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 Plan For The States: A Race To The Bottom

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jon Perr at perrspectives.com posted Republicans Push National Race to the Bottom on March 1, then expanded upon his post in GOP to America: We're All Mississippians Now on March 10. His lengthy detail-rich economic analyses are a must-read: Republicans have seen the future and it's in Mississippi. On the same day Wisconsin Republicans turned … Read more

Metro Phoenix lagging behind other metro areas in recovering from the recession

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings …as if those of us who live here haven't figured that out already. Brookings Mountain West, a partnership between the Brookings Institute, a Washington D.C. think tank, and the University of Nevada – Las Vegas (UNLV), today released its quarterly Mountain Monitor, tracking and evaluating economic data for the Intermountain … 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 the website of the Arizona Legislature and subject to change without notice. Monday is expected to be a busy day at the Capitol, as there are expected to be lots of folks there to for Spring Break At The State Capitol.  People … Read more

Census numbers – Arizona’s Legislative and Congressional Districts

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By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings All information available at the Census Bureau's American Factfinder page (watch the instructional videos, trust me 🙂 )… Census numbers for the state's 30 legislative districts – Geographic area                    Total population Arizona                                   6,392,017 LD1 (2010)                                 217,022 LD2 (2010)                                 177,904 LD3 (2010)                                 216,687 LD4 (2010)                                 294,239 LD5 (2010)                                 192,258 LD6 (2010)                                 … Read more