Some words for Frank Antenori
February 1, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rep. Frank Antenori (R-LD30) has annoyed his base with his sense of entitlement to Jonathan Paton's senate seat. Acting like an egotistical prick does not sit well with the public. Dan Shearer, editor of the conservative Green Valley News And Sun has Some Words For Frank: Like a small rudder that steers
The Coming Week – Legislative Edition
February 1, 2010
Posted by Craig McDermott Except where indicated, all info gathered from the website of the Arizona legislature, and subject to change without notice. There is a strong rumor that there will be a special session called this week to address (again!) the budget deficit for the current fiscal year. If that happens (and that is a
Correcting AZ Blue Meanie’s blatant political bias, Part 2
January 31, 2010
by David Safier As promised, today I complete my attempts to correct the unfairness shown by The Meanie to Southern Arizona's Republican legislators when he neglected to post their replies to questions the Star put to legislators. Today I'm posting the Star's questions and the responses from Republican Representatives David Stevens (LD-25), Frank Antenori (LD-30)
New Foothills Democratic Club forming (Tucson)
January 31, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Foothills Democratic Forum, a new Pima Dem club, will hold its first meeting Thursday, February 18, 5:00 p.m., at the Tratoria Pina restaurant (5541 N. Swan Road). The featured speaker will be General John Adams, himself a foothills resident, speaking on the topic of "Obama One Year Later." Gen. Adams was
SWAG Update
January 31, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: January has been a busy month for candidate announcements which, in some contests, has led to a reshuffling of the deck as candidates who were running for one office are now running for another office. Other candidates are just now filing as election season gets underway. The dance card is filling up
Introducing: The Floridation of Arizona Education
January 30, 2010
by David Safier Florida has become Arizona conservatives' educational role model. Some of the education bills R legislators have put forward this year are direct imitations of what's going on in Florida. The primary reason conservatives have focused on that state's educational reforms is, Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner has been touting the "Florida miracle" for
Correcting AZ Blue Meanie’s blatant political bias
January 30, 2010
by David Safier Though this blog has definite liberal/progressive leanings, we also attempt to be fair. Over the past week, The Meanie has posted statements by Democratic legislators in the Star answering questions posed to them, but he has not published statements by Republicans. In the interest of fairness, I'm posting the Star's questions and
Latest on the elementary school recess bill
January 30, 2010
by David Safier From Steve Gall: Here is the latest on HB2408, mandatory school recess and it's not good. The House Education Committee, Rich Crandall Chairman, will hear the bill next month. There are objections from both Democrats and Republicans for 2 major reasons. (1) They feel the 30 minutes of recess time will take
