AZ BlueMeanie Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Action Alert from the Arizona Democratic Party: There’s a right way and a wrong way to deal with the issue of immigration. Arizona is again heading in the wrong direction. SB1611, the so-called “Immigration Omnibus bill,” will be heard at 2 p.m. today during the Appropriations Committee hearing at the Arizona State … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Dark days in American history are generally proceded by the word "black," as in "Black Monday," October 28, 1929, "Black Tuesday," October 29, 1929, "Black Monday" again on October 19, 1987, etc. While these events refer to stock market crashes, the term has not been limited to economic events. There is "Black Sunday," … Read more
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings AZ Senate President Russell Pearce (R-National Alliance) is attempting to out-SB1070 last year's SB1070, the bill that became the law that both powered and rode the wave of nativist sentiment sweeping across large portions of the country (and not coincidentally, the law that the utterly unqualified Jan Brewer used to gain an … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Late calendar update: 29th Annual Tucson Peace Fair and Music Festival Saturday, February 26, 201111:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.Reid Park Bandshell For over a quarter century the Tucson Peace Center has sponsored the largest gathering of peace, social justice, labor, and environmental groups in Southern Arizona. The Peace Fair and Music Festival … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Action Alert from the Arizona Democratic Labor Caucus: Dear Friends, As you have undoubtedly heard, workers in Wisconsin are under siege. Under the banner of addressing his state’s budget crisis, the Badger State’s tea party governor is pushing through one of the worst union-busting bills in modern history. But Wisconsin’s workers aren’t … Read more