Heads Should Roll
By Jeff Latas One of the units of the 82nd Airborne returned back to Fort Bragg earlier this month. Most of us would expect them to receive a hero’s welcome back to their base in North Carolina after a 15 month deployment. Of the 31 soldiers, 20 had been involved in Improvised Explosive Devise (IED) … Read more
Mule Train Mail: Mickey Duniho on the Hand County Audits in Pima County
by Mickey Duniho When SB1557 was first passed in 2006, Pima County’s attorney told the Board of Supervisors that it would be illegal for them to do a hand-count of the September Primary Election because the new law had not been completely approved by the US Justice Department. Despite a last-minute plea the day before … Read more
Next Morning Ruminations about the TUSD Board Meeting
by David Safier I got off one shot before my camera went bad. It was a Tucson Media Circus out there last night. Here are a few bits and pieces I didn’t have time to write about, including some thoughts about the whole process from Mark Stegeman, who is running for School Board. • The … Read more
McCain Gets a Pass From Arizona News Media – Update
Posted by: AzBlueMeanie The Arizona Daily Star published a letter to the editor on April 29, 2008 regarding the New York Times article "A Developer, His Deals and His Ties to McCain." Brian Sowle wrote: "I was certainly expecting to see the story the following morning in the Star. But no, the Times of New … Read more
Glassman’s Liberal Drinking Makes Mothers MADD
This landed in the Tucson Weekly’s mailbag recently (and, judging by the list of email addresses in the ‘To:’ field, that of about every media outlet in southern Arizona) [all bold emphasis is mine, i.e. the underlining is original]: April 27, 2008 SHAME on YOU MADD Pima County, As past volunteers/board members, we question the … Read more
The Final Decision For Tucson School Closings: PUNT!
by David Safier A note: Someone should tell the Board members that no one thinks their ideas are so incredibly incisive, so spellbinding, that it makes sense to prattle on endlessly. Brevity is the soul of wit (wit meaning smarts and wisdom), someone once said. It may not be true in every case, but a … Read more
Tucson School Board Members Lay Out Their Positions
by David Safier Joel Ireland says he’s voting against all closings. The reason is, the judge’s lifting of the desegregation order means schools can be considered for cutting that couldn’t be considered under the deseg order. So he wants to table the decision for now and begin the process over again, creating a committee and … Read more
