The Blight and the $Bite$

We are renaming Blog For Arizona, El Blog For Arizona in protest of SB1070. The name will remain until this hateful law is repealed or, more likely, struck down as unconstitutional.

We at El Blog For Arizona are going to be standing firm against SB1070 and the prejudice and hatred it embodies. It's the wrong approach to managing immigration in a free country, it enshrines in law the worst aspects of our nation's history of intolerance, and it is a blight on the image of Arizona among our fellow Americans and the world. We intend to stand firmly and unequivocally against this hateful and foolish law.

Now for the bite: if you want a source of news that will doggedly cover this story, we're it. We here at Blog for Arizona are asking you to support the work we're doing my making a contribution right now.

Writing on a blog is a labor of love, but it's definitely labor. Especially laborious are the value added posts -- weekly calendars, campaign updates, press releases -- which are turning us into Arizona's first choice for Arizona's Democratic campaign news. That labor will become more intense as the campaign season continues and as the national debate SB1070 has created heats up.

We know we have loyal, regular, long time readers. We appreciate your patronage and support. Please consider including a small donation as part of that support. We also know people in the media and in political circles read us and rely on us. We're asking you to help us continue doing what we're doing.

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Best Regards,
Michael Bryan
Editor in Chief, El Blog For Arizona