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.

Arizona Democratic Party on what occurred at the AIRC hearing in Tucson

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Here is an email I received from Luis Heredia, Executive Director of the Arizona Democratic Party: Insiders 1, Arizonans 0 Republican insiders have bullied the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission from Day One — and it's finally paying off.  Today, the commission voted down 3-2 a map that would have created four fair and … Read more

AIRC Update: the Commission takes a major step backwards

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First, Thursday's AIRC public hearing has been canceled for a working day for the Commissioners. There will be two public hearings this week in Tempe. After what happened in Tucson on Tuesday, every Democrat, Independent and other party individual who wants fair and competitive districts needs to attend these meetings and to … Read more

The Koz says the ‘do nothing’ State of Maricopa-appointed Rio Nuevo Board is the problem

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Will the Tea-Publican candidates for mayor and council continue to sing the praises of Steve Kozachik (The Koz) and cite in their campaign materials this most recent in a series of guest opinions in the Arizona Daily Star placing the blame for downtown squarely on the "do nothing" State of Maricopa-appointed Rio Nuevo Board?  "Rio … Read more

Federal Judge rules Arizona’s ‘paycheck deception’ law (SB 1365) is unconstitutional

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The only people who did not see this coming were the Tea-Publican Arizona legislators, their handlers at the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), anti-union think tanks like the Goldwater Institute, and anti-union media in Arizona like The Arizona Republic. "Paycheck Deception" is right-wing speak for voluntary union deductions some of which is used … Read more