At least, more important to Arizona's state legislators, whose primary duty is to craft a balanced budget. They've had time to file 794 bills, memorials, and resolutions, but haven't had the time to address the current fiscal year's budget deficit. Some early bill filings that are either irrelevent to the fiscal crisis or counterproductive – … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Today we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This past Saturday, I was honored to join more than 200 people of all races, nationalities, and religious beliefs at the Pima County Democratic Party African-American Caucus reception at the Pima County Democratic Party headquarters (one does not have to be African-American … Read more
by David Safier I envy the conservatives' ability to think 2 or 3 steps ahead when they're trying to sell an agenda to voters. I think they stink at governing, and their ideology tends to be anywhere from wrong headed to inhumane. But man, can they put together a frontal assault to push their agenda. … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Conservative "values voters" bitterly complained that George W. Bush paid lip service to their political interests to get their votes, but failed to deliver on anything substantive on their political agenda (other than blurring the line of separation of church and state with federal funding to faith-based organizations). Conservative "values voters" rightly … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This has been a busy week 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. You can play along at home … Read more