2011 White House Correspondents Association Dinner
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama filleted Donald Trump like a fish and Seth Meyers threw him on the grill. "The Donald" was the guest of the Washington Post, which undermined any last remaining shred of credibilty of the Neocon WaPo. Advertisement Advertisement
Brewer vetoes, signs a number of bills
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer has signed a slew of bills passed by the legislature this year, and has also vetoed a larger-than-expected number of them. While she usually lists technical reasons for her veto of a bill, her real reasons for vetoes usually boil down to either payback … Read more
Is there about to be a land grab in Pima County?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Back in the late 1990s, Tortolita and Casas Adobes attempted to incorporate as towns, despite the existence of Arizona law that prevented such incorporation because of the proximity to the City of Tucson, which had to give its approval. The courts later voided the incorporation attempts. Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup was elected … Read more
Intended to be a factual statement?
by David Safier A reader sent me this tweet from Kirk Adams: Kirk, a humble and honorable man can still wiggle out of a tweet by declaring it is not intended to be a factual statement. But I'm 90% certain you meant it.
Brewer surprised me by vetoing tuition tax credit increase again
by David Safier I'm still trying to catch up, so while this is a few days old, I want to make a comment because it's good news, and not at all what I expected. Brewer vetoed the second attempt at hiking the private school tuition tax credits from $500 per person to $750. I predicted … Read more
A number of election law changes signed into law
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This has been a very active year for election law changes in the Arizona legislature. I would recommend that state and county political parties request that the Arizona Secretary of State provide a refresher course to update everyone on these election law changes. Public education is part of the duties of that … Read more
More interesting vetoes by Governor Brewer
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Who would have thunk it that Governor Jan Brewer would stand up to "the crazy" from the Tea-Publican Arizona legislature? At least on the big-ticket items; she is still signing some of their pet bills. On Friday, Governor Brewer vetoed a few more bad bills: SB 1201, the "omnibus firearms" bill, which … Read more
