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.

Ben Quayle fails geography

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Ya know, you'd think that when his father opened up his rolodex of names of competent political campaign staffers to help his son buy his way into Congress, he'd have given his son a name (or two or three) of a competent office staffer, too. However, based on today's news, you'd … Read more

Stumbling towards sine die

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Some more bills that have been passed today as the Arizona legislature stumbles towards sine die: The Arizona House gave preliminary approval Tuesday to a bill that recognizes the Colt revolver as the state’s official firearm despite several attempts by a lawmaker to have the Legislature instead endorse two weapons made by … Read more

Pima Democrats challenge Cap’n Al to live on an unemployment check

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: If the legislature fails to fix the unemployment compensation statute by amending just one word, they should all be forced to live on nothing but an unemployment check (based upon their $24,000 yearly legislative salary) until they do fix it. The $240 mentioned below is the maximum benefit from Arizona.  Press release from … Read more

‘Tea Party’ License Plates Approved

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the House Democratic Caucus: GOP passes special interest bill giving Tea Party special Arizona license plate STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – House Minority Leader Chad Campbell released the following statement tonight on Tea Party license plate bill (SB 1402), which was sent to the governor: “Arizonans are sick of the … Read more

Legislation coming fast and furious as sine die approaches

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Things get crazy during the mad rush to sine die, so let me try to summarize the latest news from the Capitol. You have all heard by now that Gov. Jan Brewer is slightly less crazy than our Tea-Publican legislature; she vetoed the "Birther bill," HB 2177, because of the "ick factor." … Read more