‘There’s something happening here…’
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There's something happening hereWhat it is ain't exactly clear – "For What It's Worth," by Buffalo Springfield Steve Kozachik aka "the Koz," Tucson's only Republican city council member has been on quite a tear against the wingnuts in his own Republican Party, especially those Republicans from Southern Arizona serving in the Arizona legislature. … Read more
Baja Humor
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Paul Eckerstrom, Co-founder of Start Our State, was the guest speaker today at Democrats of Greater Tucson. Start Our State is exploring a non-binding ballot proposition in Pima County to petition the state legislature for authority to petition Congress to become our own state. (Other Southern Arizona counties are encouraged to join in … Read more
Candidate Announcement: Wenona Benally Baldenegro exploring run for CD 1
April 4, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Candidate exploratory committee announcement from Wenona Benally Baldenegro, a Democrat exploring a run for Congressional District 1, currently represented by first term Tea-Publican Paul Gosar. Wenona Benally Baldenegro Exploring Run forU.S. House of Representatives, Arizona Congressional District 1 Wenona Benally Baldenegro, a member of the Navajo Nation, announced today that she is … Read more
Kirk Adams, the human sound bite
April 4, 2011
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by David Safier Kirk Adams has an op ed in today's Republic about the wonders of the Republican budget. Since it's all about the sound bites, I figured I would eliminate the filler and get down to what the op ed is all about. "honest and responsible budget" "path to recovery" "tough decisions" "rightsize state … Read more
Restricting abortions by geography and income
April 4, 2011
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by David Safier
Planned Parenthood Arizona put out a Media Release about HB2416, the latest bill to make abortion, a legal medical procedure, increasingly difficult to obtain.
Upon signing HB 2416 into law, Governor Brewer and bill supporters have laid the foundation to further reduce access to abortion care in Arizona, a development that will particularly hit low-income and rural women the hardest.
Among the many impediments to abortion care imposed in this sweeping package of regulation – the second such bill adopted by the legislature’s anti-abortion majority in the past two years – a particularly damaging and less-than-honest provision redefines abortion in a way that requires the dispensing and taking of the abortion pill to be regulated as though it were surgery. This change will significantly reduce the kinds of health care professionals who can dispense this medication, creating the likelihood that abortion services in rural communities will cease.
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With access limited, low-income and rural women will likely delay their care, pushing them to have more invasive abortions later in their pregnancy and possibly increasing the number of surgical abortions in Arizona.
“Under the disguise of making a law that makes women safe, HB 2416 will actually be more dangerous for rural, low-income women, delaying care and making access difficult,” said Bryan Howard, CEO of Planned Parenthood Arizona. “Claiming to be more knowledgeable than trained medical professionals and their licensing boards, the legislature has once again put themselves between patients and their doctors.”
Read the entire media release after the jump.
Let’s hear from a real teacher, not Tony Hill
April 4, 2011
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by David Safier Jeanne Simons, an 8th grade teacher at Gateway Elementary wrote a terrific comment on what teaching is all about. It is a perfect rebuttal to anger-management-challenged Tony Hill (this man should never be allowed in the classroom given his abusive history with his wife and children) whose racist letter was read on … Read more
You mean the new state budget will cost jobs? Who knew?
April 4, 2011
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by David Safier The Arizona Republic ripped the Republican budget apart today, saying it's going to cost the state jobs — lots of jobs. The editorial begins with the same phrase I heard Al Melvin use on the campaign trail. The Captain said he only cares about three things: Jobs, jobs, jobs. Arizona's top-three priorities … Read more
Tax credit challenge thrown out by U.S. Supreme Court
April 4, 2011
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by David Safier The lawsuit trying to get rid of Arizona's tuition tax credits was thrown out by the U.S. Supreme Court, which said the people bringing the lawsuit had no standing. In other words, the content of the suit wasn't discussed. It was thrown out on a technicality, 5-4, with the usual gang of … Read more
