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.

AIRC Update: Tranparency for the media, but not for political lobbyists?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission (AIRC) adopted an amendment to its contract with Strategic Telemetry, its mapping consultant, last week that requires the mapping consultant to log all contacts with the firm, including media contacts from mainstream media and bloggers (like Steve Muratore of the Arizona Eagletarian who is the unofficial blogger of the … Read more

Lobbying at AIRC meetings

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I spent the weekend speaking to individuals who are preparing to file a complaint this week about unregistered lobbyists who have been at every AIRC public hearing pressuring commissioners and even badgering members of the public. Things may get interesting. For a taste of what this is about, Steve Muratore has a … Read more

Emily Litella testifies to the AIRC

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: One of my favorite Saturday Night Live characters was Gilda Radner's hard-of-hearing Emily Litella, who would read a rebuttal to a Weekend Update editorial that demonstrated she had not understood any of what she thought she had heard, and when her error was explained to her by the Weekend Update anchor (Chevy … Read more

Brewer touts federal grant…

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …and does it without acknowledging the feds or even the fact that it fills in a gaping hole in the budget priorities of her and the legislature… Earlier this week, Governor Jan Brewer issued a press release touting the receipt of an $11,894,000 grant from the federal Centers for … Read more

Pearce Recall Update

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Mesa Republican Jerry Lewis on Thursday submitted 1,187 signatures to the Secretary of State's Office. Jerry Lewis files signatures to run against Russell Pearce If at least 621 of those signatures are from valid registered voters in east Mesa's Legislative District 18, Lewis qualifies to run against Senate President Russell Pearce in … Read more