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.

Fiesta Bowl Scandal: Is the media afraid of “King” Russell Pearce?

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The headlines today say that Senate president says he paid for football tickets and Fiesta Bowl investigation: Senator says he paid for tickets. "King" Russell Pearce says he "never took anything they didn't offer everybody," and the media dutifully reports this classic defendant's denial in its headlines. Only trouble is, the Special Committee's exhaustive investigation (investigators … Read more

Repost: Recall Information

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After a terrible week in Arizona government, a godawful budget and the political corruption exposed by the Fiesta Bowl Scandal Report, I thought you could use a reminder that "yes you can" do something to change your government. The first recall petition was filed in Wisconsin today, and in Ohio they are collecting signatures for … Read more

March job growth continues to trend upward

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: After a month of natural disasters, man-made disasters, unrest in the Muslim world, debt crises and spiking food and gas prices due to market speculators, there was good reason to be concerned about the March job numbers.  As Steve Benen at the The Washington Monthly writes: This, therefore, is what we wanted to … Read more

This is brilliant! And it just might work

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Posted b y AzBlueMeanie: During debate of a bill that would prohibit governments from deducting union dues from a worker's paycheck, Florida state Rep. Scott Randolph (D-Orlando), used his time during floor debate to argue that Republicans are against regulations — except when it comes to the little guys, or serves their specific interests. Florida … Read more

Democratic lawmakers to hold statewide ‘Office Hours’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The legislative session may be Sine Die by next Saturday. Press release from the House Democratic Caucus: Democratic lawmakers to hold statewide ‘Office Hours’ STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – Democratic lawmakers invite the public to meet and talk with them at a statewide “Office Hours” event on April 9. Democratic legislators will host … Read more