Candidate Announcement Update: Wenona Benally Baldenegro to run in CD 1
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Wenona Benally Baldenegro is no longer exploring a run but will run for Congress in CD 1, setting up a Democratic primary with former Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick who has also announced she is running for her old seat in CD 1. Advertisement Here is the announcement from the Wenona Benally Baldenegro campaign: Dear family, friends, and … Read more
Strong Star gun control editorial criticizes Obama
by David Safier Today's Star editorial got it right. Obama has been dragging his feet on gun control measures. You can argue whether he could actually move legislation forward by taking a more active role, given the locked-and-loaded mentality of Republicans, but there's no denying, Obama has been keeping his powder dry on this issue. … Read more
Tucson City Council Election Update: Turn Out The Lights, The Party’s Over (Updated)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As Dallas Cowboy great Dandy Don Meredith would sing whenever the winner of the game was a foregone conclusion on Monday Night Football, "Turn out the lights, the party's over." The game is over for "Not the Democrat" Marshall Home™ who withdrew as a candidate last week before the court could boot … Read more
A hidden-in-plain-sight $20 million theft from Arizona schools
by David Safier The things you learn reading the Capitol Times! Today I learned that, in a cost cutting move, the legislature managed to save something like $20 million in funding for the Arizona State Land Department. (Cap Times is subscription only.) Did the lege get rid of the agency or somehow streamline it? Nope. … Read more
AZ Republicans demand tax break for Apollo Group, which increases fed deficit
by David Safier The only vaguely coherent reason AZ Republicans could give for not extending unemployment benefits was that it would increase the federal deficit. But they were willing to bite the bullet and vote for the extension if they got corporate tax cuts. One of the companies targeted for the cuts: the Apollo Group, … Read more
More nuke news
by David Safier I posted some Nuke News items earlier today but didn't mention the possibility it could once again be open season for uranium mining in the Grand Canyon area. The good-and-bad news is, no new claims are likely to be accepted, according to Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, but it's still possible those with … Read more
The ‘Texas Miracle’ is a mirage fostered by the media villagers
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Haven't we seen this play before? Didn't the media villagers tell us that George W. Bush was responsible for a "Texas Miracle" back in 2000? Second verse, same as the first. Now the media villagers are telling us that George W. Bush's protégé, "Governor Goodhair" Rick Perry of Texas, is responsible for … Read more
