Arizona’s Political Leaders Evade Their Responsibilities
By Karl Reiner It is approximately 360 miles from the New Mexico state line across Arizona to the border with California. On the south side of the line is the Mexican state of Sonora, part of the territory of a foreign country. Arizona is one of four U.S. states sharing the international border with Mexico. … Read more
Now Forbes is making Huppenthal look bad
by David Safier Talk about your liberal media! First it was Rupert Murdoch's Wall Street Journal. Now Forbes is making Huppenthal look like a fool over his ignoring (same root as "ignorance") the MAS audit he commissioned. Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal says the ethnic studies program in the Tucson Unified School District is … Read more
An answer to Brodesky’s hit piece on Tucson City government and the Gadsden Company: Part 1
by David Safier Josh Brodesky's Thursday column in the Star about Tucson government was poorly written ("Sounds like the work of a 3rd rate blogger," someone told me), nasty and inaccurate. I don't want to waste time going through the column bit by bit. Rather, I want to focus on what Brodesky calls a "land-flip … Read more
Tea Party Summer Rand Camp
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Only Godwin's Law prevents me from making the obvious Hitler Youth analogy. How many times have you heard Glenn Beck tell his audience that Liberals and public schools are indoctrinating America to become socialists, Marxists, radical Muslims? Tea Party Child Indoctrination "Camps": Well, now there's this from the Tampa912 Project. [The 912 Project is … Read more
Tucson City Council Election Update: Ron Asta Hearing Today at 1:30 p.m. (Updated)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: According to the Minute Entry dated June 15, 2011 in Nicolle A. Callahan v. Ron Asta, et al., Case No. C20114352: IT IS ORDERED that any responsive pleading, including any answer, will be filed in this matter by no later than midnight on June 16, 2011. Copies of the responsive pleading or … Read more
Has The Tax Fairy Lost His Magical Spell Over The GOP?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The most regressive and fiscally irresponsible force in American politics is Americans for Tax Reform led by Grover Norquist, who preaches the ideological extremist doctrine that no tax can ever be raised at any time for any reason. Almost every conservative Republican legislator from the national to the local level has signed the Tax Fairy's … Read more
You gotta love it when it sounds like the Wall Street Journal agrees with you on Hupp’s MAS decision
by David Safier There's a post on the Wall Street Journal's Law Blog about Huppenthal's MAS decision. The nice thing is, it summarizes the whole picture, audit and all. Huppenthal claimed earlier this week that the Tucson program was designed primarily for students of one ethnic group and advocates ethnic solidarity, a finding based on … Read more
