Foreclosuregate Update: The Banksters of Wall Street to Evade Justice – Again
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have said from the very beginning that the standard of justice needs to be "somebody's going to emergency, somebody's going to jail" when it comes to cleaning up the banksters of Wall Street. Unfortunately, the accumulation of great wealth in the hands of a very few on Wall Street means that … Read more
Making Sen$e: Income Disparity in America
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In case you missed the PBS documentary Making Sen$e last week, you can catch the video replay online. PBS' Making Sen$e: 'Land of the Free, Home of the Poor' | Crooks and Liars: Making Sen$e correspondent Paul Solman reports on the extreme inequality in the U.S. It's now on par with African … Read more
Prisoners of The Census gives Blog for Arizona a shout out
Posted By AzBlueMeanie: Prisonersofthecensus.org has a news blog and today gives Blog for Arizona a shout out for our reporting on prison-based gerrymandering. Leah Sakala posts Political blogger identifies first step towards ending prison-based gerrymandering in Arizona: BlogforArizona.com blogger “AzBlueMeanie” has recently written a series of posts about the problem of prison-based gerrymandering in Arizona. … Read more
Comments on Mark Stegeman’s constituent letter
by David Safier Mark Stegeman sent a constituent letter out today, and he was good enough to send me a copy. (NOTE: Though our disagreements about MAS have been pretty extreme, Mark and I have been casual friends for a number of years. We have talked about TUSD related issues since he has been on … Read more
AIRC Update: In other news
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The concerns raised by Republican Commissioner Richard Stertz that the executive director of the Commission executed the contract with Strategic Telemetry without proper authority was disproved by minutes from the June 29 and June 30 meetings of the Commission. The Commission voted 4-0 to reaffirm the contract, with Stertz voting "present." The … Read more
AIRC Update: Tranparency for the media, but not for political lobbyists?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) adopted an amendment to its contract with Strategic Telemetry, its mapping consultant, last week that requires the mapping consultant to log all contacts with the firm, including media contacts from mainstream media and bloggers (like Steve Muratore of the Arizona Eagletarian who is the unofficial blogger of the … Read more
Parents like their children’s school more than they used to
by David Safier It's a longstanding truism that parents say, "Schools are awful — except the school my child goes to, of course." But here's the weird thing. Parents seem to like their own child's school considerably more than they used to, despite the continual barrage of education bashing. This information comes from a recent … Read more
