That's typical of most Arizona Democrats, who, unlike Al Gore, justify third-party arguments that there is no difference between Democrats and Republicans. There are other consequences of this mean-spirited vote. The Tucson Citizen will be far more affected by the hawker ban, which goes into effect May 1, than the Arizona Daily Star . Like most afternoon papers, the Citizen is on life support, with less than 40,000 circulation compared to the Star 's 98,000. According to editor Mike Chihak, the Citizen depends on hawkers for 6 percent of its circulation, while the embarrassing, flaccid Star , which has jumped into bed with developers under the business-friendly publisher Jane Amari, sells a mere 1 percent of its papers through hawkers.
Democracy dies by inches.
Sometimes by a few yards on a road. John cuts to the chase better than the politicians. I like selling these newspapers, because these people otherwise might not read them. They're on their way home from work, they might not want to stop at a store. Because of freedom of speech, we have the right to all the information.