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The Coming Week: Legislative Edition
Posted by Craig McDermott Cross-posted from Random Musings As usual, all info gathered from the website of the Arizona legislature, except where noted, and subject to change.The lege has a very full committee schedule this week, so only the real highlights/lowlights will be specifically covered here. OK, so it will be just lowlights. We're talking … Read more
LightSkinned + NegroDialect > F-Bomb x 11?
by David Safier When "Game Change" came out, the first excerpt from the book to make it to the airwaves was about Harry Reid saying Obama is light-skinned and speaks without a Negro dialect. Translation: "I support Barack Obama because, not only is he a terrific candidate who will make an excellent President, but the … Read more
Ante, raise, fold. Ante, raise, fold.
by David Safier If Democratic politicians, their staff and consultants were poker players, they'd lose their shirts, but they'd lose them slowly. Holding 3-of-a-kind, they'd put some money on the table, then see a big chested Republican swaggering and blustering and slamming down some chips, and they'd fold. The Republicans might have a pair of … Read more
Terry Goddard makes it official
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Today, Attorney General Terry Goddard's Exploratory Committee filed a Statement of Organization with the Secretary of State's office. Attorney General Goddard issued this statement: "Today I have taken the next step toward becoming an official candidate for Governor of my beloved home of Arizona. I will be making an announcement in … Read more
Update on “Ed crime of the century” investigation
by David Safier I was told Ed Supe Tom Horne had 3 of his auditors at the Pima County School Superintendent's Office a few weeks ago, rifling through transportation records to try and get the goods on children who may be coming in from Mexico and riding the Lukeville bus into Ajo to go to … Read more
Obama administration to get tough with “too big to fail” banks
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Talk about a case of bad timing. The Obama administration finally announced on Thursday a get tough policy with the bailed out financial services industry while across town the U.S. Supreme Court was arming that industry with the right to spend unlimited billions of dollars to defeat the proposed reforms (they have … Read more
