Thomas Galvin: Chairman, Maricopa County BOS

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This superintendent and the school board should resign. The kids and parents are not served well by these selfish folks who keep failing. I suspect the school district will continue to fail in achieving financial solvency. If so, they’ll need to go.

As far as summers go in AZ, it’s been pleasant. Not expected to hit 110° at all for the foreseeable future

Former Phoenix Children’s Hospital behavioral health tech Jaydeep Patel is facing nine counts of sexual exploitation of a child. His actions described as “disturbing” by a parent whose children receive care at PCH on a regular basis. Full story tonight at 9/10 @FOX10Phoenix

My gen x heart is breaking. RIP Malcolm Jamal Warner. The $95 Gordon Gartrell shirt is iconic. "No 14 year-old boy should have a $95 shirt, unless he is on stage with his 4 brothers." 😂

The MLK document dump is a masterclass in how NOT to do transparency: no searchable PDFs, no index, no list of new vs old releases, no unredacted highlights. Technically public, practically impenetrable. I am grateful for the doc release but it could have been so much better.

“Oakland Police Department can’t escape oversight—one man stands in the way. Federal monitor Robert Warshaw has a long history of exploiting distressed cities for personal financial gain. Is he doing it to Oakland?” Not just Maricopa County… oaklandreport.org/p/oakland-poli…

PHOTO OF THE DAY. The Lunar Module from Apollo 11. The photo is by astronaut, Michael Collins, in the command module (1969).

The percent of temperature readings above 90F so far this year in the US is 24th lowest since 1895, and down almost 50% from 1936

Today in 1969. Neil Armstrong took this - the first ever photograph on the surface of another world. Remastered here from a scan of the actual film from Armstrong's camera.

Geno is awesome but that pitch was a meatball. I thought at first it was a position player grooving that 87 mph pitch

Today, on the anniversary of the 1969 Moon landing, after praying the Angelus, Pope Leo walked from his summer palace over to the Vatican Observatory to check out the telescopes at the Vatican Observatory. 🪐📷 Vatican Media

Ketel Marte said he had over $400,000 worth of items stolen from his home. He said he found out about the situation when he was playing in the All-Star Game. He’ll be back in the lineup tomorrow as the DH. @12SportsAZ | #Dbacks

Buzz Aldrin took communion on the moon. He privately read from the Gospel of John (John 15:5)

#ComingUpOnTCM HIS GIRL FRIDAY (1940) Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy Dir.: Howard Hawks 9:00 PM PT An ace reporter wants to quit and get married, but her editor and ex-husband sucks her back into the newspaper game. 1h 32m | Comedy | TV-G #TCM #TCMParty

Groundwater supporting some ~80,000 new residents (~33,000 new homes), now has approval to be transferred from rural AZ (Harquahala Valley) to the cities of Buckeye and Queen Creek. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

Clear answer is Metro Phoenix (outdoor amenities including South Mountain & Camelback Mountain), Scottsdale is a world-famous destination, MLB spring training, semiconductor industry, easy access to SoCal & Las Vegas, sunshine and no snow nor tornadoes

Congratulations to Pam Gates on becoming the new presiding judge of the Judicial Branch of Arizona in Maricopa County! kjzz.org/politics/2025-…

Election integrity has always been one of my top priorities - at the state legislature, in the U.S. House, and now at the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors. I was proud to lead the recent efforts for an election audit in Maricopa County.  youtube.com/watch?v=ZH6fu8…

What’s happening to the Druze in Syria right now is horrific.

Thomas Galvin, chairman of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors, called the federal oversight the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) is under a waste of money. ktar.com/arizona-news/t…