Media Villagers Fail
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jay Smooth at illdoctrine.com tellin' it like it is. Right on!
Fiesta Bowl Scandal Update: The Navy Sinks ‘King’ Russell Pearce
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It looks like "King" Russell Pearce needs to create a flow chart to keep all of his stories straight. The U.S. Navy just sank his latest tall tale. "Battleship!" The Arizona Republic reports Fiesta Bowl investigation: Russell Pearce's comments disputed by Navy: Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce changed his explanation Monday about how … Read more
Update: The Tequila Party
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: National Tequila Party Tour Will Kick Off in Arizona: The Tequila Party (TTP), a non-partisan movement, will be launched in the State of Arizona which is also known as immigration ground zero to Hispanics. The purpose of the Tequila Party tour is to encourage Latinos across the nation to participate in the … Read more
Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona blast The Arizona Republic for manufactured state pension ‘crisis’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I am one of the few people who reported on the bogus right-wing think tank studies relied upon by the anti-union Arizona Republic in its multi-part series about the public employee pension funds to manufacture a pension "crisis" for the Tea-Publican legislature to address. Today, Tim Hill, president of the Professional Fire … Read more
“Recall Russell Pearce” comes to Tucson
by David Safier Randy Parraz was in Tucson tonight at a combination pep rally and fundraiser for the Recall Russell Pearce campaign. Parraz is pumped and he's upbeat, but he made it clear, he's not through gathering signatures, not by a long shot, and he needs all the help he can get from anyone around … Read more
Bundgaard update
by David Safier Remember State Senator Scott Bundgaard? He had a little, shall we say, falling out with his girlfriend on the highway awhile back. Either she hit him or he hit her. Either she drew a gun on him or she didn't. Either he demanded political immunity or he didn't. Talk about your he … Read more
Senator Melvin, shouldn’t you report your ALEC reimbursement?
by David Safier I posted about ALEC, the very conservative American Legislative Exchange Council, giving attendees to its conferences generous reimbursements — up to $1,900 for its upcoming August conference in New Orleans. Fifty-two of our Republican state legislators are members of ALEC, which has hundreds of pieces of ready made "Model legislation" on file … Read more
