Today: National Nurses United: National Day of Action to Tax Wall Street
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I told you about this event last week. National Nurses United: National Day of Action to Tax Wall Street — September 1. Local organizations are now participating in this event. Nurses, PDA, and MoveOn join forces: Tax Wall Street/Heal America Campaign (video) – Tucson Progressive: Progressive Democrats of America (PDA), MoveOn.org, and … Read more
Republicans behaving like children
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After watching the evening news last night, I could not agree more with Hunter at Daily Kos: We are governed by children: Today seems like one of those days intentionally designed to sap whatever faith you might have had left in politics. You did have some remaining faith, right? Just a bit? … Read more
A (J.C.) Penney for your thoughtlessness?
by David Safier Let's see, how many bad messages can we give to young girls? That being "pretty" is enough? That school doesn't matter? That homework is for boys? There they are, all on one J.C Penney's t-shirt, for girls aged 7 to 16. "I'm too pretty to do homework, so my brother has to … Read more
The GOP War on Voting
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have explained several times over the years that the Republican Party has for decades engaged in unlawful voter suppression for which it remains under the supervision of the federal courts under a series of consent decrees. For example, A primer on GOP voter suppression: voter caging: The Republican Party has for … Read more
City of Tucson Mayor & Council Candidates Set: Let the Games Begin!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have lived in Tucson since 1963, and this has been the craziest Tucson City Council election I can remember since the water recall election back in the 1970s. After the Primary Election on Tuesday the candidates are finally set for November. Let the games begin! Mayor Jonathan Rothschild (D) Rick Grinnell … Read more
Greg Stanton top vote getter in Phoenix mayor race – faces November run-off election
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press releases from the Greg Stanton for Mayor of Phoenix campaigns: STANTON MOVES FORWARD TO RUN-OFF IN FIRST PLACE RELEASES CAMPAIGN’S FIRST AD: ‘HE’S OUR GUY’ PHOENIX – The race for the future of our city has officially begun. Greg Stanton emerged strongly in first place as one of two candidates moving … Read more
In “No Nativism to see here, folks” news
by David Safier No Child Left Behind requires that ELL teachers be fluent in English. Sounds reasonable. Arizona Dept of Ed took that a giant step further, until the Feds stopped it from trying to make decisions for the districts. The problem, according to the federal attorneys, is how all that was monitored by state … Read more
