‘Lesser of two evils’ pension reform bill amended in the House, returned to the Senate
April 17, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The state pension reform bill is House Speaker Kirk Adams’ (aka Captain Kool-Aid) big priority before sine die. He wants to screw public employees as a parting gift before he resigns his legislative seat to run for Congress after legislators wrap up the session. What a swell guy. Adams' draconian state pension reform … Read more
Shameless self promotion: Speaking at DGT Monday
April 17, 2011
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by David Safier Fresh off a speaking engagement at the SaddleBrooke Democratic Club last week on vouchers and charter schools, I will be talking about charter schools at Democrats of Greater Tucson (DGT) Monday. The title of the talk: "Charter Schools – the good, the bad and the truly ugly; an educator's view." As readers … Read more
Update: Trouble in Teabagger Land?
April 17, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Here is one tidbit that comes from our alleged political reporters sucking up to the Tea Party. Apparently there is new trouble in teabagger land. From the Arizona Daily Star's political gossip column. Coughlin, Fiesta Bowl lobbyist, doesn't take lying low lying down: Where's the party? The organizer of an effort to … Read more
No, there’s no political bias in the Tucson media market (riiiight)
April 17, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Our alleged political reporters in the Tucson media market are all doing stories about the Tea Party because Tax Day is Monday, and Trent Humphries' merry band of fools has a Tea Party rally coming up at the end of the month with Andrew Breitbart (what, you couldn't figure out how to … Read more
Sen. Pres. Russel Pearce’s Brother Judge Lester Pearce is a Skousian. Is Russel, Too?
April 16, 2011
By Michael Bryan It seems that Lester Pearce, brother of Arizona Fürer Russell Pearce, is an adherent of the racist, theocratic, crackpot historical-legal theories of W. Cleon Skousen. I actually don't find this terribly surprising, given what I know about the Pearce family's politics. In fact, Russell Pearce has never denied that he is a … Read more
Merit Selection of Arizona Judges Preserved
April 16, 2011
The Arizona legislature failed in it's attempt to refer to voters a constitutional amendment that would have effectively ended merit selection of judges in Arizona and made the judiciary a creature of the Executive over time. The President of the Arizona Bar gives and excellent overview of the final version that eventually passed and will … Read more
Is Pearce on the defensive?
April 16, 2011
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by David Safier Russell Pearce doesn't come off at all well in a Phoenix News 10 12 piece about a Tea Party rally at the Capitol. When reporter Wendy Halloran asked him when we're going to see those invoices he promised for Fiesta Bowl-supplied tickets, he got angry. What a surprise! His reply: "You know … Read more
