Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rhonda Bodfield at the Arizona Daily Star writes Political Notebook: Rep. Shadegg's health care speech goes viral: U.S. Congressman John Shadegg was mocked by funnyman Jon Stewart and chastised by Bill O’Reilly for his floor speech against the health care reform bill when it came up for a vote last Saturday. In … Read more
This hearing will not be televised by David Safier [Note: In classic blog fashion, Part 3 is at the top of the page with Parts 2 and 1 following. Scroll down if you want to read them in the order they were written.] These days, state legislative business is videotaped and streamed on the web. … Read more
Crandall thinks some public testimony is inappropriate by David Safier One of the people who testified at Wednesday's House task force on tuition tax credits and STOs was Ann-Eve Pedersen, one of the Tucsonans who have worked hard to uncover information about misuse of tuition tax credit funds and are trying to reform the system. … Read more
An STO fund sweep? What an idea! by David Safier The House task force on tuition tax credits and STOs met Wednesday. This is the House group started by Ds, then joined by some Rs, not to be confused with the Senate committee started by Rs in response to earlier task force. Both the Republic … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In this segment of The Word entitled "The Money Shot," Stepen Colbert argues for the "lead standard" — replacing the dollar with bullets, "backed by the irrational fear of Barack Obama." The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – The Money Shot www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political … Read more