By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings, with the Maricopa-centric stuff edited out for BfA's readers.  🙂 Edit on 5/2 to add another candidate who was brought to my attention in a comment on this post.  My apologies to Ms. Baldenegro.  No slight was intended… Advertisement Things are still slow on the candidate committee front, … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama filleted Donald Trump like a fish and Seth Meyers threw him on the grill. "The Donald" was the guest of the Washington Post, which undermined any last remaining shred of credibilty of the Neocon WaPo.

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer has signed a slew of bills passed by the legislature this year, and has also vetoed a larger-than-expected number of them. While she usually lists technical reasons for her veto of a bill, her real reasons for vetoes usually boil down to either payback … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Back in the late 1990s, Tortolita and Casas Adobes attempted to incorporate as towns, despite the existence of Arizona law that prevented such incorporation because of the proximity to the City of Tucson, which had to give its approval. The courts later voided the incorporation attempts. Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup was elected … Read more

by David Safier A reader sent me this tweet from Kirk Adams:  Kirk, a humble and honorable man can still wiggle out of a tweet by declaring it is not intended to be a factual statement. But I'm 90% certain you meant it.