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Brewer surprised me by vetoing tuition tax credit increase again
April 30, 2011
by David Safier I'm still trying to catch up, so while this is a few days old, I want to make a comment because it's good news, and not at all what I expected. Brewer vetoed the second attempt at hiking the private school tuition tax credits from $500 per person to $750. I predicted
A number of election law changes signed into law
April 30, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This has been a very active year for election law changes in the Arizona legislature. I would recommend that state and county political parties request that the Arizona Secretary of State provide a refresher course to update everyone on these election law changes. Public education is part of the duties of that
More interesting vetoes by Governor Brewer
April 30, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Who would have thunk it that Governor Jan Brewer would stand up to "the crazy" from the Tea-Publican Arizona legislature? At least on the big-ticket items; she is still signing some of their pet bills. On Friday, Governor Brewer vetoed a few more bad bills: SB 1201, the "omnibus firearms" bill, which
Get your Baja Arizona petitions now!
April 30, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Start Our State is also sponsoring Celebrate Free Baja Arizona Day! on Cinco de Mayo (that's May 5th for Tom Horne) at the Shanty, 401 E. 9th Street (at 4th Avenue), from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Food will be provided, but you'll have to pay for your own drinks. The date was
Help Living Liberally of Tucson!
April 29, 2011
NOTE: new posts will continue to appear below this post. To those of you who have attended a Drinking Liberally (a liberal forum for drinks and discussion), Reading Liberally (a liberal book club), Screening Liberally (a liberal cinema night), or Investing Liberally (a sustainable, values-driven investment club) event here in Tucson, or who have always
‘Democracy is in the way’ of Tea-Publican Tyranny in Michigan
April 29, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "Autocracy, not democracy!" is the authoritarian Tea-Publican way. "Democracy is in the way of progress." Americans fought a revolution against such tyranny. This country has gone insane. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
‘It’s called “The People’s Budget”‘
April 29, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Linda Valdez of the Arizona Republic has a short and succinct commentary today for the Clueless political reporters at the Arizona Daily Star. The federal antidote to budget butchery: Arizona will suffer because GOP politicians clutched their no-taxes ideology like a security blanket despite the need for revenue. Their budget slashes services for
Tea Party license plate, official state gun approved
April 29, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As I have warned before, "Let's not get carried away here, people." While Governor Brewer has vetoed some very bad Tea-Publican bills, she will throw them a bone for their pet bills that she does not believe will seriously affect this state, other than make us the butt of jokes for late-night
