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.

The people speak: SB 1070 has had a negative effect on Arizona

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The East Valley Tribune published a week-long series entitled "SB 1070: A Year Later." There is an online (unscientific) poll One year after SB 1070 was signed, how do you see its impact on Arizona? which as of the time of this post has an interesting result:   UPDATE: The Arizona Republic today … Read more

Update on “Financial Martial Law’ Tyranny in Michigan

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Now the state of Michigan is using the police to arrest children for exercising their First Amendment constitutional rights of free speech and of association to petition their government not to close their school upon the dictate of an unelected emergency financial manager. Tyranny "can come silently, slowly, like fog creeping in 'on … Read more

Frank Antenori’s secret plan to end civil service merit selection system for county employees

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Pima County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry learned of Sen. Frank Antenori's secret plan to end civil service merit selection for county employees during a review of legislation that passed in the wee hours before sine die. This secret plan was not reported by any Capitol reporters at the time. Huckelberry alerted the Arizona Daily Star … Read more

Coming Attractions: A “special” session of the legislature to turn every state job into a political patronage job

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings On Friday's edition of Horizon on PBS, three Capitol beat journalists – Howie Fischer (Capitol Media Services), Ginger Rough (Arizona Republic), and Dennis Welch (Arizona Guardian) – discussed the final hours of the legislative session and made one prediction: Later this year, perhaps in the fall, there will … Read more