Arizona legislature: Week in review and preview of the coming week
April 10, 2011
Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings In a development this past week that is both "review" and "preview," Senate President Russell Pearce threatened/promised to bring back some of his anti-immigrant measures that failed to pass earlier in the session. From a Howard Fischer-written story, courtesy the East Valley Tribune – Unwilling to accept defeat, … Read more
A Little Perspective on the 2011 Budget
April 10, 2011
Posted by Michael Bryan What the GOP is willing to shut the government down over is actually merely a symbolic amount of spending. The problem lies not in the cuts themselves (other than the distribution of the pain they will cause is unjustly slanted toward those who can least absorb the blow), but the policy … Read more
The ‘surtax’ on ASRS Public Employees
April 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It's not enough that the Tea-Publican legislature cut $183 million from the K-12 school budget that will invariably lead to school closures and teacher layoffs, but those teachers "lucky" enough to still have a job next school year will be paying a 3% "surtax" on their wages — not a pension contribution … Read more
Reminder: Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik Tribute Dinner
April 10, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: RSVP via ActBlue by clicking HERE
Why the Right should hate “Waiting for Superman”
April 9, 2011
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by David Safier I finally forced myself to watch "Waiting for Superman," the documentary that basically trashes teachers' unions and sings the praises of charter schools. Writing about education isn't all beer and skittles, after all. Sometimes I need to read and watch things I know will annoy me. As a logical argument, the film … Read more
Speaking of a lack of ethics…
April 9, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In the aforementioned Arizona Daily Star report, S. AZ politicians relatively untouched by bowl scandal, Sen. "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori is quoted regarding his take on the Fiesta Bowl Scandal: Republican Sen. Frank Antenori said he didn't go on any of the junkets, which he said seem to fall more … Read more
The right way – and wrong way – to cover the Fiesta Bowl Scandal
April 9, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Republic has been doing an outstanding job covering the details of the Fiesta Bowl Scandal. One would expect them to do so as it is the state's largest publication and conveniently located in the capitol city. It's kinda their job. Here in Baja Arizona, however, we have the sad little … Read more
Sen. Jon Kyl tells a whopper of a lie
April 9, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t to Jim Nintzel at the Tucson Weekly for essentially writing this post for me. I hope that he will not mind that I post it in full with additional commentary. Kyl Walks Back Wildly False Claim About Planned Parenthood: ThinkProgress catches U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl telling a whopper about Planned Parenthood on the … Read more
