Republican budget raises property taxes
June 9, 2009
by David Safier According to the Arizona Guardian (I finally got me a subscription, so I get to read the whole article, not just the opening paragraph), A late addition to budget bills rushed through the Legislature last week would ease the tax burden on businesses by shifting it on to homeowners. Here's how it works.
Poll: One in Three Republicans Have Soured on Their Party
June 9, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A USA Today/Gallup poll out Tuesday bears some scary results for GOP leadership: As much as one-third of their constituent Republicans view the party unfavorably. Poll: One in three Republicans sour on their party (h/t The Raw Story): Ever see an elephant cry? The poll shows 33 percent of Republicans have soured
What, are Graham and Lieberman in the photos?
June 9, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Raw Story is reporting that at a press conference Tuesday afternoon, Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Joe Lieberman (I-C.T.) threatened to shut down the Senate by blocking any further legislation unless their bill preventing the release of any further detainee abuse photos is passed. Graham, Lieberman threaten Senate shut down over
Norquist and Pullen go at it
June 9, 2009
by David SafierThe back-and-forth between Americans for Tax Reform president Grover Norquist (No New Taxes, Ever!) and Chair of the AZ Republican Party Randy Pullen got a little snippy over the past few days. On June 4, Norquist accused Pullen of being part of an orchestrated, $225,000 media campaign, agreed to by Brewer, to target
What’s going on?
June 9, 2009
by David SafierI'm confused. The Republicans, led by Paton, are ramming a bill through that would change the way our city council is elected. And all but one Democrat voted for it in committee. Forget about whether they're right or wrong, whether nonpartisan is better than partisan, whether elections by ward are better than citywide
ACTION ALERT: Make your views on the budget known to the Governor today
June 9, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The GOP insane clown possee leadership refused to transmit its budget to the Governor on Monday, so our Accidental Governor has scheduled a day long hearing today at her office to give the citizens of Arizona an opportunity to vent their opposition to the the GOP insane clown possee budget. Gov. calls
$100,000 a year teachers in Arizona
June 8, 2009
by David SafierAccording to commmenter CCUSD Watch, Basis Scottsdale pays its teachers $100,000 per year in part from a grant from Intel's Craig Barrett and in part from its own master teacher fundraising program. The Basis schools in Tucson and Scottsdale are charter schools, meaning they can't pay their teachers 100 grand each on their
What Socialism? Putting things into proper perspective
June 8, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Conor Clarke at the Atlantic provides this invaluable perspective on the Wingnuttia hysteria that the U.S. is becoming a socialist state. It's not even worth mentioning. What Socialism Looks Like Have you heard that the United States is headed toward socialism? Jonah Goldberg says it is. Alabama Senator Richard Shelby says it
