Posted on 06/30/2014 10:58:12 AM PDT by marktwain
Mary Rose Wilcox and Ruben Gallego from the Republic |
Earl Wilcox called Gallego a "traitor to the cause," according to a reporter's notes of the exchange, because Gallego supported looser gun laws while serving in the Arizona Legislature and previously belonged to the National Rifle Association.I do not know much about Gallego, but I met Jennifer Longdon at the Phoenix "buy back" program last year. She was pleasant to talk to, but explained that she was just a volunteer who had not participated in the planning of the event. She defended Gallego against the attack by Wilcox:
At one point, as Gallego posed with activists for a photo, Earl interrupted, saying, "NRA NRA member over here," according to a video obtained by The Arizona Republic.
"I'm an NRA member," replied Jennifer Longdon, a prominent activist with Arizonans for Gun Safety who uses a wheelchair because of a gunshot injury. She later clarified to The Republic that she is a former NRA member who still owns a gun.Mary Rose Wilcox controls a powerful political machine in south Phoenix. She was shot in the rear by a homeless citizen who was upset with the corruption that was exhibited after voters repeatedly refused to increase taxes for a new stadium. Wilcox was instrumental in figuring out and implementing a way to thwart the will of the voters. A local paper even wrote that she deserved the attack. From the phoenixnewtimes.com:
Did Wilcox the county supervisor deserve to get shot in the ass?It might be an act of desperation on the part of the Wilcox machine for her husband to go to a small anti-gun event and attack an opponent as a "traitor to the cause". I am not sure just how many of her constituents are radically for restricting the second amendment and anti-NRA, but I suspect that even in a Democrat primary in South Phoenix, it is a small number.
Yes.
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Among those in the know, Wilcox is noted not for her integrity but her arrogance. South Phoenix is considered by many to be controlled by the Wilcox political machine. Comparisons with old Chicago have been drawn.
That one on the left must be a female democrat - just judging from the visual clues....
That one on the left must be a female democrat - just judging from the visual clues....
The one on the right DEFINITELY not a female democrat...not NEARLY ugly enough.
You are correct. But at least she was pleasant and polite to talk to.
Wilcox loses! Gallego wins!
http://results.enr.clarityelections.com/AZ/50936/139259/Web01/en/summary.html
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