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.

(Update) Arizona Democratic Party 2011 Volunteer Awards Night

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The deadline for nominating a volunteer for this year's 2011 Volunteer Awards Night has been extended until September 10. Many of the caucuses and clubs will be meeting the first week of September, so this is the perfect time to hand out the nomination form. You may click here to open the … Read more

Pima County GOP: Too extreme to understand the optics

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Mike Shaw, interim Pima County GOP chairman: "We didn't go out to buy a Glock to make people mad – not at all," Shaw said. "There are some people who are sincerely offended or maybe even hurt, and I feel bad about that. It was not my intent, or anybody's intent, to … Read more

Updated SWAG Re: Early Filers For 2012

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

AZFlag Time for an update to the "Silly Wild Ass Guess" (SWAG) list of who is running for office in 2012. The district maps have not even been drawn, yet alone litigated in court, but there are a number of campaign committees for 2012 based upon current legislative districts.

As you might expect, this list is going to be subject to change when new districts have been established by the AIRC. And as always, candidates will come and go.

I will periodically update the list. You can follow along at home at the Arizona Secretary of State's web site Campaign Finance Search – Candidates.

Filer ID # beginning "2012" except where indicated (*). Some committees are exploratory committees.

Arizona Legislature

LD 01    Stephen Pierce, Senate (R)
LD 01    Karen Fann, House (R)
LD 01    Andrew Tobin, House (R)

LD 03    Salvatore "Sam" Scarmardo, Senate (R)
LD 03    Kelli Ward, Senate (R)
LD 03    Doris Goodale, House (R)

LD 04    Scott Bundgaard, Senate (R)
LD 04    Jack Harper, House (R)*

LD 05    Sylvia Allen, Senate (R)
LD 05    Brenda Barton, House (R)
LD 05    Chester Crandall, House (R)

LD 06    Lori Klein, Senate (R)
LD 06    James Bearup, House (R)
LD 06    Amanda Reeve, House (R)*
LD 06    Carl Seel, House (R)

LD 07    Heather Carter, House (R)

LD 08    Michele Reagan, Senate (R)
LD 08    John Kavanagh, House (R)
LD 08    Michelle Ugenti, House (R)

LD 09    Richard "Rick" Gray, House (R)
LD 09    Debbie Lesko, House (R)

LD 11    Adam Driggs, Senate (R)*
LD 11    Kate McGee, House (R)
LD 11    Eric Meyer, House (D)*

Pima County GOP Raffle: Win a Glock 23 (Seriously!)

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I have been receiving angry e-mails this morning about the Pima County Republican Party's online newsletter, e-Tracks [PDF] (August 26, 2011), which includes this fundraiser advertisement: You know, at some point you can no longer dismiss this as just insensitivity or thoughtlessness. This is purposefully malicious. It is as if these Tea-Publicans … Read more

Pima County Supervisor District Map Public Hearings Scheduled

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On September 6th the Pima County Board of Supervisors is tentatively scheduled to hold a public hearing and tentatively approve a redistricting map. Final approval by the Board would then be scheduled a week later – September 13th. View proposed Pima County redistricting map – Carolyn's Community: Pima County Board of Supervisors … Read more