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The NPR Story that Every Arizonan Should Hear
October 30, 2010
You might have heard some news about the NPR story connecting SB1070 and the private prison industry though ALEC. Here's the story in full. It's worth your time to listen and to read: Here's the follow-up story about the American Legislative Exchange Council, which is a disturbing story of unregulated influence pedaling of it's own,
The Rally to Restore Sanity and the Election to Preserve It
October 30, 2010
By Michael Bryan I went to the Rally to Restore Sanity. The Tucson gathering, that is. You can get an idea of the turn-out from the photos I took and posted to Facebook. It was a great deal of fun and I saw a lot of people who might not otherwise be interested in actually participating in
I don’t know what to say
October 30, 2010
by David Safier I posted last night about the clear signals that Foothills School Board candidate Tammy Caillet-Falbaum is not only hoping to steer the school district in a more conservative direction, but she's part of a concerted effort, probably led by John Munger, to push for a hard core, conservative educational agenda. Here is
3 Reasons (among many) Huppenthal should not be Ed Supe
October 30, 2010
by David Safier This is probably my last Huppenthal post before the election, though you never know what will happen between now and then that might lead to another post. Here are three examples of the kind of fast-and-loose-with-facts-and-logic person Huppenthal is. Two of these involve leaps of logic and research which I would not
Vote Sanity 11.02.10
October 30, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Rally to Restore Sanity has concluded. It struck me as performance art, an extended version of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report mocking the political media for its insane coverage of politics. Blog for Arizona makes this same point on a regular basis. I saw a number of people in the
Jim Kolbe: “I’ve never endorsed a Democrat for high office before . . .”
October 30, 2010
by David Safier Never is a very long time. Jim Kolbe is endorsing Andre Cherny's candidacy, his first endorsement of a Dem for high office. In fact, he's chair of Cherny's campaign. So many prominent moderate Republicans endorsing Democrats. So much concern among thoughtful Republicans about the state of the AZ GOP. So little time
UPDATE: Sheriff Joe Arpaio denies he authorized e-mail making bogus voter fraud claims in voter suppression effort
October 30, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: But will he disavow his relationship as the honorary co-chairman of this vigilante group? Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's name was "mistakenly" signed onto a fundraising e-mail by a group that warned that illegal immigrants were compromising the upcoming election. Group used Arpaio's name without permission: Ban Amnesty Now President Sean McCaffrey said Friday that
Jesse Kelly makes “Worst Persons” for bogus voter fraud claim
October 30, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jesse Kelly made "Worst Persons" on the Friday edition of Countdown with Keith Olbermann for his bogus claim about Mexicans being bused across the border to vote in Arizona elections. The silver, Jesse Kelly, the Tea Party-Republican candidate for the Arizona 8th Congressional District. He was a guest on a radical right-wing
