Welcome to Thunderdome!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I am a diehard baseball fan. I have not written about this season since opening day. Opening Day: For the Love of The Game But now it is the second season, playoff baseball for the ALCS and NLCS and World Series. October is the best baseball month of all. Advertisement My hometown … Read more
Is the Charter School Board doing its job?
by David Safier A recent article in the Republic revealed that a charter school, Sequoia Choice Arizona Distance Learning, has been getting state money — the per pupil dollars charters get to educate kids — to furnish courses for students at Joy Christian School. This is wrong, and most likely illegal, in a few ways. … Read more
Opinion: Prop. 200 An Irrational Solution to a Nonexistent Problem
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Former Mayor of Tucson George Miller and former Tucson City Manager Luis G. Gutierrez teamed up to write this opinion which appeared today (shock!) in the Arizona Daily Star An irrational solution to a nonexistent problem: Proposition 200 seeks voter approval for a change to the Tucson Charter that would mandate the … Read more
Update: More substance-free reporting from the Arizona Daily Star
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Did you know the City of Tucson has a city council election this year? And that early vote-by-mail balloting begins this Thursday, October 8th? Have you seen any reporting about the candidates and their stances on the issues in the Arizona Daily Star? No? That is because there hasn't been any. The … Read more
Why does the right hate America?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Remember how the American right seized upon the "Miracle on Ice" in 1980 when a ragtag U.S. hockey team defeated the World Champion Soviet Union team and went on to win the gold medal at the Lake Placid, N.Y. Winter Olympics? Fans waved American flags and chanted "USA! USA! USA!" America was … Read more
Sen. Lindsey Graham: a Sister Souljah moment for the right-wing?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen. John McCain's BFF, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) speaking before The Atlantic's First Draft of History conference, offered unusually blunt assessments of the fringe elements of his party and conservative media on Thursday, calling the popular and bombastic Fox News host Glenn Beck a "cynic" whose show was antithetical to American values. … Read more
Who is funding the Public Safety First initiative (Prop. 200)?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Once again, Jim Nintzel of the Tucson Weekly is the only political reporter in Tucson doing his job. Hey, Big Spender: Public Safety First Campaign Raises More Than A Quarter-Million Dollars: The latest campaign finance report shows that the Public Safety First Campaign had raised $268,988 through Sept. 21. The Tucson Association … Read more
