AIRC Update: Bipartisan agreement on Green Valley / Sahuarita – Will the AIRC listen?
October 12, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I received a number of angry e-mails from residents of Green Valley and Sahuarita earlier this week over the "merge map" crafted by AIRC Commissioners Linda McNulty (D) and Scott Freeman (R) in a rare moment of Kumbaya cooperation over the weekend. These residents were livid that their communities were put into … Read more
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October 12, 2011
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by David Safier From MyFox Memphis: Nashville, Tn – Local state representative Curry Todd has been arrested in Nashville. He is charged with DUI and possession of a handgun while under the influence. [snip] Todd sponsored a 2009 bill to allow people with handgun carry permits to bring their weapons into bars and restaurants that … Read more
Elizabeth Warren on Occupy Wall Street
October 12, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Elizabeth Warren reminds us that we should've seen the financial crisis and Occupy Wall Street coming. A new viral video promoting the Occupy Wall Street movement features the Massachusetts Senate candidate in a 2009 interview with Dan Rather recounting the economic history Washington ignored that led to the protests we see today. … Read more
Update: Tucson City Clerk issues cease and desist letter in ‘SpamGate’
October 12, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Tucson City Clerk has issued a cease and desist letter to "Rio Nuevo" Rick Grinnell for unlawful spamming of city employees' e-mail accounts soliciting campaign contributions in "SpamGate." Campaigns warned about email soliciting City of Tucson employees: Political candidates who solicit city employees for donations on their official government electronic mail … Read more
No wonder Al Melvin hates The Weekly
October 11, 2011
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by David Safier AZ Blue Meanie gave Cap'n Al a pretty good going over this morning for the captain's "everything's coming up roses" op ed in the Star. Dan Gibson on The Weekly's Range piled on as well. It couldn't happen to a more deserving state senator. Melvin wrote about Arizona's job growth in August. … Read more
Pearce Recall Update: Jerry Lewis leads in ‘rumored’ poll
October 11, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The political gossip rag the Yellow Sheet Report (subscription required) has this tantalizing tidbit. Rumored polls show Lewis with edge – Arizona Capitol Times: A poll was conducted last week in LD18 by Tucson pollster Margaret Kenski, and initial chatter is that it shows Lewis leading Pearce by 10 points. After the … Read more
Koch Brothers industry pollutes Arkansas town
October 11, 2011
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by David Safier The Koch Brothers are the poster children for the importance of government regulation. If they can cut a corner, endangering people's health, people's lives and the overall health of the environment, they'll do it if it adds a few dollars to their bottom line. Below is a 10 minute video detailing the … Read more
Florida issues concealed weapons permits to out-of-staters
October 11, 2011
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by David Safier I honestly didn't think this was possible. People in other states can get Florida concealed weapons permits by mail: Among the 853,272 concealed weapons permits Florida had issued as of Aug. 31, more than 95,000 were mail-order permits sent to non-Florida residents. All it took was a notarized 30-item questionnaire, a photo, … Read more
