Tea Party Fuzzy Math
August 30, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: CBS News commissioned a crowd estimate from the company AirPhotosLive.com to estimate the size of the crowd at the "Beckoning" on Saturday, since the National Park Service no longer provides crowd estimates after Republicans complained about the "Million Man March" (which it wasn't). According to the aerial photography crowd estimate, Glenn Beck Rally
ELL case, Flores v State of Arizona, in Tucson courtroom this week
August 30, 2010
by David Safier The decades old fight over the quality of Arizona's ELL education will be played out in a Tucson courtroom from Wednesday through Friday this week. The history of court battles over Flores v State of Arizona has reached legendary proportions. People supporting more state support for ELL education are asking others to
David Schweikert Preying on Homeowners
August 30, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Arizona Democratic Party: David Schweikert’s Vulture Valley: Your loss is his gain Website shows GOP candidate's record of preying on homeowners, profiting from housing crisis PHOENIX – The economic downturn — combined with the crashes of the sub-prime mortgage and housing markets — has hit Arizona especially hard.
Quayle Hunt: Democrat Jon Hulburd in hot race
August 30, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Jon Hulburd campain: [Last] Tuesday night, Ben Quayle was elected as the Republican nominee for Congressional District Three. More Republicans voted against him than voted for him – and his nomination has upped the ante. In Democrat Jon Hulburd, we have a candidate who has lived in the district
Don’t Say I Didn’t Say I Told You So…
August 29, 2010
By Michael Bryan As the the smoke clears from the internecine battlefield of the GOP primaries, young Mr. Kelly is found standing over the body of Mr. Paton with a feral light in his eyes and strips of red meat in his jaws. I told you so. Kelly doesn't stand a chance. Democrats in CD
Arizona’s classrooms, Brewer style
August 29, 2010
by David Safier This speaks volumes about the way our Accidental Guv sees our classrooms, and pretty much the way she would like to see the state in general. Here's the photo that heads the Improving Our Schools page on Brewer's campaign website: Count them. One, two, three, four, five lovely anglo faces. Count once
Twits, er, Tweets-R-Us
August 29, 2010
You may have noticed that the left sidebar looks a little different. I recently started a Twitter account that will be used by not just myself, but all our BlogForArizona authors who have 140 characters or less to say on a subject (if nothing else it might encourage brevity…). It will live on the sidebar
For The Star: Two rare praises and one not-so-rare damn
August 29, 2010
by David Safier Today's Star has strong, informative articles by two of their best reporters along with one piece of veiled partisanship by one of those same two reporters. Rhonda Bodfield — who I've always maintained is an excellent reporter, one of the top at the Star when she's writing serious, in depth articles —
