SB 1070 Update: First court hearing today
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The first court hearing in one of the seven cases filed to date over SB 1070 will be heard today. Federal judge to hear Phoenix cop's opposition to SB 1070: Advertisement Foes of Arizona's tough new immigration law will get their first chance Thursday to try to block its enforcement. U.S. District … Read more
Fact versus fiction: Statistics refute claims by Arizona politicians regarding SB 1070
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: KGUN 9 "On Your Side" reports what this blog has been telling you for weeks. Statistics refute claims by Arizona politicians: TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) – Tension and rhetoric about Arizona's new immigration law is at an all-time high, with SB 1070 set to take effect in about two weeks, barring any court injunctions. … Read more
The say anything Accidental Governor
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I touched upon this briefly in an earlier post, but there is a remarkable interview of the Accidental Governor in the Arizona Daily Star today that should have been accompanied by a companion fact-check article – something the Star is loath to do (see posts from earlier this year about the Star's editorial … Read more
The Al Melvin debate bamboozle continues
by David Safier First Al Melvin said he wouldn't have any extra debates with Cheryl Cage. The one Clean Elections debate, which won't happen until we're in the General, is all he can fit in, he said. He's too busy knocking on doors. Then he said in his recent email newsletter (SENATOR AL MELVIN’S JULY … Read more
Arizona Daily Star issues a challenge to Sen. Jon Kyl
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The editors of the Arizona Daily Star have joined this blog in our outrage over Sen. Jon Kyl's caricature of the unemployed as lazy, unmotivated slackers who should get off the couch and go out and get a job. From today's editorial Unemployed Arizonans snubbed by Kyl: Consider the life of a … Read more
SB1070 Update: Encourage tourism with SB1070 “fact sheet,” astroturf
by David Safier This is pretty amusing. Brewer put together a tourism task force to try and bring tourists back to Arizona after SB1070 chased them away and Brewer worked her magic by telling people they're going to be kidnapped and beheaded unless they transport drugs for the Mexican mafia, or something like that. My … Read more
More from Steve Gall on school recess
by David Safier The latest from Steve Gall, the Recess Doctor: Kudos to Zohreh Saunders, grandmother and reading tutor at Dunham Elementary School for 4 years, for speaking on behalf of a 30 minute/day recess program in the elementary schools at the TUSD Governing Board meeting. We are trying to convince them to mandate this … Read more
