Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I just received this announcement — CELEBRATE AN EVENT HONORING STEWART L. UDALL Friday, November 13, 1:30 pm Join the Udall Foundation as it honors former Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall and celebrates the addition of his name to the Foundation.   Outside of theUdall Foundation Office130 S. Scott Ave., Tucson, … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I wrote about this earlier Health Insurance Monopolies and The Anti-Trust Exemption. On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee voted 20-9 to approve legislation to repeal the health insurers' exemption under the McCarran-Ferguson Act. House panel votes to end insurers' antitrust shield: "No one on this committee believes that price fixing or carving up … Read more

by David Safier Howard Fischer has an article today on the idea of the "selling" state buildings to generate revenue. He may have the details of the arrangement right, but I seem to remember something he doesn't mention. The first part is what I remember. The state "sells" the buildings, then leases them back until … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Rachel Maddow Show reported Wednesday evening that the Republicans who voted against the Al Franken Amendment to the defense appropriations bill are taking heated criticism from the editors of their Red State newspapers back home. 'The Rachel Maddow Show' for Wednesday, October 21: MADDOW: Thirty Republican senators – 30 of the … Read more

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This GOP gimmick of bad public policy to give their weak and inexperienced council candidates an issue to wrap around their campaigns is unraveling faster than an old knit sweater. Legendary land developer Don Diamond has contributed to the Don't Handcuff Tucson opposition to the Public Safety First initiative (Prop. 200). More Opposition … Read more