Tucson City Council Election: At least two petition challlenges, maybe more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have already told you about the pending petition challenge to Marshall Home™, who is a county resident and is not eligible to run for mayor in the City of Tucson. Advertisement And I told you that "Both Republican candidates for mayor Shaun McClusky and Ron Asta filed with a small cushion … Read more
Good column, Josh. Really.
by David Safier I may get in trouble with the Progressive Bloggers Security Force for complimenting Josh Brodesky again after throwing him a compliment a short while ago. All these hard earned blogger medals and merit badges I wear so proudly could be ripped off my chest. But for the sake of my own peace … Read more
Thumbs up to this kid
by David Safier A big hat tip to Dan Gibson at The Range (the Weekly's blog) for making my afternoon with this video. Or maybe I should say, a big Thumbs Up. I don't post random videos, but this once, I'm making an exception.
Melvin’s war on border commerce
by David Safier Tim Steller at the Star has a terrific follow-up article to the story about Cap’n Al Melvin and his fellow Republicans refusing a request from businessmen to recommend to the feds that they add a few more customs officers at the Nogales border in order to speed up the vehicle crossing. Currently, … Read more
G.E.: Solar power may be cheaper than fossil fuels in 3-5 years
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I posted about Germany announcing earlier this week that it wants to retire its nuclear power plants and is embarking upon an "Apollo Project" to produce its energy from renewable resources as quickly as possible. This led to a reader exchange about the cost-benefit analysis of renewable energy versus "traditional" carbon-based energy … Read more
Who knew? Pearce says people behind recall are “Extreme Leftist Anarchists”
by David Safier Russell Pearce has been something of a shy flower about the recall effort, until now. Breaking his silence, he said on Greta Van Susteren's Fox show, "once the truth comes out" about Citizens for a Better Arizona, good Arizonans will reject their recall effort. The truth? According to Pearce, they're "extreme leftist … Read more
The Tea-Publican Hostage Strategy Takes Shape
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Tea-Publican Congressional leadership went to the White House on Wednesday to meet with the president to discuss the pending federal debt ceiling "crisis" — a manufactured crisis entirely of the Tea-Publican's making in order to take America hostage, once again, for their ransom demands to kill Medicare as we know it … Read more
