Michael Bryan Link: Mitchell votes against House tax relief package. Harry Mitchell has just proven himself to be conclusively uninterested in middle class tax relief. He justified his support for making permanent Bush’s massive estate and capital gains tax giveaways to the wealthy by pointing out that some crumbs may fall into middle-class citizens’ pockets. Now he … Read more
The title of this post won’t make any sense until the end of this video:
Snoozers. That is the consensus regarding the municipal election this year. There is really very little learn from these races other than how deeply voters seem not to give a crap. Here in Tucson we rang up a whoppingly pathetic, though not unprecedented, 26% turnout. Sad. But the Phoenix run-offs generated a mind-bogglingly low 22% … Read more
Link: Final Vote Results for Roll Call 1037. A ‘YES‘ vote on the ‘motion to table’ (vote 1037) was a vote to permanently dispose of the resolution without action: in other words, not to even consider or debate the high crimes and misdemeanors committed in our executive office by our Vice President. A "NO" vote … Read more
Link: Sheriff Arpaio is more than $1 mil over OT budget. Sheriff Joe "Most Spend-Thrifty Sheriff in America" Arpaio is about $1.3 million dollars over-budget for officer over time for the year – just 4 months into the fiscal year! He’s on track to be more than $6.8 million dollars over-budget just for over time … Read more