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.

GOP sucker punches Arizona with more massive cuts to schools

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the House Democratic Caucus: GOP sucker punches Arizona with more massive cuts to schools STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – House Democrats are holding House Republicans accountable for their irresponsible budget that increases class sizes, steals money from voters and raises taxes on middle-class families. House Republicans’ passed through committee on … Read more

April Fool’s Joke: House Passes Budget – Heads Back to Senate

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Remember how Republicans whined for a year about Democrats in Congress "ramming through" and jamming through" legislation in Congress without adequate time for committee hearings, debate and GOP amendments? (Even though there were numerous committee hearings, extended debate and hundreds of GOP amendments adopted). Well, it works a little differently here in … Read more

‘Pressure’s on for GOP to restore transplants’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the House Democratic Caucus: House Democrats: ‘Pressure’s on for GOP to restore transplants’ STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – Transplant patients and House Democrats are urging Republicans to act now to restore transplants after Gov. Jan Brewer reversed her stance today after six months of opposition to grant the life-saving procedures. … Read more

Fiesta Bowl Scandal Fallout

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Posted by AzblueMeanie: A quick aside: The political media will focus on the politicians caught up in this scandal, but I would encourage the political media to focus on the real villains here – the lobbyists. The political corruption of our government is due to the fact that we allow lobbyists to run our state … Read more

The ‘two percenters’ want a class-based education system in Arizona

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A package of budget bills started moving through the Arizona House on Thursday. During the hearing on the education budget there was an exchange that deserves special mention. Arizona budget plan targets health care, education – East Valley Tribune: Brewer’s budget also proposed cutting state aid to universities by $170 million. The … Read more