$1.6 Million in TUSD Items Missing? You Read It Here First
by David Safier In just one year, TUSD lost items that cost $1.6M. That’s the headline of a front page story in The Star by Rhonda Bodfield and Enrich Volante. I can guarantee this is the first time the story has appeared in a Tucson newspaper. Advertisement But if you read my May 16 post, … Read more
Subscription Cancelled
by David Safier If you, like me, are a New Yorker subscriber who is furious about their Obamas-as-Muslim-terrorists satirical cover misfire, you might want to do something about it. Here’s what I’m doing. I’m sending the cover to the New Yorker’s Letters to the Editor section. I figure this is enough of a message to … Read more
Bush Should Just Put Taxpayer Money in Bee’s Warchest
There has been much clamor over Bush’s visit to Tucson to host a fund-raiser for Senator Bee’s Congressional bid. Most commentary on the blogs has focused on Bee’s political tone-deafness in associating so closely with a deeply divisive and unpopular President, with Bush’s secretiveness during the visit, and about how the disruption and inconvenience caused … Read more
The Kool-Aid Kids rally for Bumbler Bee
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Well, President Bush has already come and gone from the Old Pueblo (don’t let the door hit you where the good Lord split you). You didn’t know? Shrub was here to raise money for Tim Bee in a super-double-secret fund raiser (Shhh! Be very quiet. No one is supposed to know I’m … Read more
Obama’s Listening to America Program
by Pat Canady As part of their Listening to America Program, the Obama campaign named Governor Janet Napolitano to head the campaign’s Platform Drafting Committee. The Governor will plan more than 1,000 community meetings across the nation. These Platform Committee house parties are part of the process in crafting a platform for Barack Obama. The … Read more
LD 26 Debate Makes a Believer of Me
I was at the LD 26 Republican primary Clean Elections debate and have a few observations to share. Jim Nintzel did a not-so "live blog" of the show-down between the Senate contenders, but I don’t seem to find anything about the House debate at his Scramblewatch site. Thus, I will be focusing more on the … Read more
Just Call Me Number 45
PolitickerAZ has released their analysis of the most influential unelected folks in Arizona politics (as well as those in other states they cover). It’s called the Arizona Power List, and a few Arizona bloggers made the cut. Greg Patterson of Esspresso Pundit is listed at #37. Shane Wikfors and John Ellinwood of Sonoran Alliance are … Read more
