Star writes non-negative Obama headline
by David Safier The Star had a choice this morning: should its headline spotlight Obama's continued smoking or his excellent health? The Star went with health over smoking: Advertisement President gets upbeat health assessment Given the story's first paragraph, the headline could have mentioned Obama's smoking, his borderline high cholesterol and the tendinitis in his … Read more
“Lawmakers should have the good sense . . .”
by David Safier Any sentence about the Arizona legislature that begins with this is somewhere between a denial of reality and a cry for help: Lawmakers should have the good sense to reject ideologically driven legislation . . . It's from this morning's Republic editorial about the asinine legislation to add nuclear power to the … Read more
And the nominees are…
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Legislative District 30 Republican precinct committeemen have selected three nominees to send to the Pima County Board of Supervisors. Rhonda Bodfield was at the game! Precinct panel favors Antenori to replace Paton: Rep. Frank Antenori was the top choice of the precinct committee members in Legislative District 30 to fill the state … Read more
The Face of the Arizona GOP
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: RNC National Committeeman, Bruce Ash (right), also appears on the Arizona Illustrated segment "Face Off," currently with Paul Eckerstrom, former Pima County Democratic Party Chair. Bruce will try to appear reasonable and rational as he recites the GOP talking points of the day to host Bill Buckmaster. Snooze. The real Bruce Ash, the … Read more
“49th in state-funded financial aid”
by David Safier The bottom doesn't belong to Arizona's spending on K-12 education alone. According to a Star article about growing university tuition costs, we're at the bottom in the amount the state kicks in for financial aid to university students as well. That means students who pay full tuition subsidize those who pay less. … Read more
Where in the World is Rhonda?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rhonda Bodfield writes the "Political Notebook" (i.e., gossip column) for the Arizona Daily Star. She took over the Political Notebook and its gossip column format from Republican embedded reporter Daniel Scarpinato who now works for Jonathan Paton's campaign – what a surprise – not! I know that the format of the Political … Read more
Stimulating Hypocrisy
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I still think they should change the party symbol to a hippo named "Crit."
