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.

Arizona legislature: Week in review and preview of the coming week

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Posted by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings In a development this past week that is both "review" and "preview," Senate President Russell Pearce threatened/promised to bring back some of his anti-immigrant measures that failed to pass earlier in the session. From a Howard Fischer-written story, courtesy the East Valley Tribune – Unwilling to accept defeat, … Read more

The ‘surtax’ on ASRS Public Employees

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It's not enough that the Tea-Publican legislature cut $183 million from the K-12 school budget that will invariably lead to school closures and teacher layoffs, but those teachers "lucky" enough to still have a job next school year will be paying a 3% "surtax" on their wages — not a pension contribution … Read more

Speaking of a lack of ethics…

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In the aforementioned Arizona Daily Star report, S. AZ politicians relatively untouched by bowl scandal, Sen. "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori is quoted regarding his take on the Fiesta Bowl Scandal: Republican Sen. Frank Antenori said he didn't go on any of the junkets, which he said seem to fall more … Read more