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Tales from the telephone bank
May 31, 2012
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by David Safier Tonight at the Northwest Democratic office (Oracle and Magee), I was phoning a mixed group of Ds, Rs and Os (O=No party). My third call was to a 73 year old Republican woman. I gave my short "I'm a volunteer for the Arizona Democratic Party" spiel and asked if she had voted … Read more
DOMA ruled unconstitutional by First Circuit Court of Appeals
May 31, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit said the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which was signed by President Clinton and denies federal economic and other benefits for married people from same-sex couples married in states where it is legal, could not be justified under current … Read more
Time for a new sheriff in town – Paul Penzone
May 31, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
I see that "the most corrupt sheriff in America," Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio, has filed to run for Sheriff of Maricopa County again. Apparently his Cold Case Posse still has work to do, finding the Kenyan birth place of Barack Obama, the secret location of Elvis Presley – he's still alive! — and just what were those Mysterious Lights Over Phoenix Suspected of Being UFOs? Important police work like child sex abuse cases, not so much.
Seriously, residents of the state of Maricopa. Hasn't this buffoon cost you enough of your hard-earned taxpayer dollars in the multiple settlements paid out for his abuse of his office and for political witch hunts against his political "enemies" list? And there are the attorneys fees and costs being incurred in the several ongoing lawsuits against the MCSO for abuse of prisoners and racial profiling. When law enforcement crosses over the line into becoming the object of law enforcement investigations, it's time to end the corruption.
Fortunately, you have a good candidate for sheriff whom you should support and to whom you should give your vote, Paul Penzone.
The time has come to retire Crazy Uncle Joe Arpaio and elect Paul Penzone as the "new sheriff in town." Check out Paul Penzone for Maricopa County Sheriff 2012. Introduction video below the fold.
Walmart is the 18th corporation to cut ties with ALEC
May 31, 2012
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by David Safier ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council) looked bulletproof a few months ago. Few people had heard of it, and there were no consequences for being part of the conservative legislation-creation machine. But a combination of sunlight provided by ALECexposed revealing the organization's dark corners and the Council's alliance with the NRA's shameless promotion … Read more
The ‘dirty effin’ hippies’ now get to decide your fate, Frank
May 31, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
I see that Sen. "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori wussed out after being beaten a second time for Congress by someone I am sure that he considers a lesser individual than he, because no one is a greater gift to humanity than Frank Antenori. "Effin' voters! What the hell do you know! Can't you appreciate my magnificence?"
So Frank has tucked his tail and gone crawling back to run for his Arizona Senate seat. The only problem is, Frank ain't running in District 30 anymore, where he had the safety of rural eastern Pima County and Cochise County. Now Frank has to run in the new District 10, which is dominated by the City of Tucson in a mostly urban district.
Frank has spent his career denigrating the City of Tucson and its residents. Frank did not want to be identified with (R-Tucson) after his name when he was first elected. "I am barely in the City of Tucson." And Frank has routinely denigrated the residents of Tucson by referring to them as "dirty effin' hippies," as if he was Richard Nixon. It's payback time, Frank. The "dirty effin' hippies" now get to decide your fate.
Frank has also spent his career trying to subjugate the liberal blue island of the City of Tucson (and Pima County) under the oppressive jackboot of our colonial overlords from the state of Maricopa.
Wisconsin update: Second and final Total Recall/Walkergate debate tonight
May 31, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Gov. Scott Walker and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will face off tonight in the second — and final — Total Recall/Walkergate debate in the Wisconsin gubernatorial recall election campaign.
Barrett wanted more debates. Walker did not.
The Capitol Times editorializes today, Editorial: Seven debate questions for Scott Walker:
In fact, in the first debate last week, Walker was barely present — declining to ask a question of Barrett, failing to respond to challenges from his opponent or questions from journalists on the panel.
Why is Walker so disinclined to debate? Apparently, the Republican governor, who has raised $31 million, compared to Barrett's $3.9 million, prefers to let his attack ads do the talking.
But Walker will face one more round of questions tonight. And it will be harder to avoid them, as one of the state's ablest broadcast journalists, Mike Gousha, will be asking them.
In case Gousha runs out of questions, here are a few he could toss Walker's way:
1. In October 2010, you told the Oshkosh Northwestern newspaper's editorial board that you would work with public employee unions and respect the bargaining process. Now you have said that you and your aides began developing legislation to strip away collective bargaining rights immediately after your election. Did you lie to the Northwestern's editorial board?
2. In February 2011, you told the people of Wisconsin in a televised address that you were forced by a fiscal crisis to introduce a budget-repair bill that created dozens of new political positions for your cronies, proposed the sell-off of state assets and attacked the rights of public employees and teachers. Now, we learn that the drafting of elements of the legislation began months before the "crisis" developed. Did you lie to the people of Wisconsin?
Really, Jesse?
May 31, 2012
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by David Safier Two weeks before the election, Jesse Kelly may have jumped the Scarp shark. You've probably seen the Caution/Crime Scene tape (an appropriate image for his campaign) slapped on Kelly's road signs with his latest slogan. Here's the most recent. I know I'm not the intended audience, but I'm a student of signs, … Read more
Pima County Races
May 31, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
For far too many years county offices have been decided by incumbents simply filing to run. County offices attract little interest for some reason. There is rarely ever a primary contest, and almost as infrequently a general election contest.
Not this year. We have an actual election for Pima County offices this year. First, there will be GOP clown car primaries for Pima County Supervisor District 1 and for Pima County Sheriff. Even "Sugar Ray" Carroll has a Tea Party challenger in Pima County Supervisor District 4. When the Tea-Publicans get done carving each other up in their primary, there will be a general election contest in most races. There are even a couple of Democratic primaries for Constable races.
School board candidates have a later filing deadline, and are not included.
Pima County Supervisor District 1
(No Incumbent – Open Seat)
Nancy Young Wright (D)
Mike Hellon (R)
Stuart McDaniel (R)
Ally Miller (R)
Vic Williams (R)
Pima County Supervisor District 2
Ramón Valadez (D) (Inc.)
James Kelley (R)
Pima County Supervisor District 3
Sharon Bronson (D) (Inc.)
Tanner Bell (R)
Pima County Supervisor District 4
Ray Carroll (R) (Inc.)
Sean Collins (R)
Pima County Supervisor District 5
Richard Elías (D) (Inc.)
Fernando Gonzales (R)
