Bus drivers are administrators?
by David Safier I finally got around to watching last week's debate on Prop 100, which aired on KUAT, between Ann-Eve Pederson from the Arizona Education Network and Farrell Quinlan, the Arizona State Director of the National Federation of Independent Businesses. Advertisement I'm not going to comment on the debate itself except to say Pederson … Read more
The nature of the [RINO/Elephant] beast
by David Safier This is too good not to share. It's a Wild Kingdom-style video featuring Tom Horne as a RINO (It's called "The Horne of a RINO." Get it?) and Andrew Thomas as a RINO-toppling elephant. Across the country, Republicans are creating these over-the-top web videos, usually turning their Republican opponents into some kind … Read more
May Special Election: Early Voting Begins This Thursday
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Courtesy of F. Ann Rodriguez, Pima County Recorder: Election Day: May 18, 2010 SPECIAL STATE-WIDE ELECTIONandTown of Oro Valley Election Early Voting Sites will be located at:Oro Valley Town Hall (Oro Valley Voters ONLY)11000 N. La Cañada Drive – Oro Valley, AZ 85737 – 520-299-4700 Pima County Recorder’s Office … Read more
Russell Pearce, “Legislator of the year”
by David Safier Here it is: [S]tate Sen. Russell Pearce, R-Mesa, was on stage accepting the Legislator of the Year award from the pro-free-market group Americans for Prosperity. Here's the context of that line, which makes things a bit more complex: The tea party gathering Thursday at Tempe Diablo Stadium showed the wide range of … Read more
About that “poll of Tea Partiers”
by David Safier I've been hearing the stats from this week's NY Times/CBS News poll about the demographics and attitudes of Tea Partiers. At least, that's how I've interpreted the results — as a polling of people active in the Tea Party movement. Wrong. The stats are from a phone poll where people were asked … Read more
SWAG Update – Federal
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This list requires reader participation to clean it up. I have reviewed the Federal Election Commission filings (several candidates have not filed any financial reports indicating that they may not be active candidates). I have also reviewed the Green Papers which in general is pretty accurate. http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G10/AZ "I" indicates incumbent. U.S. Senate Rodolfo … Read more
SWAG Update
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again to update candidate filings. Time is running out boys and girls. The filing deadline is May 26, 2010. You can play along at home at http://www.azsos.gov/cfs/CommitteeSearch.aspx Since the last SWAG Update, Tucson Vice Mayor Rodney Glassman resigned from office to run for U.S. Senate. Nan Stockholm Walden decided not … Read more
