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The Farley Report – Special Session Edition
June 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again for the Farley Report from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD 28): Last Monday the Legislature wrapped up our third Special Session without doing anything but hammer home the message that, after 46 years of uninterrupted rule, the Republican majority is simply not on our side. By "our," I mean all … Read more
Quick thought of the day
June 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: By the end of the day there will be four – count 'em, four! – mayoral candidates disqualified from the ballot because they were either ineligible to run for office (Marshall Home™) or so incompetent that they failed to gather enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot (Pat Darcy, Ron Asta, … Read more
Yet more nuke news
June 21, 2011
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by David Safier Good for the Associated Press. Those aren't words I type often, but they're more than deserved for the AP's four part "Aging Nukes" investigative series. Also, good for the Star for giving the series prime billing on the first page of the second section. Yesterday's story, the first in the series, was … Read more
Candidate Announcement Update: Wenona Benally Baldenegro to run in CD 1
June 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Wenona Benally Baldenegro is no longer exploring a run but will run for Congress in CD 1, setting up a Democratic primary with former Congresswoman Ann Kirkpatrick who has also announced she is running for her old seat in CD 1. Here is the announcement from the Wenona Benally Baldenegro campaign: Dear family, friends, and colleagues: I’m … Read more
Strong Star gun control editorial criticizes Obama
June 21, 2011
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by David Safier Today's Star editorial got it right. Obama has been dragging his feet on gun control measures. You can argue whether he could actually move legislation forward by taking a more active role, given the locked-and-loaded mentality of Republicans, but there's no denying, Obama has been keeping his powder dry on this issue. … Read more
Tucson City Council Election Update: Turn Out The Lights, The Party’s Over (Updated)
June 21, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As Dallas Cowboy great Dandy Don Meredith would sing whenever the winner of the game was a foregone conclusion on Monday Night Football, "Turn out the lights, the party's over." The game is over for "Not the Democrat" Marshall Home™ who withdrew as a candidate last week before the court could boot … Read more
A hidden-in-plain-sight $20 million theft from Arizona schools
June 20, 2011
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by David Safier The things you learn reading the Capitol Times! Today I learned that, in a cost cutting move, the legislature managed to save something like $20 million in funding for the Arizona State Land Department. (Cap Times is subscription only.) Did the lege get rid of the agency or somehow streamline it? Nope. … Read more
AZ Republicans demand tax break for Apollo Group, which increases fed deficit
June 20, 2011
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by David Safier The only vaguely coherent reason AZ Republicans could give for not extending unemployment benefits was that it would increase the federal deficit. But they were willing to bite the bullet and vote for the extension if they got corporate tax cuts. One of the companies targeted for the cuts: the Apollo Group, … Read more
