Things that are more important than the state’s budget deficit
At least, more important to Arizona's state legislators, whose primary duty is to craft a balanced budget. They've had time to file 794 bills, memorials, and resolutions, but haven't had the time to address the current fiscal year's budget deficit. Some early bill filings that are either irrelevent to the fiscal crisis or counterproductive – … Read more
A brief history of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Today we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This past Saturday, I was honored to join more than 200 people of all races, nationalities, and religious beliefs at the Pima County Democratic Party African-American Caucus reception at the Pima County Democratic Party headquarters (one does not have to be African-American … Read more
I wish we were this organized
by David Safier I envy the conservatives' ability to think 2 or 3 steps ahead when they're trying to sell an agenda to voters. I think they stink at governing, and their ideology tends to be anywhere from wrong headed to inhumane. But man, can they put together a frontal assault to push their agenda. … Read more
“All I got was a lousy Tea Party T-shirt”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Conservative "values voters" bitterly complained that George W. Bush paid lip service to their political interests to get their votes, but failed to deliver on anything substantive on their political agenda (other than blurring the line of separation of church and state with federal funding to faith-based organizations). Conservative "values voters" rightly … Read more
SWAG Update
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This has been a busy week for candidate announcements which, in some contests, has led to a reshuffling of the deck as candidates who were running for one office are now running for another office. Other candidates are just now filing as election season gets underway. You can play along at home … Read more
The coming week… – Legislative edition
by Craig McDermott Cross-posted from Random Musings… Normally, this is part of a longer and more comprehensive post, but since the lege is in full swing now, they'll rate their own post for a while. "For a while" will probably last until late March or early April, or until the leadership of one or the other … Read more
The two-faced “Janus” Brewer
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last July, Arizona's Accidental Governor was cultivating an image that she was a Mother Theresa of sorts, bless the beasts and children. Governor Jan Brewer on July 1, 2009 in her veto message of the state budget: I received early this morning a fatally flawed legislative budget. The legislative budget ignores my … Read more
