Redistricting Update: Colleen Mathis of Tucson selected as fifth member and chair of AIRC
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Regardless of how the next round of redistricting turns out, Tucson should have nothing to gripe about. Advertisement Three out of the five members of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) are from Tucson. Independent Colleen Mathis joined Democrat Linda McNulty and Republican Richard Stertz on the AIRC … Read more
“Spamalot for Conservatives” made easy
by David Safier Here's a website Russell Pearce recommends to his mailing list. It allows you to write a single message and send it to every single legislator in your state, or the top 50 newspapers in your state, or the top 100 newspapers in the country, with one click of the mouse. And since … Read more
Underfunded education bad for military bases
by David Safier AZ Blue Meanie will undoubtedly post this week's Farley Report in its entirety, but I want to pull out one passage, Farley's discussion with Col. Tom Payne, base commander of the Army's Yuma Proving Ground. Payne thinks our low educational standing hurts the military's ability to recruit the best people for the … Read more
Why not Baja Arizona? Some fun facts
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: For those of you who are fans of The History Channel, you no doubt have watched the series "The States" which explains the history of how each state came into existence. But the most fascinating part of the series are the stories about the "lost states," the state names of proposed states … Read more
Stop the Presses! Right winger says, Planned Parenthood not the root of all evil
by David Safier We're seeing more and more cracks in the seemingly monolithic right wing as it starts flexing its crazy-base muscles in Congress and state legislatures. Latest example. Richard Mellon Scaife, who has used his billions to help create the think tanks which have fueled the Scream Machine (I'm sure he kicked a few … Read more
Bill Gates pontificates on education because he’s Bill Gates
by David Safier In a WaPo op ed yesterday and an article today, Bill Gates tells us how we can change education for the better, even with budget cuts. [See Vonnegut Quote-Note at end] His basic assertion: don't raise teacher salaries based on experience or education. Only raise salaries for the best teachers, and put … Read more
(Update) Experts: GOP economics will hurt the economy, increase unemployment
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I already told you about the report by the investment company Goldman Sachs analysts that said the proposed GOP budget cuts would reduce the country's economic growth by 1.5 to 2 percentage points for the year, essentially cutting in half the nation's projected economic growth for 2011. Experts: GOP economics will hurt … Read more
