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Monday Memory – Fighting to Protect the Right to Vote

Monday memory below … fighting to protect the right to vote back in 2013, and my related television news appearance discussing the matter on Arizona Newsweek. 💼📜🏛🇺🇸

Here’s my appearance tonight on Arizona Newsweek, discussing my Complaint asking the US Dept. of Justice to investigate efforts to suppress Latino voting in the 2012 election in Arizona. The right to vote is fundamental to our Democracy. Efforts to suppress anyone’s right to vote are unconstitutional, illegal and simply un-American.

Next week, the Supreme Court will decide whether the federal Voting Rights law will continue to apply to states like Arizona, keeping Arizona subject to federal review on election law changes, due to Arizona’s long history of suppressing and intimidating Latino and minority voters. My segment is right after Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett, starting at about 8:10 into tje show.

https://www.pbs.org/video/arizona-week-june-21-2013/

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Summer Pool Safety … and a Little AZ History

With heatwave temperatures here in Arizona this weekend, lots of folks are outside swimming in a pool this weekend, so make sure to keep your eyes on all the youngsters out there.

Many years ago, while working in the Senate at the Arizona Legislature for the Senate Democratic Leadership in 1990, I helped work on the legislation that ultimately became Arizona’s pool fence safety law. This law was an attempt to make things safer for kids, by requiring fence barriers or door looks to prevent easy pool access to unattended children.

Senate Bill 1275 was the number, if I remember correctly. Working for the lead sponsor of the bill, I helped meet with various stakeholder groups ranging from first responders and municipalities to property owners and industry related representatives, including technical experts. I helped draft various amendments to the initial legislation as it went through the legislative process.

A little tidbit of insider history never reported before — on the last night of the legislative session, the Senate rules Attorney was going to hold up the bill and it would have failed and the legislation was about to die, because there were questions about which version was the correct version that all stakeholders had agreed to.

My boss at the time, Eddie Sissons, called me up to the Senate rules office at about 2:30 a.m. in the morning. She brought me to tell him which version was the one that everyone had agreed upon, and Eddie vouched for me saying that if Vince said this is the final agreed one, then this is the one! (And it was.)

The Senate Rules Attorney looked at Eddie first … and then looked over at me for a long moment — I was young and had barely graduated from college — and he nodded his head and agreed to give the go-ahead and let the bill go forward into the final batch of bills that were being voted on late that night in the waning hours of the Session, in the wee hours of the early morning. It passed and became Arizona law.

The law is mentioned in the book Arizona Laws 101, the 101 laws that every Arizona resident NEEDS to know.

I am proud to have worked on this safety measure. 🌵🇺🇸
~ Vince Rabago

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College Loan News: Momentum Gaining for Student Loan Relief?

With stories spreading of many college students struggling with astronomical student loan balances, we are beginning to see more articles on the possibility of college loan reform. Recently the American Bankruptcy Institute’s Commission on Consumer Bankruptcy released a report which included recommendations on improving the consumer bankruptcy system by making some student loans dischargeable in a bankruptcy case. As the 2020 presidential election nears, candidates also appear to be talking about college debt more than candidates in previous elections. Below is a recent article on student loan forgiveness. https://www.npr.org/2019/07/10/738506646/student-debt-forgiveness-sounds-good-what-might-happen-if-the-government-did-it

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Nuevo Sitio Web!

Si desea más información sobre bancarrota en su idioma, español, visite nuestros sitios nuevos https://borradeuda.com y https://bancarrotabankruptcy.com, donde incluyemos más detalle sobre casos de bancarrota en Arizona.

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Bankruptcy … or Income Tax Returns and Refunds First?

Many people consider bankruptcy but also wonder whether they should file their income tax returns first. Call us at (520) 955-9038 for a half-hour bankruptcy consultation, where I can explain how things work with respect to income tax refunds, as well as answer other common questions about the different types of bankruptcies, the ability to keep certain property or obligations, whether it is a good idea to include a spouse in a bankruptcy case, etc. Our office is a debt relief agency and we help people get debt relief under the US Bankruptcy Code.

Call for a consultation.  (520) 955-9038.

*Hablamos Español.

Mucha gente considera la bancarrota pero tambien preguntan si deben presentar sus declaraciones de impuestos antes o despues de declararse en bancarrota. Llámenos al (520) 955-9038 para una consulta de media hora sobre la bancarrota, donde puedo explicarle que pasa con los reembolsos de impuestos, así como explicar las diferencias entre los diferentes capitulos de bancarrota, y mas. Nuestra oficina es una agencia de alivio de la deuda y ayudamos a las personas a obtener alivio de la deuda según el Código de Bancarrota de los Estados Unidos.

Llame para una consulta.  (520) 955-9038.

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Garnishment problem in Arizona? Need help fast? Call.

Garnishment problem? Is a creditor taking money from your work check or seizing your bank account? Need legal help fast? Call us at (520) 955-9038.

Maybe the judgment against you is no longer valid. Or maybe they cannot legally garnish your wages or account. Get a professional opinion, before it’s too late.

Se habla español.

RJF Financial LLC tried to wrongfully garnish our client with an expired judgment. We resolved it and got our client’s money back.