ScrambleWatch Q&A: Republican Frank Antenori on Higher Education

Republican Frank Antenori is facing Republican David Gowan and Democrat Andrea Dalessandro in the race for two seats in House of Representatives in Legislative District 30. We asked him some questions on higher education.
Should the state provide more funding for universities?
Not in the disproportionate way the state has been doing it. I think we need to spend [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Republican Frank Antenori on Education

Republican Frank Antenori is facing Republican David Gowan and Democrat Andrea Dalessandro in the race for two House seats in Legislative District 30. We asked him some questions on education.
Should the AIMS test remain a requirement for high-school graduation?
You have to have some sort of benchmark. If you leave it to the subjectivity of the [...]

LD30 Debate

The LD30 Clean Elections debate last Thursday between House of Representatives candidates Democrat Andrea Delasandro and Republicans David Gowan and Frank Antenori didn’t bring people out in droves; nor did the Senate race between Rep. Jonathan Paton and Democrat Georgette Valle.  But, for all you political junkies who didn’t attend, roll up your sleeve and tie [...]

The After Math: Crunching Numbers in Last Week’s Primary

Questions and answers in the wake of last week’s primary election:
What was the big takeaway in the legislative races?

Conservatives ruled. In almost every local race in GOP districts, the most conservative candidates carried the day.
In the GOP primary for the Legislative District 26 Senate seat, Republican Al Melvin beat state Rep. Pete Hershberger by exposing [...]

Match Game: Judge Rules Against Portion of Clean Elections Program

Opponents of Arizona’s Clean Elections system won a big round in court last week when federal Judge Roslyn Silver said that the campaign-finance program’s matching-funds provision could be unconstitutional.
In a case brought by the Goldwater Institute on behalf of various GOP candidates, Silver didn’t rule against the Clean Elections system itself, which provides qualifying candidates [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Republican Frank Antenori on Crime

Having made it through the primaries, Republican Frank Antenori will run against David Gowan and Andrea Dalessandro in the general election for one of two seats in Legislative District 30 House of Representatives. We asked him some questions on crime.
Should we increase state funding for prison construction?

Yes, right now there is a policy where we are [...]

Frank Talk: Antenori’s Response to GOP Activist Pete Davis

Republican Frank Antenori, who is seeking a seat in Legislative District 30, asked that we post his full letter responding to GOP activist Pete Davis’ denouncement of him following our report on fundraising in Legislative District 30.
I certainly miss spoke in some of my comments to the Tucson Weekly. Between the contorted public funding mechanisms [...]

Following the Money in Antenori/Sposito/Collins/Gowan LD30 Four-Way

A few weeks back, we mentioned that Republican Frank Antenori went on a bit of a rampage against his fellow GOP candidates in Legislative District 30.
Antenori was angry that fellow Republican Doug Sposito and his supporters were spending so much money that the Clean Elections candidates in the race—Sharon Collins and David Gowan—were getting a [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Republican Frank Antenori on the Environment

Frank Antenori is one of four Republican candidates running for a seat in Legislative District 30 House of Representatives. We asked him some questions on environmental policy.

Do you support allowing some state trust land to be set aside for conservation without payment to the trust?

Yes, I do in certain regards. I do believe that some [...]

ScrambleWatch Q&A: Republican Frank Antenori on the Budget

Frank Antenori is running for a seat in Legislative District 30 House of Representatives. We asked him if state spending is too high, too low, or just right in the following areas:

Education:
Too low. It’s pathetically too low. It’s hurting our economy.

English Language Learning Programs:
I think the current funding, without the court order, is adequate. [...]