Frank, Janice and TJ Shope were in the Miami Parade on April 20.  We all had a great time!

79th Annual Florence Jr. Parada - Parade 26 Nov 2011



79th Annual Florence Jr. Parade - Parade 1



79th Annual Florence Jr. Parade - Parade 2

79th Annual Florence Jr. Parade - Parade 3



Brunenkant Building (Pratt Family Homestead) - Florence - 26Nov11 - 1



Brunenkant Building (Pratt Family Homestead) - Florence - 26Nov11 - 2



Brunenkant Building (Pratt Family Homestead) - Florence - 26Nov11 - 3



Before Parade - Florence Mtn. Vista - 1



Before Parade - Florence Mtn. Vista - 2

 

An Evening of Entrepreneurship Exploration
WHEN: October 19, 2011, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
WHERE: T116, Signal Peak Campus

Hear how local business owners got started and find out what the current business climate is throughout Pinal County and Arizona. Explore available resources to help you start your own business.

Guest Panel Speakers:
Fernando Cornejo - Restaurant Owner
Jeff Brownell - E-Commerce
Sandra Salcido - Florist Owner
James Cadena - Medical Business
Jeff Brownell - E-Commerce
Frank Pratt - Arizona State Representative LD23 - "Encouraging Entrepreneurship in Arizona"
Jim Rhodes - SBDC Director

Open to students and community members at no cost.
Hosted by Kenneth Martinez, Honors Student & Business Vice-President
Sponsored by: Business Club, Central Arizona College Business Division and Small Business Development Center (SBDC)

Congressman Gosar Town Hall, June 9, 2011

State Representative Frank Pratt introduces Congressman Gosar at Congressman Gosar's Town Hall. Congressman Paul Gosar met with constituents in a Town Hall in Florence on Thursday, June 9 at the Florence High School Auditorium. The event was originally scheduled to be held at the General Store but unfortunately that historic landmark burned to the ground 10 days earlier.
These are some pictures taken at the event. The arched windows and streaming setting sun made inside pictures difficult. For more information on Congressman Paul Gosar, please visit his websites at www.gosarforcongress.com and http://gosar.house.gov/

Picture by Seraphim Larsen of Frank Pratt
at Congressman Gosar Town Hall June 2011 - 1

Picture by Seraphim Larsen of Frank Pratt
at Congressman Gosar Town Hall June 2011 - 2

Frank Pratt introduces the Congressman

Frank Pratt and Tom Rankin both born and raised in Florence

Sharron Gill past Pinal GOP Chairman and TJ Shope

Pratt and Shope - Coolidge Unified School District
 Board member, former board member of
Pinal County Republican Committee
and a past President of the ASU College Republicans

State Legislators Assist Arizona Ranchers in Wallow Fire

Comment on this article via Sonoran Alliance: 

http://sonoranalliance.com/2011/06/06/state-legislators-assist-arizona-ranchers-in-wallow-fire/

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 6, 2011
CONTACT: Paul Boyer

Northern Arizona Representatives Brenda Barton, Chester Crandall, Senator Sylvia Allen and the House Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairman Frank Pratt have reached out to the Arizona State Parks and State Land Department to facilitate the potential relocation of livestock in the event of evacuation requirements due to the Wallow Fire.

“We’re trying to do our part to help ranchers with their livestock,” Representative Brenda Barton said. “This move will help them to get a hold of water for their animals while these brave firefighters work to bring an end to the fire.”

State Parks and the State Land Department responded immediately to make the approximately 1,000 acres of Lyman Lake available to Northern Arizona ranchers for this relocation.

“I’m praying for the safety of our firefighters and citizens who are in the path of this catastrophic fire,” Senator Allen said. “Opening Lyman Lake is one thing that the state can do to help with livestock evacuation.”

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Pictures from Swearing In Day. January 10, 2011



Frank before ceremony

It was a somber day as much of the event memorialized the individuals killed or hurt in Tucson on Saturday, January 8.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the families involved.  We hope that Congresswoman Giffords has a speedy and complete recovery.

Frank was honored to be able to open the Arizona House of Representatives Swearing In Ceremony. Frank is headed back to work tomorrow, January 11, for the first session of the 50th Arizona Legislature.

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Frank Taking the Oath for 50th Arizona Legislative Session

Update on Frank Pratt's recovery since the Christmas afternoon attack

Thanks to all of you for their kind words. Frank has received literally hundreds of emails and telephone calls.  Please do not feel obligated to send flowers or gifts, your wonderful wishes and prayers are enough! 

I would like to apologize for not coming earlier to the website to post an update, but as you might imagine, I have spent a lot of time at the hospital in Phoenix with Frank. 

St. Joseph's Hospital was great and so were (are) the Casa Grande Police and EMTs.  Thank you great professionals for helping my husband in his time of need.

Posted above is a picture of Frank that I snapped Christmas morning before the family came over for breakfast and about 8 hours before the incident.  Frank is reading the paper at the new table that he built incorporating a piece of Italian marble handed down to me by my grandmother.  Like many of you, our front room was a "formal living room" or a "shrine" that was seldom used.  We think it has more utility as his home office.  Now when Frank speaks with you from home you will  know where he is seated.  (What does this have to do with Frank's recovery?  Well, I want to remind everyone that this is what Frank will look like after he heals up.)

Frank came home from St. Joe's this afternoon. Unless something shows up later there are no major internal problems.  His ribs are very tender, he has two black eyes, a broken nose, a lip that had to stitched up in several places and big blocks of bruising all over his face.  The beating left a scary appearance which will fade with time. Frank is making great improvements daily and wants to meet his appointments as soon as possible.  He may feel well enough to be able to make calls tomorrow. 

Please forgive me if I am a bit slow on the email responses for the next couple of days as I will have to play nurse for awhile and can't Blackberry all day.  Once more, Frank (and I) want you to know how honored and touched we are for your outpouring of love and support.

Regards,
Janice

Arizona Algae Farming as an Energy Resource

"Anytime we can utilize arid land or utilize an area where we have some low-quality water and we can get production out of it, it's certainly worth looking into," Pratt said.

"They (Phyco Biosciences) may be pioneers, if they can perfect this technology and get it to where it's economical and they can produce energy," he said

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For more about this new technology read. http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2010/10/07/arizona-firm-banks-on-farm-troughs-for-commercializing-algae/

NRA Endorsements

State Representative Frank Pratt was endorsed by the NRA but the other two legislators endorsed from LD23 were not Republicans.  Why would the NRA choose Frank but not John or Steve? 

Some may be puzzled by the NRA endorsements for 2010. We can all be sure, however, that all our Republican LD23 candidates - John Fillmore, Steve Smith and Frank Pratt - fervently support the 2nd Amendment. This article may shed some light.


ARTICLE SOURCE: HTTP://WWW.NATIONALREVIEW.COM/ARTICLES/247820/STAYING-TARGET-JIM-GERAGHTY?PAGE=2


ENDORSEMENTS SOURCE: http://www.nrapvf.org/grades-endorsements/2010/arizona.aspx

Eloy Fiestas Patrias Parade

State Representative Frank Pratt will be riding in the Eloy Fiestas Patrias Parade on Saturday, September 18 in Eloy, Arizona.  The parade starts at 9:00 a.m.  "Eloy has a wonderful, rich culture and is strategically positioned at the intersection of I-10 and I-8 in Arizona.  We should expect to see Eloy capturing many new businesses to our State in the future.  I was glad I could be of assistance when Santa Cruz Union High School needed help with a legislative matter and I look forward to seeing you at the festival tomorrow."

Lawmaker praised for his 100 percent, pro-small business voting record

PHOENIX, Ariz., July 7, 2010 – The political action committee of Arizona’s leading small business association today announced its endorsement of State Rep. Frank Pratt for re-election to his Legislative District 23 seat in the Arizona House of Representatives.

“Representative Pratt has a fundamental appreciation of the fact that small businesses are not smaller versions of big businesses, but instead have distinctively different difficulties in remaining solvent,” said Farrell Quinlan, NFIB/Arizona state director, who listed taxes (more than 80 percent of small business owners are single filers, meaning personal, not corporate, tax rates matter more to them), healthcare (less than half of small business owners in America can afford it), and regulations (small business owners pay almost twice as much to comply with the same regulation as big businesses do) as the three biggest differences.

“Every legislator claims to be a friend of small business, but when it comes time to vote on issues vital to Main Street, mom-and-pop enterprises, Frank Pratt has been a man of his word time and time again. We are honored to have him as an ally and thank him for his perfect 100-percent, pro-small business record in the last session of the Legislature.”

Endorsements of incumbents were based on 15 votes taken during the 2009-2010 Regular Session of the Arizona Legislature that NFIB supported or opposed. NFIB/Arizona represents 7,500 member businesses.

The political clout of small business is more influential than most people know:

In April, the Pew Research Center released a study on the negative and positive views people hold on various American institutions. Small business came out first, 39 percentage points higher than labor unions, 46 points higher than large corporations, and 49 points higher than banks and financial institutions.

Small business owners comprise 15 percent of all registered voters in the U.S., by comparison union voters make up 11.9 percent. When small business employees are added, the small business voting bloc swells to 43 percent.

The most common public affairs and political activities in which small employers engage, according to the NFIB Research Foundation, include initiating discussions with employees regarding the impact of a policy issue on the firm.

Voters prefer candidates supported by small business by a margin of 3 to 1 over those supported by organized labor, according to the Winston Group.
 
Source:  http://www.nfib.com/arizona/nfib-in-my-state-content?cmsid=5203

Frank Pratt Receives Award from Arizona League of Cities and Towns

The Arizona League of Cities and Towns presented State Representative Frank Pratt with the “2010 Friend of Cities and Towns” in recognition of service and dedication to the Arizona Cities and Towns.
You can see the copy of the award by clicking this
link: Frank Pratt 2010 Award League Of Cities And Towns