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.

Joe, Jr. – The $5 million dollar man

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: "Joe, Jr.," Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu, claims the effects of cross-border smuggling are "far worse" in his county than in Arizona's border counties, and that's why his county merits $5 million in special border-security funding from the Legislature. The fact that Joe, Jr. is the darling of the anti-immigrant hate mongers … Read more

The coming week – legislative edition

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As usual, all info gathered from online sources such as the website of the Arizona Legislature, and subject to change without notice. And given the time of year, unexpected changes should be expected.  🙂 – There's a rumor that the House will be doing budget work this week, … Read more

The Arizona Legislature Week In Review

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings – The big news at the legislature this week didn't concern pending legislation, it concerned possible pending charges against Sen. Scott Bundgaard stemming from a February domestic violence incident. – In other news, of interest to most of the counties, the measure that would have inserted the legislature into county-level … Read more

Mayors Against Illegal Guns comes to Tucson on Monday

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Mayors Against Illegal Guns comes to TUCSONOn the National Drive to Fix Gun Checkswww.FixGunChecks.org Monday, March 28th1:00pmJacome Plaza (outside the main library)101 N. Stone AveDowntown Tucson(Parking lot underneath the plaza, enter on Alameda) Featuring: Dr. Peter Rhee, Chief of Trauma, UMCSen. Dennis DeConciniFormer Tucson Mayor Tom VolgyPastor David Wilkinson, St Francis in … Read more