by David Safier Al Melvin wrote an op ed in this week's Explorer telling people to give tax credit money for public schools and private school scholarships. It's pre-election touchy-feely time when Melvin has to burnish his "I'm just a guy who cares about people" credentials. Well, he inadvertently took his caring a bit farther … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: No way! I might be more inclined to believe this if Sen. John McCain was not the BFF of former Sen. Phil Gramm, the "free market" deregulator of the financial services industry whose deregulatory zeal is responsible for our economic house of cards collapsing under the weight of "casino capitalism" and creating … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Tucson Weekly's Old Pueblo blog posted this piece UA Economist Marshall Vest: State Budget Crisis "Looks To Be Unsolvable": UA economist Marshall Vest became the latest Cassandra to warn about the state government’s impending financial collapse. Vest and fellow Eller School big-brain Gerald Swanson delivered their annual financial forecast last week. … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Calling a special session and actually passing the measures that are the subject of the special session are two different things. I stand by my earlier prediction that the Accidental Governor will not be able to pull off her proposal for a temporary one-cent sales tax referral to the ballot. There are … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: One of the "four horsemen" of anti-immigrant hysteria in Maricopa County and the pied-piper of teabaggers, J.D. Hayworth, has been accused by former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods (and former chief of staff to Sen. John McCain) of violating FEC regulations by using his talk radio show on KFYI-550 AM to promote … Read more