More about G.I.’s ridiculous $400 per family figure
by David Safier As I've noted before, the Goldwater Institute has scaled back its estimated cost of the proposed sales tax hike to the average family from the ludicrous — $600 per year — to the merely ridiculous — $400 per year. I've written that, for a family with a $65,000 income — the more-or-less … Read more
Trouble ‘Brewering’ over corporate welfare tax give-away package
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Guardian (subscription required) reports that the Accidental Governor is proposing an "Arizona Jobs Package" (where was this proposal at the beginning of the legislative session? Or last year?) vastly different – and much less expensive -from House Speaker Kirk Adams' corporate welfare tax give-away package that he laughingly refers to … Read more
Can you get your exaggerations straight, please?
by David Safier First it was the Goldwater Institute claiming a one cent sales tax hike would cost the average family $600 a year, then lowering the number to $400. They're both wildly wrong, but still, G.I. blinked. Now it's Tom Jenney, Arizona state chapter director of ultra conservative Americans For Prosperity, stepping back from … Read more
Congressman Raul Grijalva warns of an economic boycott against Arizona if SB 1070 becomes law
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Congressman Raúl Grijalva took to the cable talk shows yesterday to warn of an economic boycott against the state of Arizona if the Accidental Governor signs SB 1070 into law. Arizona has been down this road before. In November 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the federal law making the third Monday in … Read more
Update: So you think you have what it takes to be a Tucson City Council member?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Friend of Blog for Arizona Carolyn Classen at the Tucson Citizen has the run-down on the applicants for the Ward 2 Tucson City Council seat vacated by Rodney Glassman, who resigned to run for the U.S. Senate. Fourteen apply for Ward 2 Council seat – Carolyn's Community Fourteen residents of Ward 2 … Read more
Attorney General Candidate Vince Rabago Blasts Senate Bill 1070
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Vince Rabago for Attorney General campaign: Attorney General Candidate Vince Rabago Blasts Senate Bill 1070 Urges Gov. Brewer to Veto Dangerous Legislation TUCSON — Democrat Vince Rabago releases the following statement concerning SB1070, “safe neighborhoods; immigration; law enforcement”: Prior to making a decision on whether or not to … Read more
Three Town Halls with Sen. Paula Aboud
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Late political calendar update from Sen. Paula Aboud: I want to thank those of you who attended last week’s town halls. If you didn’t make it and would like another chance to come by to discuss the direction our state is heading, you're invited to come this Saturday. What: Townhall with Senator Paula … Read more
