Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I thought for sure our local Arizona newspapers would have picked up this Wall Street Journal report from Tuesday on Baja Arizona since they had referenced the fact that WSJ reporters were doing a story in earlier reporting, but Nooo. It even contains the sneering bias that you would expect from a Rupert … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Event Notice: The nationwide mobilization against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's new anti union bill will hit Tucson on Thursday outside a Wisconsin Badgers NCAA March Madness Basketball game. Please join us in a show of solidarity for our Wisconsin Brothers and Sisters. Thursday March 17, 2011from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PMNW Corner … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Democratic Senate Leadership:  Senate Republican budget devastates Arizona’s economic recovery STATE CAPITOL, Phoenix – Late Tuesday, Senate Republicans released a budget proposal that decimates education by cutting more than a half-billion dollars in vital funding from all levels of Arizona’s educational systems. The Senate Appropriations committee will hear … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again for the Farley Report from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD 28): This year's budget drama is taking shape as I write this, and the picture is not a pretty one. You'll recall the Governor's disastrous budget proposal from January with these features: –> Elimination of healthcare and housing for 5,200 … Read more

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As he threatened/promised, Senate President Russell Pearce has put out a budget proposal and he plans to railroad it through tomorrow.  A special meeting of the Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., with a Rules Committee session to follow immediately after. I don't have time for a … Read more

by David Safier Get ready for the Russell Pearce budget bill from the Senate. They want to cut $400 million more than Brewer proposed. (It's amazing how far to the right you have to move to make Brewer look like a moderate). The cuts: "$172 million from K-12 schools, $65 million from universities and $67 … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: What are the disenfranchised voters of Arizona to do about a radical Tea-Publican Arizona Legislature that only listens to its radical fringe base? Use the tools that Arizona's Progressive Founding Fathers gave us in the Arizona Constitution: initiative, referendum and recall. (When Arizona became a state its constitution was a model constitution … Read more