Action Alert: Call Your State Senators on Senate Appropriations Committee Now
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Action Alert from the Arizona Democratic Party: Advertisement There’s a right way and a wrong way to deal with the issue of immigration. Arizona is again heading in the wrong direction. SB1611, the so-called “Immigration Omnibus bill,” will be heard at 2 p.m. today during the Appropriations Committee hearing at the Arizona … Read more
Black Tuesday
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Dark days in American history are generally proceded by the word "black," as in "Black Monday," October 28, 1929, "Black Tuesday," October 29, 1929, "Black Monday" again on October 19, 1987, etc. While these events refer to stock market crashes, the term has not been limited to economic events. There is "Black Sunday," … Read more
If this doesn’t scare the hell out of you . . .
by David Safier If you have felt the slightest bit complacent about what's going on in Arizona, two articles on the Star's front page should end that. The Star has badly mis-headed the Howard Fischer article about a whole raft of anti-immigrant legislation. Hell, let's be honest. It's anti-Hispanic legislation. It includes Pearce's Omnibus Immigration … Read more
Progressive Democrats of America hold first Tucson chapter meeting
by David Safier A few months ago I was invited by Phil Lopes to a breakfast meeting of the steering committee of the not-yet-begun Tucson Progressive Democrats of America chapter. They wanted a kickoff event and decided to rent a smallish hall so it wouldn't look empty if not too many people showed up. Monday … Read more
Antenori’s Governing Philosophy (i.e. Hypocrisy) Called Out
By Michael Bryan The Desert Lamp: The War on Local Government Seldom do a point to another's blog post in a post of my own. I generally just note it in The Arizona Donkey Feed, which, if you are not reading or subscribing to it, you should be: I update the latest news and blog … Read more
Russell Pearce in 2011: trying to outdo his 2010 anti-immigrant screed
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings AZ Senate President Russell Pearce (R-National Alliance) is attempting to out-SB1070 last year's SB1070, the bill that became the law that both powered and rode the wave of nativist sentiment sweeping across large portions of the country (and not coincidentally, the law that the utterly unqualified Jan Brewer used to gain an … Read more
Time to Face-Up to the Real Issues with Mexico
By Karl Reiner The elected leaders of Arizona continue to be extremely busy doing things that bewilder much of the citizenry. The attempt to have local law enforcement agencies take on the additional responsibility of enforcing immigration laws (the infamous SB 1070 affair) resulted in a massive amount of negative publicity financially beleaguered Arizona … Read more
