SWAG Update
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again to update candidate filings. The dance card is almost full. You can play along at home at http://www.azsos.gov/cfs/CommitteeSearch.aspx Advertisement The Pima County Board of Supervisors will decide on Tuesday whom to appoint to the District 30 House seat vacated by "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori, whom they appointed … Read more
G.I. Guarantee Watch: Please, Mr. Postman, part 2
by David Safier Still no snail mail response from the Goldwater Institute. Which leads me to wonder what surprises Starlee Rhoades' letter will hold for me — if I get one. And I should get one. Because Starlee Rhoades began her first letter with: "We appreciate your enthusiasm for spirited public discussion . . ." … Read more
Conservative smear campaign: IOKIYAR
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Remember how the conservative media and Republican politicians all took umbrage and accused Sen. Barack Obama of an insulting smear against Gov. Sarah Palin when he said during a speech in Virginia in September 2008 that "you can put lipstick on a pig. It's still a pig." Palin Camp Takes Umbrage at … Read more
R-Cubed leaves the blogosphere, for now
by David Safier Tedski, AKA Ted Prezelski, is putting Rum, Romanism and Rebellion in mothballs. He wants to devote more time to his LD-28 campaign. It's a loss to the Tucson progressive community. Ted, any number of times I've read one of your posts and said, "Damn, I wish I said that," and even more … Read more
The GOP insane clown posse budget is based upon delusional assumptions
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have said it before and I'll say it again. The current Arizona Legislature is the worst failed legislature in the history of Arizona. It's not even close. Republican legislators have failed their constitutional duty and violated their oaths of office. This is legislative malpractice and malfeasance in office writ large. The … Read more
Maybe this is why they’re so desperate to raise the tuition tax credit limit
by David Safier A funny thing happened on the way to people giving tuition tax credit money last year. They didn't. Or at least, they didn't give as much. The amounts of donations received and scholarships awarded in Arizona's private school tax credit program fell for the first time ever in 2009, state records show. … Read more
Pay cut good for the goose, not for the legislator
by David Safier They've cut 5% from state workers' pay. And Republicans don't want to hear any whining about it either. You're damn lucky to have a job, you sniveling, union loving state workers! Cut legislators' pay 5%? "No! I'm too . . . too me to have my pay cut! The horror! The horror!" … Read more
