What the . . .?
by David Safier Pedicone denied a reporter's request to visit an Ethnic Studies class? From Stephen Lemons of the Phoenix New Times. Advertisement Recently, I had the opportunity to visit a Mexican American Studies class, something Horne has never done, despite his signing a "finding" that calls for the program's elimination. TUSD Superintendent John Pedicone … Read more
Fiesta Bowl Scandal Update
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Thank God there is still one newspaper in this state doing its job, and one reporter who deserves kudos for her work – Ginger Rough of the Arizona Republic. "King" Russell Pearce flatly stated on April 1, 2011 that he had "receipts" for all of the Fiesta Bowl related activities that he … Read more
What’s wrong with Arizona? Voters who take pride in their willful ignorance
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Guardian (subscription required) headline: Poll: Less than half of AZ GOP think Obama was born in U.S. And this comes after the release of the "holy grail" long-form birth certificate the birther conspiracy theorists demanded. 49 percent think the president was born here; 31 percent incorrectly believe he wasn't; 20 percent of … Read more
Update: President Obama channels his inner Colbert
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As predicted, President Obama's idea to secure the border with an alligator-filled moat sounds familiar and brilliant to Stephen Colbert. (Video includes the cold open). The Colbert ReportTags: Colbert Report Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,Video Archive
David Schweikert has time for contributors but not for constituents
By Craig McDermott First, from Schweikert's House website – Due to a scheduling conflict, the Listening Sessions with David Schweikert planned for May 16th and May 19th, 2011, have been postponed to a future date to be determined. However, whatever the "scheduling conflict" may be, apparently it isn't important enough to get in the way … Read more
Prepare for the headline: Mesa Recalls Russell Pearce!
by David Safier I just got off a conference call with Chad Snow and Randy Parraz of Citizens for a Better Arizona, the group spearheading the Recall Russell Pearce campaign. Here's the news: It takes 7,756 signatures to recall Pearce. The group says it already has 14,000 to 15,000 signatures, of which they are sure … Read more
Huppenthal gets preliminary Ethnic Studies audit report
by David Safier The first shoe has dropped with the Ethnic Studies audit report. A preliminary report on TUSD's ethnics studies program has been turned in to the state department of education. What's in it? The ADE isn't saying. The report will be reviewed to see if it's complete, and it will be released . … Read more
