by David Safier How fulfilling is that? I write a little post about Chester Manning's "Shoot With the New Sheriff" campaign event, and I get eight comments telling me to get over it. Who knew all those people were BfA fans? Advertisement Let me make a general reply to the commenters who think I'm making … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Orange County and San Diego County have always been home to the most virulent form of right-wing nuttery in California, so this should come as no surprise. But note the quote from Governor Jerry Brown's office at the end. California Republican Wants to Form Breakaway State | TPM: A Scientology-backed Republican pharmacist … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: So I am a little late getting to this, but the Nogales International did not publish this until last Friday. Griffin, Judd take heat over budget, benefits: State Sen. Gail Griffin and Rep. Peggy Judd found little support for their conservative message of fiscal belt-tightening and corporate tax cuts when they hosted … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: PIMA COUNTY SUPERVISOR REDISTRICTINGPUBLIC HEARINGS ON COMMITTEE DRAFT MAP Please attend a public hearing to provide comments on the Pima County Redistricting Advisory Committee's draft map. The committee was appointed by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to help redraw Supervisor District boundary lines based on updated U.S. Census figures. According to … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: You gotta hand it to these tyrannical teabaggers and their contempt for the electoral process. Fake Democrats in Wisconsin's open primary system to delay the general election, costing taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars? Really? Is there nothing so low to which they will not stoop? Fake Democrats face real ones in … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Our sad small-town newspaper the Arizona Daily Star has decided it wants to be among the Very Serious People of the Washington, D.C. media villager establishment today in an editorial opinion in which the editor opines that "everything must be on the table," i.e., the GOP talking points for including cuts to social … Read more