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.

Taking credit where credit is (not) due

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, is now trying to claim credit for the economic improvement under the Obama administration. That's right, one of the architects of the "just say no" to everything strategy of obstruction in the Senate in the hope that the economy would not improve and thus benefit Republicans in the … Read more

Special session: they’ve got this train running at full speed

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…and they're aiming at the state's most vulnerable residents…   By Craig McDermott   Wednesday afternoon, the Arizona Legislature convened a special session in order to pass bills related to Governor Jan Brewer's plan to kick 280,000 people off of AHCCCS. The first order of business was to declare an "emergency" and suspend the rules … Read more

‘It’s only make believe’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I warned you about Gov. Brewer's Tinkerbell Tax Plan: Just clap your hands and believe! back in December (Tinkerbell Tax Plan: just clap your hands and believe! – the essence of faith based supply-side "trickle down" conservative economic policies). Just as I predicted, Brewer proposals slash corporate income taxes ("Gov. Jan Brewer … Read more

Updated: Redistricting update: Consider the hair successfully split

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by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Edited to clarify some language.  I wrote the original update quickly, perhaps too quickly, and apologize for any confusion created. Edit2, to clarify the clarification… The Arizona Supreme Court has handed down its ruling in the Pearce/Adams lawsuit challenging the eligibility of three of the nominees for the Arizona … Read more