Arizona Attacks Latino Community Again, Tuscon Citizen Pulls Plug On Popular Blogger Three Sonorans

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Arizona Attacks Latino Community Again, Tuscon Citizen Pulls Plug On Popular Blogger Three Sonorans


With the impeccable timing that continues to cement Tucson’s reputation as a hotbed of censorship and intellectual freedom violations, the online Tucson Citizen news site just announced that it has pulled the plug on the city’s most popular Latino blogger and activist, The Three Sonorans.

Despite drawing over 1.6 million visits to his take-no-prisoners blog on politics, science and Sonoran hot dogs–including shutting down the Citizen’s server for breaking the tragic Gabby Giffords shooting in Tucson last year–The Three Sonorans blogger David “Abie” Morales is the latest casualty in Tucson’s seemingly relentless crackdown on the city’s deeply rooted Latino community.

In what appears to be more of a personal act of retribution than editorial concern, Citizen editor Mark Evans wrote in an email that The Three Sonorans‘ liability outweighed its benefit when the Tucson Weekly “posted an article last night that included verbatim email communications I had with David over his Patterson post.” Evans added for good measure: “In the end, it’s better for both of us. He won’t have anyone to answer to but himself and his readers and I won’t have to worry about getting angry phone calls from pissed off people at my mother’s funeral.”

In recent days, Morales had been particularly critical of state Rep. Daniel Patterson, a former Tucson Democrat currently embroiled in an ethics violation investigation, who has apparently threatened to sue Evans and the Citizen over Morales’ blogs. According to the Arizona Capitol Times today, “Some lawmakers have begun bringing firearms to the state Capitol, citing a growing fear of Rep. Daniel Patterson, whose alleged hostile outbursts and erratic behavior were detailed in an investigative report on Monday.” ......................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/876610/arizona_attacks_latino_community_again%2C_tuscon_citizen_pulls_plug_on_popular_blogger_three_sonorans/

[thelordofhell]

1. I f'in love Sonoran Dogs

bacon wrapped hot dog with pinto beans, cheese, green & red salsa in a bun........omg it's delicious!!

Oh yeah.........way to show the guts of the media here in AZ Mr. Evans

[EFerrari]

2. Sara Calderon stepped down as News Taco editor, too, and

I wonder if it's related.

Sucks.

[brush]

3. Tucson blue

Actually Tucson is and has always been, along with Flagstaff, the 'blue' parts of Arizona in a sea of red. Congressman Raul Grijalva who wanted national boycotts against Arizona tourism in protest of SB 1070 is a Tucsonian, as were the Udalls, dems with national offices. Tucson always has dem mayors etc. What has happened in AZ is that a cabal of lunatic righties has taken over the state legislature up in Phoenix and is ramming thru all the crazy anti emigrant laws and gun toting laws. Those righties in Phoenix called for the abolishment of Tucson Unified Schools District's Latino Studies Program. The city of Tucson is not the culprit there. I mean Tucson is the only city that had such a program and it would still be there if not for the crazies in the legislature.

[EFerrari]

4. When I saw that nut case (maybe superintendent?) on Amy Goodman's show

compare "The Pedagogy of the Oppressed" to "Mein Kampf", I understood that his offices are in the capital and that he and his cabal are inflicting their ignorance on Tucson -- presumably by threatening to cut funding.

Arizona is a beautiful place. Unfortunately, it is infested at the moment.

ETA: Welcome to DU, brush.