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Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
American Chinese restaurant menus have long had columns (Column A, Column B, etc.) for ordering food family style. One could choose one item from Column A, two items from Column B, and so forth. The method became so familiar that choices from “Column A” and “Column B” in anything (business, mathematics, et al.) have often been called a “Chinese menu” system. The Big Apple: “One from column A, one from column B” (Chinese menu ordering).
The Arizona Daily Star is using the “Chinese menu” system in its endorsements of state legislative races: one Democrat and one Republican in House races, the Democrat in Senate races. It is no more principled than this.
LD 2: Ackerley, Gabaldón for state House (Linda Lopez (D) elected at the primary election)
LD 8: We choose Pratt, Bustamante for state House, McGuire for Senate
LD 9: Farley for state Senate; Sidhwa, Orr for House
This is a disservice to the residents of Southern Arizona.
The problem with the current Arizona legislature is that it has a Tea-Publican super-majority, which has allowed for radical extremism to go unchecked. How do we moderate the legislature and make it more responsive to the electorate of Southern Arizona? Even a child has the common sense to tell you: "elect more Democrats — duh!" The Arizona Daily Star doesn't do math.
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The Daily Star’s ‘Jim Click Pick’
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The Arizona Daily Star published its congressional endorsements today.
For U.S. Senate, the Star edorsed Dr. Richard Carmona. Carmona's bipartisan views will benefit all.
For Congressional District 3, the Star endorsed incumbent Congressman Raúl Grijalva. Grijalva shows best command of issues.
For Congressional District 2, the Star endorsed incumbent Congressman Ron Barber. Southern Arizona's concerns and people are paramount for Barber.
And then there is the Star's "Jim Click Pick" — they had to throw a bone to one of the Star's top advertisers and GOP bundler, auto dealer Jim Click. For Congressional District 1, the Star endorsed Jonathan "Payday" Paton.
In order to do so, the Arizona Daily Star had to ignore much of its own reporting over the years highly critical of Paton.
