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.

The Senate Railroad Is Chugging Right Along…

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As we speak, the Senate is conducting floor consideration of Russell Pearce's "budget" bills. The bills were introduced late on Tuesday (yesterday), received committee consideration this morning and afternoon, Caucus consideration this evening, and now is going into Committee of the Whole, or COW, to consider amendments. The live … Read more

Coup D’etat in Michigan: The ‘Financial Martial Law’ Bill on Way to Governor

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Place your bets now on how long it will take for Arizona's Tea-Publican Legislature to propose similar legislation in Arizona. They loves them some authoritarianism! Reuters reports the Michigan House gave final approval on Tuesday to granting state-appointed emergency managers broad powers to break labor deals with failing schools an cities, and … Read more

Baja Arizona Update

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I thought for sure our local Arizona newspapers would have picked up this Wall Street Journal report from Tuesday on Baja Arizona since they had referenced the fact that WSJ reporters were doing a story in earlier reporting, but Nooo. It even contains the sneering bias that you would expect from a Rupert … Read more

Union Members Rally for Wisconsin Workers

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Event Notice: The nationwide mobilization against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's new anti union bill will hit Tucson on Thursday outside a Wisconsin Badgers NCAA March Madness Basketball game. Please join us in a show of solidarity for our Wisconsin Brothers and Sisters. Thursday March 17, 2011from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PMNW Corner … Read more