GOP hoist by its own petard
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this year when the Tea-Publicans took control of the House, they wanted to demonstrate that they are "constitutional conservatives" true to the original intent (their revisionist version) of the U.S. Constitution by requiring that all enrolled bills must include an attached statement citing the specific constitutional provision under which the bill … Read more
Memorial Service for Bonnie Richards and James “Mac” Richards
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Notice of the Memorial Service for Bonnie Richards and James "Mac" Richards: Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011 Time: 2:00 PM Where: Good Shepherd United Church of Christ Church17750 South La Canada Drive (between Sahuarita Rd and Duval Mine Rd.) Sahuarita, AZ 85629(520) 625-1375 Good Shepherd There will be a simple repast after the Memorial service. … Read more
Legislative update: special session likely this week
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As reported by KPHO and elsewhere, and confirmed by other sources, Governor Jan Brewer is likely to call a special session of the state legislature to pass a package of corporate tax cuts. According to one source who has seen a preliminary version of the package, it will cost the state … Read more
The Coming Week, Legislative Edition – Chapter 2: The AZ House
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As usual, all info gathered from the website of the Arizona Legislature and other online sources and subject to change without notice. Like last week, the committee schedules for the coming week are so full (and so *bad*) that this will be a split post. In addition, committee … Read more
A comment about Middle East violence and the “Arab street”
by David Safier Among the stereotypes that should fall into disuse based on what we've seen in Egypt are the ideas that there is an "Arab street" which is a mindless mob of Al Qaeda-crazed radicals and the only way people in the Middle East know how to settle their differences is with guns and … Read more
Huppenthal: Hey, I didn’t mean you were supposed to do it to me.
by David Safier According to the Republic, Ed Supe Huppenthal thinks his Department of Ed should be immune from all those nasty budget cuts. Specifically, he wants money for a new computer system. It's the classic conservative distinction between pork and necessary expenditures. Pork is what you want. Necessary expenditures are what I want. I … Read more
A mind is a terrible thing to (nuclear) waste
by David Safier Atomic Al Melvin proposed it on the campaign trail. Now, as Josh Brodesky pointed out in today’s column, he’s written a bill. Melvin’s SB1548 proposes the creation of a massive nuclear waste dump in Arizona, with the proceeds going to fund education. Let me propose two possible titles for the bill: A … Read more
