Immigration politics
December 17, 2009
by David Safier Someone who knows more about state politics than I said Dem candidates in tough districts are being advised to talk tough about immigration, or their R opponents will use the issue as a bludgeon to beat them over the head and defeat them in November. That kind of advice makes me furious
Update: The not-so-special Special Session No. 5
December 17, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The special session for Thursday collapsed in failure before it even began on Wednesday (what a surprise) when GOP legislative leaders used the convenient excuse that Secretary of State Ken Bennett says he does not have enough time to hold an election on March 9. Special session will focus on cuts as
Arizona’s Budget Crisis in a Nutshell
December 17, 2009
By Michael Bryan Let's make this simple. The budget crisis proves that the Arizona GOP is unfit to govern. Here's why. Arizona's GOP majority permanently cut taxes (mostly for the wealthy and corporations, and mostly without any minority party support) during a decade-long economic bubble based on the specious premise that the resulting revenue surpluses
Oops
December 17, 2009
by David Safier Al Melvin wrote an op ed in this week's Explorer telling people to give tax credit money for public schools and private school scholarships. It's pre-election touchy-feely time when Melvin has to burnish his "I'm just a guy who cares about people" credentials. Well, he inadvertently took his caring a bit farther
No way! Sen. John McCain sponsors amendment to restore Glass-Steagall Act
December 16, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: No way! I might be more inclined to believe this if Sen. John McCain was not the BFF of former Sen. Phil Gramm, the "free market" deregulator of the financial services industry whose deregulatory zeal is responsible for our economic house of cards collapsing under the weight of "casino capitalism" and creating
State Budget Crisis “Unsolvable”?
December 16, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Tucson Weekly's Old Pueblo blog posted this piece UA Economist Marshall Vest: State Budget Crisis "Looks To Be Unsolvable": UA economist Marshall Vest became the latest Cassandra to warn about the state government’s impending financial collapse. Vest and fellow Eller School big-brain Gerald Swanson delivered their annual financial forecast last week.
Special Session No. 5 on Thursday
December 16, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Calling a special session and actually passing the measures that are the subject of the special session are two different things. I stand by my earlier prediction that the Accidental Governor will not be able to pull off her proposal for a temporary one-cent sales tax referral to the ballot. There are
J. D. Hayworth Accused of FEC Violations
December 16, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: One of the "four horsemen" of anti-immigrant hysteria in Maricopa County and the pied-piper of teabaggers, J.D. Hayworth, has been accused by former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods (and former chief of staff to Sen. John McCain) of violating FEC regulations by using his talk radio show on KFYI-550 AM to promote
