Flush Tucson’s ‘Toilet to Tap’ Proposition 200
There are a lot of people lining up to tell you to vote NO on Prop 200. Just about the entire economic and political elite of Pima County have come down against it. Personally, I can’t think of a better reason to vote for it. Literally. Advertisement I really can’t think of any better reason … Read more
Maricopa Sheriff Arpaio’s 500K Paranoiac Episode
Ran across a great local perspective on Joe Arpaio’s six month long $500,000 investigation of an alleged plot against his life by immigration activists on P.S. Burton’s blog: Secret Informant initiates $500,000 In Public Expenditures: Maricopa County Sheriff’ Joseph Arpaio spent an estimated $500,000 in tax payer dollars this past six months defending himself from … Read more
The Return of Friday Dog Blogging: Charlie Schweikert
The love of a good dog knows no politics. Just consider the saga of little Charlie Schweikert. Charlie is employed by the Maricopa County Treasurer’s office as office counselor and cheerleader. He defuses bad days and turns down the volume on taxpayer disputes. And all he asks in return is a few treats, a scratch … Read more
What Terrorists Want
It is a pedestrian observation that terrorists are human beings and therefore have a human psychology which we can study and understand. Strangely, that simple observation seems almost heretical, possibly even subversive in our currently political climate. It seems to imply that terrorists are not aberrant monsters, or possibly even that they are normal in … Read more
GOP planning to campaign again on immigrant issue
Link: GOP pressing immigrant issue. I didn’t realize that Republican strategists were actually pushing Congressional recommit votes on immigration-related language to paint Democrats as pro-immigrant. I have to say, I’m utterly delighted that they are hanging that anchor around their own necks. I think most Americans, and especially independents, recoil at policies and political stands … Read more
Mamon Comes A-Callin’
Seems like every medium eventually falls prey to the siren song of profit. And profitability invariably means one thing: advertising. Wherever there are eyeballs, there is someone willing to pay for access to them. Blogs are turning out to be no different. The Google Adsense advertising I have on this site (yes, go click on … Read more
Froman and Click
Link: ThinkRight Arizona: Sandy Froman to Co-Chair Bee Exploratory Committee. So, Tim Bee has selected Sandy Froman, UA law professor and former President of the NRA, to co-chair his stealth campaign committee. She joins Jim Click in that role. This means that all the traditional Republican interest groups are now represented in Bee’s campaign leadership: … Read more
