The Sun Sets on Payday Loans in Arizona
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jonathan "Payday Paton" did his best to give predatory lenders a new lease on life, but the voters rejected his machinations and now the payday loan industry has "sunset" under the law that permitted these predators to prey upon Arizonans. Good riddance. No more payday loans in Arizona – KGUN 9: Advertisement … Read more
Arizona African-American Caucus Dinner, Featuring House Majority Whip James E. Clyburn
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Ballot measures update
Posted by AzblueMeanie: The "S.O.S. Ballot" measure ("save our secret ballot"), Prop. 108, has been ruled ineligible by a judge because it violates the "single subject" rule for ballot measures. Prop. 108 is not eligible for Nov. ballot, judge rules: A ballot measure intended to make it harder for unions to organize was structured illegally … Read more
The Truth about “Payday Paton”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A few weeks ago the Arizona Daily Star published a "fact check" piece on Sen. Jonathan "Payday Paton" and his lobbying activities for the payday loan industry when he was a lobbyist. The Star used the opportunity to publish the specious retort from the Paton campaign from former Star reporter Daniel Scarpinato that … Read more
Self-styled “truth teller” Jan Brewer is taking a beating in the media for her lie
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Self-styled "truth teller" Jan Brewer is taking a beating in the media for being the queen of making up shit. The media just now noticed this? As I have said before, go back and review Jan Brewer's public statements when she was serving in the legislature and even as Secretary of State. She … Read more
Rep. John Boehner weeps for big business
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Keep in mind that if Republicans were to recapture the House of Representatives, this is the man who would most likely become Speaker of the House. Rep. John Boehner trivialized 8 million unemployed and the worst economic recession since the Great Depression, and he is sticking with the failed conservative philosophy of … Read more
Sen. Jon Kyl: power to the corporations
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "Equal Justice Under Law" is enscribed on the facade of the U.S. Supreme Court building. Senator Jon Kyl is having none of it. As Dana Milbank described in Kagan may get confirmed, but Thurgood Marshall can forget it: Republicans saw trouble in this Marshall fellow. "In 2003, Ms. Kagan wrote a tribute … Read more
