Not a G.I. tweet after all
by David Safier Thanks to Sonoran Sam for catching this. I guess the tweet I posted criticizing Antenori wasn't from the Goldwater Institute after all. Advertisement According to Dawn Teo, G.I. tweets under GoldwaterInst, and the one I referred to comes from GoldwaterAZ. As Thane pointed out, lots of people use Goldwater's name, not just … Read more
Goldwater Institute asks the Supremes to intervene in Citizens Clean Elections
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The ruling of U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver holding that the matching funds provision of Citizens Clean Elections is unconstitutional, based upon U.S. Supreme Court precedents, was appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Judge Silver granted an order of stay of her opinion and order pending the appeal. The … Read more
Republican enablers of the new corporatocracy
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For the past year we have been entertained by the media villagers and Beltway bloviators covering the uncivil antics of the tea partiers as if it was a WWE WrestleMania event (and just as fake). The conventional wisdom of these media types is that this was a conservative populist movement. It was … Read more
“Earmarks Johnny” should call Senator Richard Shelby
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senator John McCain regularly rails against earmarks as if the elimination of earmarks alone would balance the federal budget. (Earmarks make up less than 2% of the federal budget). He reminds me of Gollum going on incessantly about "my precious" in Lord of the Rings – it's just as creepy. If "Earmarks … Read more
Colorado Springs: Tea party paradise
by David Safier Colorado Springs residents don't like taxes much. So here's what's happening in the town. More than a third of the streetlights in Colorado Springs will go dark Monday. The police helicopters are for sale on the Internet. The city is dumping firefighting jobs, a vice team, burglary investigators, beat cops — dozens … Read more
G.I. piles on “Alpha dog” Antenori
by David Safier AN OOPS! UPDATE: Looks like I got this one wrong. The tweet isn't from the Goldwater Institute after all. Note to self: if it looks too good to be true, it probably is. I regret the error. Frank Antenori proclaims that he's the muscle behind the Republican boycott of the questions the … Read more
Living in the State of Delusion – Special Election Edition
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In the ultimate act of political cowardice the Arizona Legislature voted to refer a three year temporary sales tax increase to the ballot in a costly special election to be held on May 18. The Arizona Legislature punted its constitutional responsibilities to you, the voters. This legislature is an epic failure. There are … Read more
