Fife Symington, Paul Johnson on life after Arizona politics

Dec 27, 2019, 3:00 PM

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This episode of “The Think Tank” originally ran Sept. 22 and will rerun Dec. 29.

Former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington, a Republican, and former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson, a Democrat, join consultant Chuck Coughlin and Mike to engage in a wide-ranging discussion in this week’s Think Tank.

We cover life after politics, their personal friendship, comity in politics and their post-political careers (they each have them). Oh, and it wasn’t possible to keep politics entirely out of the conversation. We discuss charter schools (which first became a big issue in the state during Symington’s term of office) and a few other issues. But with civility.

Listen in on this week’s Think Tank for a civil, bipartisan and interesting conversation.

The Think Tank airs on KTAR News 92.3 FM on Sunday at 1-2 p.m. and repeats at 9-10 p.m.

Podcasts are available after each show is broadcast.

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