Press conference re: Arizona’s prison scandal
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Short summary courtesy of the Arizona Guardian. Advertisement Advertisement
The Glassman Campaign’s Slow-Motion Implosion… and What It Says About Rodney Glassman As a Candidate
By Jenn Rodney Glassman is the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. Republican and Democratic voters hit the polls next Tuesday for the primary elections, and, for Democrats, one of the biggest decisions we will have to make is between the four candidates running to represent our party against Senator John McCain in November. Of … Read more
Americans agree 2-1: Let the Bush tax cuts for the über-rich expire
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Joan McCarter at Daily Kos reports on the latest CNN/Opinion Research Poll: The latest CNN/Opinion Research poll shows that 69% of Americans support ending the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy–they like the idea of higher taxes for people earning more than $250,000 a year. Go figure. Media Matter's Political Correction puts that in … Read more
Not “human error.” Conditions at Kingman prison are a case of criminal negligence.
by David Safier Here's an example of human error leading to a prison break: A guard falls asleep at his post. Here's another example: Someone throws the wrong switch on a control panel, and a door that should be locked is left open. What happened at the Kingman private, for-profit prison was not human error. … Read more
NAU slams Greene’s report for G.I.
by David Safier UA weighed in earlier. Now Northern Arizona University is blasting the report Jay Greene wrote for the Goldwater Institute claiming university administrations have grown too big over the past few years. There's not much new here — UA's criticism was more thorough — but one line confirms what I thought to be … Read more
Debate! Debate! Debate!
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Gov. Jan Brewer failed to accept Attorney General Terry Goddard's challenge to debates on the serious issues facing Arizona. The Arizona Democratic Party's Central Avenue sign now features a daily debate-watch. From August 20, 2010: David Fitzsimmons of the Arizona Daily Star astutely observed in his column on Saturday, Election Day in Arizona: … Read more
