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.

Brewer vetoes, signs a number of bills

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer has signed a slew of bills passed by the legislature this year, and has also vetoed a larger-than-expected number of them. While she usually lists technical reasons for her veto of a bill, her real reasons for vetoes usually boil down to either payback … Read more

Is there about to be a land grab in Pima County?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Back in the late 1990s, Tortolita and Casas Adobes attempted to incorporate as towns, despite the existence of Arizona law that prevented such incorporation because of the proximity to the City of Tucson, which had to give its approval. The courts later voided the incorporation attempts. Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup was elected … Read more

A number of election law changes signed into law

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This has been a very active year for election law changes in the Arizona legislature. I would recommend that state and county political parties request that the Arizona Secretary of State provide a refresher course to update everyone on these election law changes. Public education is part of the duties of that … Read more

More interesting vetoes by Governor Brewer

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Who would have thunk it that Governor Jan Brewer would stand up to "the crazy" from the Tea-Publican Arizona legislature? At least on the big-ticket items; she is still signing some of their pet bills. On Friday, Governor Brewer vetoed a few more bad bills: SB 1201, the "omnibus firearms" bill, which … Read more

Get your Baja Arizona petitions now!

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Start Our State is also sponsoring Celebrate Free Baja Arizona Day! on Cinco de Mayo (that's May 5th for Tom Horne) at the Shanty, 401 E. 9th Street (at 4th Avenue), from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Food will be provided, but you'll have to pay for your own drinks. The date was … Read more