by David Safier The story in Sunday's NY Times Magazine, How Christian Were the Founders?, has nationwide import. Basically, a very powerful conservative cabal on Texas' state school board dictates what will be included in textbooks which will be bought by the state. And since Texas is such a huge consumer, as the state's textbooks … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen. Jack Harper, R-Surprise, has always been a few bricks short of a full load, if you know what I mean. This says more about the character of the voters of his district who continue to elect him to office than it does about him. Yesterday, Sen. Harper convinced his Senate colleagues … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Back in January, the Republican National Committee at its winter meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (you know, that exotic foreign-sounding place not really a part of America even though it is the fiftieth state for more than 50 years) adopted a "Republican Platform Test" over the more stringent "GOP Purity Test" that had … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This candidate forum now also includes the Senate candidates in LD 28. Rather than repost the earlier announcement, I want to give a shout out to Carolyn Classen at the Tucson Citizen (I almost forgot you guys are still around) on the LD 28 House and Senate campaign trail…Feb. 21 – Carolyn's Community: … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Ending months of speculation about what his plans are now that he is termed out of his House seat this year, Rep. David Bradley – Tucson (D-LD28) filed Wednesday to run for the Arizona Corporation Commission. How about a press release Dave? Bradley will join fellow Tucsonan, Sen. Jorge Luis Garcia (D-LD27) … Read more