Senate Republican budget devastates Arizona’s economic recovery

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Press release from the Democratic Senate Leadership:  Senate Republican budget devastates Arizona’s economic recovery STATE CAPITOL, Phoenix – Late Tuesday, Senate Republicans released a budget proposal that decimates education by cutting more than a half-billion dollars in vital funding from all levels of Arizona’s educational systems. The Senate Appropriations committee will hear … Read more

The Farley Report: March 15, 2011

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again for the Farley Report from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD 28): This year's budget drama is taking shape as I write this, and the picture is not a pretty one. You'll recall the Governor's disastrous budget proposal from January with these features: –> Elimination of healthcare and housing for 5,200 … Read more

Pearce’s budget proposal is up

By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As he threatened/promised, Senate President Russell Pearce has put out a budget proposal and he plans to railroad it through tomorrow.  A special meeting of the Senate Appropriations Committee is scheduled for 9:30 a.m., with a Rules Committee session to follow immediately after. I don't have time for a … Read more

A Way Forward: Initiative, Referendum and Recall

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: What are the disenfranchised voters of Arizona to do about a radical Tea-Publican Arizona Legislature that only listens to its radical fringe base? Use the tools that Arizona's Progressive Founding Fathers gave us in the Arizona Constitution: initiative, referendum and recall. (When Arizona became a state its constitution was a model constitution … Read more