Rally against SB 1070 Saturday
April 23, 2010
by David Safier A rally against SB 1070 will be held at Grijalva Headquarters, 452 S. Stone Ave. The announcement for the rally says, "Please bring your signs and tell Governor Brewer that you will not stand for this!"
Nancy Young Wright: a WYSIWYG legislator (That’s a good thing)
April 23, 2010
by David Safier When you're creating something on a computer, and what you see on the screen looks just like the final product, techies call that WYSIWYG — What You See Is What You Get. The term came to mind as I watched Rep. Nancy Young Wright (D, LD-26) at the legislative forum I attended
Al Melvin solves our educational and economic problems
April 23, 2010
by David Safier At a legislative forum held at the Northwest Tucson YMCA this morning, Al Melvin laid out a series of bold educational and economic plans. Here are Melvin's ideas, summarized: Turn our low income students into a steady supply of troops for the military. Build enough nuclear power plants to supply all of
“Don’t make me angry” Frank Antenori behaving badly during TV interviews
April 23, 2010
Posted By AzBlueMeanie: MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan had Sen. "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori (R-LD30) on his show today to discuss Gov. Jan Brewer's signing of S.B. 1070. He engaged in a heated exchange with Ratigan, resulting in Ratigan telling Antenori that "you can speak when I decide its your turn to speak" and if
Statement of Rodney Glassman on S.B. 1070
April 23, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman: Glassman Response to S.B.1070 PHOENIX, Ariz. — U.S. Senate candidate Rodney Glassman released the following response to the passage of S.B.1070: "This legislation is a rash attempt to score political points. The federal government has failed to secure our border and that must change.
A new era of Arizona Apartheid
April 23, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 on July 2, 1964, the nation ended state-sanctioned racial segregation, Jim Crow laws, and Black Codes. It was a sweeping rejection of America's shameful past of slavery and segregation. Today, the Accidental Governor, in an act of supreme political cowardice —
Connecting the dots to crazy
April 23, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: While seemingly unrelated, there is a connection between Sen. Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bill, and Rep. Judy Burges' "birther" bill. Let me connect the dots for you. You see, the next time President Obama visits the Valley of the Sun, Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio will be waiting to greet him at the airport
Bodfield slants article to make Giffords look weak, opponents look strong
April 23, 2010
by David Safier I sometimes wonder if Rhonda Bodfield has a phone conversation with Daniel Scarpinato, the ex-Star reporter who is Paton campaign's communications director, over her morning coffee. Either that, or Scarpinato has implanted a chip in the back of Bodfield's neck that sends regular, subliminal Sceets (Scarpinato tweets) straight up her brain stem
