TwitterZona
Highlighting news and images from around Arizona—via tweets.
With the Arias trial’s denouement and national cameras returned from where they came, calm has settled across the Valley. But a perfect storm of scandal has descended upon the White House, which made both the Left and the Right in Arizona all a-Twitter.
W, IRS & DOJ
Phoenix PR guru Barrett Marson tweeted: “Had GW Bush used IRS and DOJ to target political opponents and journos, the left would be going (rightfully) crazy. #WheresTheOutrage”
A BUG’S LIFE
Political operator Robbie Sherwood tweeted: “Sometimes you are the windshield and sometimes you are the bug. This week Obama is the bug.”
WORDS AREN’T ENOUGH
U.S. Senator Jeff Flake tweeted: “POTUS has strong words for IRS on its targeting of conservative groups. Fine, but now let’s see some follow through. What’s next?”
TIME FOR FLAT TAX?
The president of Arizonans for Government Efficiency, Shawnna Bolick of Phoenix, tweeted: “I agree @RJRobb no better time than now to push for a more fairer system than the #flattax #tcot #TGDN #azright”
POLITICAL STORM GATHERING
Arizona political consultant Shane Wikfors tweeted: “If #Benghazi & #IRSGate
doesn’t take this president down, this Republic has been lost to low information voters.”
‘LIB NAMES’ TARGETED TOO?
Political analyst, immigrant advocate and radio talk show host Carlos E. Galindo of Phoenix tweeted: “I reiterate, they were also targeting lib groups who had Immigrant related or lib names. Our side too stupid or too lazy to do the research”
THE TWEET HEARD ‘ROUND THE VALLEY
This tweet was retweeted over 20,000 times and favorited over 23,000 times. What could such a monumental tweet possibly say and who tweeted it?
It was Liam Payne, one fifth of the wildly popular Anglo-Irish boyband One Direction, which is opening a pop-up store at Tempe Marketplace. Payne tweeted: “Wowwwwww!! 1D World is opening in Phoenix!! #1DWorldPhoenix”
THE GOLDY STANDARD
Arizona Diamondbacks tweeted: “#DbacksFact: Goldy is 2nd in the NL with 30 RBI and tied for 2nd in @MLB with 10 go-ahead RBI. #GoldschmidtHappens
THESE ABS CAN BEAT THE HEAT
PR maven Jennifer Parks tweeted: “Check out this month’s cover of Scottsdale Health Magazine with Scottsdale‘s Beat the Heat Race 6/22 & David Goggins”
ROCKIN’ VIEW
SedonaAZ, the Sedona Chamber of Commerce, tweeted: “A breath of fresh air on top of Bell Rock”
A NEW SLOGAN IS BORN
Tweeter extraordinaire and Phoenix-based radio talk show host Johnjay Van Es tweeted: “Kissing my 10 year old son Jake, he says “daddy, I love tomorrow!” Isn’t that awesome!!?? What a great outlook on life! #ilovetomorrow!”
RESTAURANT BIN PUPS AVAILABLE
Local reporter Eddi Trevizo tweeted: “#AZ #dog and #pet lovers, know of any rescues that will take these puppies? They were found in a bin by a restaurant.”
CARD RUSH
Local daily newspaper visuals guy Michael Meister: “Mad dash for the last #MothersDay card standing.”
THINK PINK
D-Backs PR guy Josh Rawitch tweeted: First it was pink bats, then wristbands, shoes, etc. Now these really cool Mother’s Day balls used today
OUT FOR A RIDE
The USS Carl Vinson tweeted this and a photo of Gabby Giffords and husband Mark Kelly: “@gabbygiffords and @ShuttleCDRKelly, we’re glad we could share America’s favorite carrier with you.”
HOW ABOUT ‘NORMAL’
Meteorologist and news nerd Kim Quintero tweeted: “TRIPLE-DIGIT TEMPS: Give me one word YOU would use to describe this week’s weather…Ready? GO! #AZWX #PHX”
2 GRAND PERSPECTIVES
The Earth Pics twitter account tweeted two Arizona images over the course of the week, both equally impressive.
Earth Pics tweeted: “The Grand Canyon seen from space.”
And Earth Pics also tweeted: “Spectacular Sunrise at the Grand Canyon”
DOGGY’S STYLE
12 News reporter Tram Mai tweeted: “Awkward position for Napa :/ ”
