Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The usual suspects in Downtown Tucson development appear in this report in the Arizona Daily Star on Tuesday, Businesses press lawmakers to make Rio Nuevo changes: Advertisement A group of downtown developers and business interests wants the Legislature to make big changes in Rio Nuevo, including a change that could guarantee them … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have told you at length about The Phisher King, Tyler Vogt, Tea-Publican troll candidate for the Tucson City Council, who misused and abused a public records request to obtain e-mail addresses from the City of Tucson for a commercial purpose, i.e., to solicit you for campaign contributions. Tyler Vogt goes 'phishing' for your email address (July 23), The … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen. Cap'n Al Melvin plays "spin doctor" today in the Arizona Daily Star with this deceptive guest opinion in which he tries to make lemonade out of lemons. State reaps benefits of Republican Legislature's pro-business decisions: Arizona is growing jobs faster than just about any state in the country. A report from … Read more

by David Safier Fast and Furious gets a whole lot of press. Darrell Issa is making sure of that. What's getting less press is the number of guns flowing across the border illegally. That's the activity Fast and Furious, and the Bush-era Operation Wide Receiver, tried, unsuccessfully, to address. An AP article in the Star … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) has canceled its previously scheduled Tuesday morning meeting in Tucson after voting 4-1 to approve the legislative district "draft map" on Monday. The second round of public hearings on the "draft maps" will begin on Tuesday. Download PDF. See www.azredistricting.org for latest updates. Tuesday, October 11, … Read more

by David Safier Remember the story about a protest in front of D.C.'s Space Museum Saturday? The demonstration was over the U.S. use of unmanned drones. Remember how some people rushed the doors and were pepper sprayed? A conservative journalist, Patrick Howley — an assistant editor at the American Spectator — was among those leading … Read more

by David Safier This falls into the category of bad news/maybe less bad news. First the bad news: The Koch Brothers say they're planning to drop $200 million or more on the 2012 election. When you're billionaires, that kind of expenditure is hardly enough to get your hair mussed. Now the maybe-less bad news: The … Read more