Pima County Board of Supervisors cave in to “Don’t make me angry” Frank Antenori

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Un-freakin-believable! "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori threatened, intimidated and extorted the Pima County Board of Supervisors into appointing him the next senator from District 30. These cowards caved in to his bullying behavior. Antenori appointed to state Senate post: Frank Antenori is the new senator of District 30. The Pima County … Read more

Williams’, Kotterman’s Ed Supe platforms

by David Safier Jason Williams and Penny Kotterman are traveling around the state wooing Democratic voters for their Superintendent of Education primary candidacies, making their cases based on their bios and their stands on the issues. Williams just sent out a press release explaining his campaign platform, which makes this a good time to look … Read more

Poco Bravo blog uncovers Arizona Daily Star fabricating a story?

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Friend of Blog for Arizona Luke Knipe at Poco Bravo blog has been piecing together a story that the Arizona Daily Star may have fabricated a story by reporter Rob O'Dell about the proposed City of Tucson budget. Letcher: I did not propose 'selling' City Hall | PocoBravo: The Arizona Daily Star … Read more

State should tax biggest natural resource: Kooks

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Several people have requested that I post this opinion by Laurie Roberts at The Arizona Republic State should tax biggest natural resource: Kooks: This state's in a bad way. The economy's in the tank and the state budget right along with it. We're desperate for leadership, and what do we get? Gov. … Read more

Republican lies go ‘nuclear’ on reconciliation

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This segment of The Rachel Maddow Show explores how Republican lies about the reconciliation process have gone "nuclear" because they fear the inevitable passage of the health care reform bill. Briefly, here is Arizona's embarrassment, Sen. John McCain, invoking the GOP double-standard rule: IOKIYAR; it's never OK if you are a Democrat. In … Read more