UPDATE: The Accidental Governor sues her own GOP Legislature

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Accidental Governor ignored my sound advice from yesterday to launch a preemptive strike by sending her veto message of the GOP budget to the Legislature to break this childish standoff. Instead, she opted to waste taxpayer money and risk unnecessary delay at this criticial time to pursue litigation against her own GOP … Read more

When will Republicans be granted their rights?

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by David SafierWho knew that Republicans were a besieged minority group fighting for their rights just like . . . Wait, I must have read this wrong. Let me take another look . . . Nope, that's what it says. Republicans are fighting for their rights like Iranians who've taken to the streets. Twitter is … Read more

I’m just asking

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by David SafierWhy do Arizona Senate Republicans want to tax the rich? Well, that's not exactly what they want. This is what was actually voted on. The Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday voted to slash the salary of every state and university employee earning at least $100,000 a year by that much for one year. … Read more

Star’s article on Charter School study

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by David SafierRhonda Bodfield has an article in the Star on the Stanford Charter School study I posted about a few days ago. It's basically a good, thorough article, which I've come to expect from Bodfield's reporting, with commentary from people on both sides of the issue. But Bodfield made one strange choice. She mentioned … Read more