Arizona Advocacy Network Poll Watcher Training
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Arizona Advocacy Network: Advertisement Anti-Latino groups are preparing to harass voters at the polls. Volunteers needed to protect the vote in AZ! ____________________________________________________ This week Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent an alarming email to 800,000 of his loyal supporters asking them to help "STOP ILLEGALS FROM STEALING THE ELECTION!" by joining … Read more
G O T V !
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "Now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of their country." I took a day off from work today and spent the day walking and dropping lit in targeted precincts for get out the vote (GOTV). The GOTV push has been underway since Thursday. If … Read more
Huppenthal: Cut UA Ethnic Studies programs
by David Safier I'm certain I heard Huppenthal say, during a primary candidates' forum, that TUSD's Ethnic Studies program should be cut, because the high school kids are too young and impressionable. Programs like that are more suited to the University. Since then, I guess Huppenthal has decided that statement wasn't anti-Ethnic enough. Now he's … Read more
The Constitution was written by God for the Anglo Saxon tribes of Israel
by David Safier If the headline of this post confuses you, that means you — like me — don't know very much about the new Constitution education movement going on across the country. Garrett Epps, "a former reporter for The Washington Post, [who] is a novelist and legal scholar," wrote a piece for the Atlantic … Read more
Special Drinking Liberally Sessions this Week
By Michael Bryan Tucson's Drinking Liberally is having two special sessions this week (and no regular Sunday meeting). First, on Saturday, 10/30, John Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity will be simulcast to a local rally here in Tucson at the Club Congress from 9am to noon. Drinking Liberally will be there and will be doing … Read more
How the “Yes on Proposition 107” Side Gets it Wrong on Higher Education
By Jenn Why the anti-affirmative action folks get it really, really wrong. Several months ago, I wrote a series of posts on Arizona's latest ballot proposition — Prop 107 — which is part of the American Civil Rights Initiative's latest effort to eliminate affirmative action in this state. One of my pieces, Proposition 107: Arizona’s Students Under … Read more
Vic Williams’ Once, Twice, Three Times a Deceptive Mailer
by David Safier Vic Williams is up to his usual tricks of claiming credit for things he deserves no credit for. This time it's in his recent mailer, and he does it not once, not twice, but three times. Here's the first problem with the mailer: what looks like a sort-of endorsement from UA President … Read more
