Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Services for Senator Jorge Luis Garcia will be as follows: Visitation will be at Carillo's Tucson Mortuary, 204 S. Stone Avenue, just south of downtown, on Thursday, October 21st, from 5-10:00 p.m. The rosary will begin at 7:00 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at Saints Peter and Paul Parish, 1946 … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: David Safier previously posted Congresswoman Gabriel Gifford's press release regarding the ForeclosureGate scandal. Giffords calls for home foreclosure moratorium (excerpt): Giffords wants more. She is calling for "an immediate three-month national moratorium on foreclosures so lenders and loan servicers can address rampant problems that have led to homeowners being wrongly removed from their … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Odd choice of venue for last night's Pima County GOP unity rally. Not a restaurant or hotel, but Bob Beaudry's RV Center. I guess he needed the money after filing for bankruptcy in 2008. Tucson RV dealer declares bankruptcy. What is up with the New Car Dealers Association in this town? Where's … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I understand that Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele is in Tucson Friday night as the Keynote Speaker for the Pima County Republican Party's GOP Unity Rally & Dinner. OK. I have to ask "what unity?" after the Tea-Publicans just completed purging the last of the moderate Republicans from the party in … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In case you missed it, last night on Comedy Central's Tosh.0 Show, comedian Daniel Tosh did a hilarious segment on CelebrityNetWorth.com, http://www.celebritynetworth.com/, a web site on which you can look up the net worth of entertainers, athletes, business leaders, politicians, etc. The site doesn't have everyone of course, but what it does … Read more

by David Safier I talked with Bill Buckmaster, who hosts Arizona Illustrated on KUAT, about which candidates have agreed to do face-to-face interviews on public television in Tucson. His answer was, everyone has said they will show up, with two exceptions. Huppenthal has "declined to take part." McCain "has not responded." Buckmaster sent me the … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Ending the Bush tax cuts for the über-rich – the "two percenters" – is a winning issue for Democrats. In poll after poll this year the public supports president Obama's proposal to end the tax cuts for those making over $250,000. Greg Sargent writes at The Plum Line – Dear Dems: You … Read more