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.

Note to the AIRC: Some bloggers are press entitled to First Amendment protection

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona Independent Redistricting Commision (AIRC) Republican Commissioner Richard Stertz suggested at the AIRC public hearing on Monday that anyone could be considered a blogger and could have contacts with the Commission's mapping consultant without that contact having to be logged in by Strategic Telemetry. This oversimplification seems valid at first blush. Any … Read more

Making Sen$e: Income Disparity in America

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In case you missed the PBS documentary Making Sen$e last week, you can catch the video replay online. PBS' Making Sen$e: 'Land of the Free, Home of the Poor' | Crooks and Liars: Making Sen$e correspondent Paul Solman reports on the extreme inequality in the U.S. It's now on par with African … Read more

Prisoners of The Census gives Blog for Arizona a shout out

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Posted By AzBlueMeanie: Prisonersofthecensus.org has a news blog and today gives Blog for Arizona a shout out for our reporting on prison-based gerrymandering. Leah Sakala posts Political blogger identifies first step towards ending prison-based gerrymandering in Arizona: BlogforArizona.com blogger “AzBlueMeanie” has recently written a series of posts about the problem of prison-based gerrymandering in Arizona. … Read more

AIRC Update: In other news

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The concerns raised by Republican Commissioner Richard Stertz that the executive director of the Commission executed the contract with Strategic Telemetry without proper authority was disproved by minutes from the June 29 and June 30 meetings of the Commission. The Commission voted 4-0 to reaffirm the contract, with Stertz voting "present." The … Read more