Coup D’etat in Michigan: The ‘Financial Martial Law’ Bill on Way to Governor
March 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Place your bets now on how long it will take for Arizona's Tea-Publican Legislature to propose similar legislation in Arizona. They loves them some authoritarianism! Reuters reports the Michigan House gave final approval on Tuesday to granting state-appointed emergency managers broad powers to break labor deals with failing schools an cities, and
The GOP war on Planned Parenthood
March 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A humorous video by the Partisans from Andy Cobb and TheSecondCityNetwork about the GOP effort to defund Planned Parenthood:
National “research-based education” company to investigate Mexican-American Studies program
March 16, 2011
by David Safier Carolyn Classen posted about this on Carolyn's Community at the Citizen. TUSD Supe John Pedicone received a letter from J. Elliott Hibbs at the ADE stating "a national company specializing in research-based education solutions" has been engaged to investigate the Mexican American Studies program to determine if it is "complying with the
Baja Arizona Update
March 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I thought for sure our local Arizona newspapers would have picked up this Wall Street Journal report from Tuesday on Baja Arizona since they had referenced the fact that WSJ reporters were doing a story in earlier reporting, but Nooo. It even contains the sneering bias that you would expect from a Rupert
Union Members Rally for Wisconsin Workers
March 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Event Notice: The nationwide mobilization against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's new anti union bill will hit Tucson on Thursday outside a Wisconsin Badgers NCAA March Madness Basketball game. Please join us in a show of solidarity for our Wisconsin Brothers and Sisters. Thursday March 17, 2011from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PMNW Corner
Senate Republican budget devastates Arizona’s economic recovery
March 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Democratic Senate Leadership: Senate Republican budget devastates Arizona’s economic recovery STATE CAPITOL, Phoenix – Late Tuesday, Senate Republicans released a budget proposal that decimates education by cutting more than a half-billion dollars in vital funding from all levels of Arizona’s educational systems. The Senate Appropriations committee will hear
The Farley Report: March 15, 2011
March 16, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again for the Farley Report from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD 28): This year's budget drama is taking shape as I write this, and the picture is not a pretty one. You'll recall the Governor's disastrous budget proposal from January with these features: –> Elimination of healthcare and housing for 5,200
Pearce’s budget proposal is up
March 15, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As he threatened/promised, Senate President Russell Pearce has put out a budget proposal and he plans to railroad it through tomorrow. A special meeting of the Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., with a Rules Committee session to follow immediately after. I don't have time for a
