Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On April 15th, "Tax Day," we were again treated to the spectacle of teabaggers protesting taxes — despite the fact that 95% of Americans received a tax cut courtesy of President Obama. Federal income taxes are the lowest they have been in decades. Now with Prop. 100, the temporary one-cent sales tax … Read more
by David Safier Yesterday, I expressed my respect for Marlene Phillips in the Examiner, the folks at tucsonsentinal.com and Jim Nintzel at the Weekly for stoking the fires with their SB1070 stories. I left out a major player in Phoenix, the Phoenix New Times. Now the New Times' owners are literally putting their money where … Read more
by David Safier It sounds like Arnold is telling Arizona, "I won't be back." When Schwarzenegger is trying out his Jay Leno lame-one-liner impression at Arizona's expense during a commencement address at Emory University, you know the SB1070 story has gone prime time, and it isn't going away any time soon. "I was also going … Read more
by David Safier [Before I begin the post, let me give Marlene Phillips, who writes in The Examiner, credit for this catch and for her diligence on this issue. And while I'm at it, let me also give credit to tucsonsentinel.com for its updates on SB1070-related information. (The latest: Latino hip-hop group Cypress Hill has … Read more
by David Safier SB1070 "was never considered a tourism issue," according to Kristen Jarnagin, VP of Communications for the Arizona Hotel & Lodging Association. "It wasn't even on our radar screen." Maybe it should have been on the radar. [S]o far, the state has lost between $6 million and $10 million in projected business revenue, … Read more