ScrambleWatch Q&A: Democrat Daniel Patterson on Crime

Democrat Daniel Patterson is running for House of Representatives in Legislative District 29. We asked him some questions about crime policy.
Should we increase state funding for prison construction?
You know, I’m not sure whether we should or not. I’d have to look at it more closely. I am very troubled that in a lot of ways [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Democrat Daniel Patterson on Taxes

Democrat Daniel Patterson is running for House of Representatives in LD29. We asked him some questions on tax policy.

Do you support the repeal of the state property tax?

I support doing what was already agreed. When that property tax cut was put in place, the state had a lot more money. But there was an agreement [...]

Legislative District 29: Elections Happen

With 97 percent of the precinct votes and 4,600 early ballots counted, only 3,000 provisional ballots and roughly 10,000 late-arriving vote-by-mail ballots remain. It looks like the surprises are over for Legislative District 29.
The big surprises last night in LD29 included Patricia Puig and Eric Carbajal Bustamante practically tying for the fourth slot of this [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Democrat Daniel Patterson on Education

Democrat Daniel Patterson is running for House of Representatives in Legislative District 29. We asked him some questions about education policy.
Should the AIMS test remain a requirement for high-school graduation?
No. I listen to the teachers and the teachers don’t support it. I don’t think it’s worked very well and in general I don’t support federal or [...]

LD29 Speed-Dating: No Love at First Sight

Several of the candidates for House of Representatives in LD29 met at a bar on Thursday night to talk over their differences.
The meeting, organized by Tucson Drinking Liberally, was originally marketed on the website as an “LD29 Candidate ‘Speed Dating’ Forum” but since most of the candidates got cold feet, it was just another night [...]

Air War: TV Ads Debut in LD 29 Seven-Way Super Slam!

Two Democrats in the crowded Legislative District 29 Seven-Way Super-Slam are using their Clean Elections bucks to air TV ads.
Ephraim Cruz shows off his weightlifting skills…

…while Daniel Patterson visits a local playground.

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Democrat Daniel Patterson on Crime

Democrat Daniel Patterson is one of seven candidates running for two seats in the Legislative District 29 House of Representatives Democratic primary that voters will decide on Sept. 2. We asked him some questions about crime policy.
Should we increase state funding for prison construction?

You know, I’m not sure whether we should or not. I’d have [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Democrat Daniel Patterson on the State Budget

Democrat Daniel Patterson is running for House of Representatives  in Legislative District 29. We asked him some questions about the state budget.
Is state spending too high, too low or just right in these areas?
Education (K-12)
That’s definitely way too low. We need to invest in public education. I understand that. I’ve got a daughter in TUSD [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Democrat Daniel Patterson on Taxes

Democrat Daniel Patterson is running for House of Representatives in Legislative District 29.  We asked him some questions about tax policy.
Do you support the repeal of the state property tax?
I support doing what was already agreed. When that property tax cut was put in place, the state had a lot more money. But there was an [...]

Seven-Way Super-Slam: Cruz Slaps Patterson

Over in the Legislative District 29 Seven-Way Super-Slam, where seven Democrats are vying for two House seats, Ephraim Cruz has gone on the attack against Daniel Patterson over whether Patterson has properly reported a couple hundred dollars worth of Web-hosting fees to Clean Elections.
Watergate, this ain’t.
The charges against Patterson were first aired in ScrambleWatch’s Muckracker’s [...]