by David Safier As promised, today I complete my attempts to correct the unfairness shown by The Meanie to Southern Arizona's Republican legislators when he neglected to post their replies to questions the Star put to legislators. Today I'm posting the Star's questions and the responses from Republican Representatives David Stevens (LD-25), Frank Antenori (LD-30) … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Foothills Democratic Forum, a new Pima Dem club, will hold its first meeting Thursday, February 18, 5:00 p.m., at the Tratoria Pina restaurant (5541 N. Swan Road). The featured speaker will be General John Adams, himself a foothills resident, speaking on the topic of "Obama One Year Later." Gen. Adams was … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: January has been a busy month for candidate announcements which, in some contests, has led to a reshuffling of the deck as candidates who were running for one office are now running for another office. Other candidates are just now filing as election season gets underway. The dance card is filling up … Read more
by David Safier Florida has become Arizona conservatives' educational role model. Some of the education bills R legislators have put forward this year are direct imitations of what's going on in Florida. The primary reason conservatives have focused on that state's educational reforms is, Goldwater Institute's Matthew Ladner has been touting the "Florida miracle" for … Read more
by David Safier Though this blog has definite liberal/progressive leanings, we also attempt to be fair. Over the past week, The Meanie has posted statements by Democratic legislators in the Star answering questions posed to them, but he has not published statements by Republicans. In the interest of fairness, I'm posting the Star's questions and … Read more