The Burrow

Brenda Starr led a Zoom Editorial Board Endorsement Call on Monday with Senator Martha McSally. For those of you who are taken aback, surprised that our stealth Senator actually showed up and faced constituents, rest assured that I was too. She's declined the last invitation. There were at least 3 screens full of constituents; I was one of the few with live video.  I planned to submit a question and I wanted her to see my face as it was read. I asked her to explain why Universal Background Checks are not a good idea.  It took about 15 seconds before I began to melt down. Eyebrows up as she advocated for merging the various background check lists which exist throughout the bureaucracy, creating a National Watch List.  She voted against exactly such a measure in February, 2017. Such a list would have precluded the legal purchase of a firearm by my shooter.February, 2017.   Rep. McSally  despite sitting in the seat of former Congresswoman Gabrielle G...

Subject: warning shot Keeping this short... we know you're busy. We are still 22 months away from the 2020 elections, but Chuck Schumer is already recruiting a new political puppet to throw their hat in the ring and run against Martha McSally next year. Schumer's PAC has even started running television ads against Martha. Washington liberals are dying to get rid of her because they know she'll never back down to their radical agenda. This is a warning shot Friend — the fight to de-fend this seat has officially begun. ***** This assaulted me in my inbox last week.   I ignored it.  It reappeared this morning, forwarded by my Junior Senator herself.  Aside from the obvious grammatical mistakes, the content was no better than the subject. This is what I emailed in response: A WARNING SHOT???? Senator, you are the most tone deaf individual I have ever encountered.   A WARNING SHOT???? You rose to prominence in the seat held by Congresswoman Gab...

This could have been labeled Promises Unfulfilled.  The story is the same.  The aggravation quotient doesn't change.  We're still gritting our teeth and worrying. TBG became eligible for Medicare on January 2 this year.  He completed his piece of the application process in early December.  It was lengthy.  It was on-line.  My help was required.  I was glad to oblige.  We filled in little boxes, we typed in information, we agreed and concurred and allowed and informed and then we clicked Submit.   The pop-up box told us that we were done.  We should expect an answer within 3-5 days. It's been 3-5 weeks and we have heard nothing.  There have been no emails, even in the spam folder.  There have been no phone calls, even before our area became embroiled in a northwest side outage which will be repaired by 7pm this evening , according to the lovely young woman at Comcast. This means that my husband is uninsured.  T...