The ‘Herminator’ is having a really bad day
October 31, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Well, now we know why Herman Cain plans to cut back appearances – scandals! The "Herminator" is having a really bad day. Talking Points Memo reports Aides’ Corporation May Have Illegally Gotten Cain Campaign Off The Ground: Long before Herman Cain chief of staff Mark Block was appearing in the most mocked campaign
Media bias in reporting on the GOP assault on the AIRC
October 30, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The writers at this blog and Steve Muratore at The Arizona Eagletarian have described how the publication by lobbyists and for lobbyists, the Arizona Capitol Times and more specifically its sister publication, the political gossip rag The Yellow Sheet, played a major role in advancing the GOP talking points against the Arizona
The upcoming week – Special session (maybe), special meetings, and more
October 30, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Note to Southern AZ readers: Feel free to ignore the stuff after the redistricting info; it's mostly Maricopa County-related anyway. …The biggest meeting of the week is only a rumor at this point, but it is a rather persistent one. There is a strong rumor going around that
Goldwater Institute: Vouchers on Steroids for Everyone!
October 29, 2011
by David Safier Arizona's new vouchers on steroids — Education Empowerment Accounts (SB1553) — are the Goldwater Institute's bold new idea made law. They're the first of their kind in the country, a brilliant and diabolical concoction designed to take the "public" out of public education and turn free market education into a three ring
Pearce Recall Update: ‘Outsider’ Pearce should look in the mirror
October 29, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "King" Russell Pearce has complained from day one that the recall effort against him was from "outsiders" who do not live in his District 18. He even suggested that financial support for the recall comes from out of state. Well, more than 10,000 of his neighbors in Distict 18 signed petitions to recall
(Update) Pimps for Private Prisons and Profit
October 29, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A Maricopa County Superior Court judge refused on Thursday to halt the bidding process for planned private prisons, not on the merits but on the legal question of standing. The Arizona Capitol Times (subscription required) reports Judge refuses to halt private prison bidding process – Arizona Capitol Times: Judge Arthur Anderson ruled
GOP staffers cross the line at Tea-Publican Committee to Interfere With The AIRC
October 29, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Tea-Publicans have thrown out all institutional norms and rules in their quest to "blow up" the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC). It is bad enough that House Republican Caucus staffer and dirty tricks guy John Mills (he of the Republican voter fraud "Green" scheme siphon scandal in 2010) has been paid to
A Halloween Story
October 29, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: From the Arizona Daily Star's David Fitzsimmons. On Halloween, watch for chupacabras: Break out the campfire marshmallows! Here is a Halloween story for the kids: After a healthy breakfast of scorpions, Gov. Jan Brewer donned her wicked witch of the Southwest hat and fired up her crystal ball. Spying the Independent Redistricting
