AZ BlueMeanie

The Blue Meanie is an Arizona citizen who wishes, for professional reasons, to remain anonymous when blogging about politics. Armed with a deep knowledge of the law, politics and public policy, as well as pen filled with all the colors stolen from Pepperland, the Blue Meanie’s mission is to pursue and prosecute the hypocrites, liars, and fools of politics and the media – which, in practical terms, is nearly all of them. Don’t even try to unmask him or he’ll seal you in a music-proof bubble and rendition you to Pepperland for a good face-stomping.

Special interests want special favors from the Rio Nuevo District Board

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The usual suspects in Downtown Tucson development appear in this report in the Arizona Daily Star on Tuesday, Businesses press lawmakers to make Rio Nuevo changes: A group of downtown developers and business interests wants the Legislature to make big changes in Rio Nuevo, including a change that could guarantee them financial … Read more

‘Rio Nuevo’ Rick Grinnell implicated along with ‘The Phisher King,’ Tyler Vogt, in ‘SpamGate’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have told you at length about The Phisher King, Tyler Vogt, Tea-Publican troll candidate for the Tucson City Council, who misused and abused a public records request to obtain e-mail addresses from the City of Tucson for a commercial purpose, i.e., to solicit you for campaign contributions. Tyler Vogt goes 'phishing' for your email address (July 23), The … Read more

Sen. Cap’n Al Melvin plays ‘spin doctor’ in the Star

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen. Cap'n Al Melvin plays "spin doctor" today in the Arizona Daily Star with this deceptive guest opinion in which he tries to make lemonade out of lemons. State reaps benefits of Republican Legislature's pro-business decisions: Arizona is growing jobs faster than just about any state in the country. A report from … Read more

AIRC Update: Legislative district ‘draft map’ approved, second round of public hearings begin Tuesday

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) has canceled its previously scheduled Tuesday morning meeting in Tucson after voting 4-1 to approve the legislative district "draft map" on Monday. The second round of public hearings on the "draft maps" will begin on Tuesday. Download PDF. See www.azredistricting.org for latest updates. Tuesday, October 11, … Read more

OccupyTucson on Saturday, October 15

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Phoenix version of Occupy Wall Street is ramping up with a Web page #OccupyPhoenix | Taking the power back!, plus info feeds on Facebook and Twitter. Organizers want protesters to "flood into Cesar Chavez Plaza" on Saturday, October 15. They will be joined by members of the Arizona AFL-CIO at Noon following … Read more