendemos la necesidad de compartir historias de la madre tierra. Este es el comienzo de una serie de artículos de Cananea escrito por Gilberto Contreras Morales. Por: Gilberto Contreras Morales Siendo primera generación Xican@, viviendo entre fronteras no era algo fuera de lo común. Mis padres se movieron a los Estados Unidos un año antes de que yo naciera. Mi familia y yo hacíamos 3 horas por viaje 2 veces a la
Fighting for Justice, Liberty, & Peace in Barrio Libre
