Special Session to begin Tuesday
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Special Session will begin Tuesday afternoon. My sources say that the Republicans are still short a vote and will have to play "Let's Make a Deal." Howard Fischer, however, says the GOP has the votes and maybe some Democrats to spare. Budget, Rio Nuevo on agenda (Republican legislative leaders said they have … Read more
Mike Hein: He’s your problem now, Chuck
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Back in April the Tucson City Council voted to fire its city manager, Mike Hein, for cause. Tucson City Manager Mike Hein fired; to get six months’ pay Hein was named city manager in April 2005. He also has served as a Deputy Pima County Administrator and had worked for Marana, Nogales … Read more
Will Goldwater Institute have to eat crow on this one?
by David Safier In case you missed it yesterday (between Blue Meanie's posts and mine, things move down the page pretty fast), I wrote about the possibility that the survey Matthew Ladner based three public/private school comparisons on was totally fabricated by Strategic Vision LLC, the company paid to do the survey. Suspicions about the … Read more
Sen. McNasty wants you to tear up your AARP membership card
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: KingofSpades posted this piece at Daily Kos: McCain finds his right-wing @ sshat. (with Poll) McCain has really gone off the deep end now into wingnut country. On Friday a few days ago at a townhall, he asked people to cut up their AARP membership cards. * * * As everyone knows, … Read more
Sen. Russell Pearce: Laws are for other people to obey
Posted by azBlueMeanie: Craig at Random Musings posted this all too accurate description of Sen. Russell Pearce Random Musings: When you outlaw laws, only outlaws will have laws: Russell Pearce likes to tout himself as a "rule of law" type, but it seems that his enthusiasm for obedience to the laws of the state and … Read more
GOP insane clown posse disregards law, gets sued, costs the state money
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First a quick update: The Accidental Governor and the GOP insane clown posse are trying for a special session this week to deal with agency funding issues. They were to have met over the weekend to hammer out the details of a plan that they hope will be a one day special … Read more
Phoenix confidential
by David Safier I don't usually blog about this kind of thing, but the Phoenix connection makes it irresistable. There have been lots of questions about Bonner & Associates, a Republican outreach firm which apparently uses all kinds of shady tactics to do its clients' bidding. But this is a new one to me: FLS … Read more
