Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Congressman John Shadegg's retirement has the wannabe Congress critters crawling out of the woodwork. Already Rep. Sam Crump, who had been exploring a run for Attorney General, and Sen. James Waring, who had been exploring a run for State Treasurer, have announced they will run for Congress. On Monday, Sen. Pamela Gorman … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In the SWAG Update I posted that Sen. Jonathan Paton's pre-arranged roll-out in the Arizona Daily Star makes me question whether the Star reports the news, or is acting as the media arm of the Paton campaign as it did when Paton ran for state representative in 2006 while serving in Iraq, … Read more
At least, more important to Arizona's state legislators, whose primary duty is to craft a balanced budget. They've had time to file 794 bills, memorials, and resolutions, but haven't had the time to address the current fiscal year's budget deficit. Some early bill filings that are either irrelevent to the fiscal crisis or counterproductive – … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Today we celebrate the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This past Saturday, I was honored to join more than 200 people of all races, nationalities, and religious beliefs at the Pima County Democratic Party African-American Caucus reception at the Pima County Democratic Party headquarters (one does not have to be African-American … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Conservative "values voters" bitterly complained that George W. Bush paid lip service to their political interests to get their votes, but failed to deliver on anything substantive on their political agenda (other than blurring the line of separation of church and state with federal funding to faith-based organizations). Conservative "values voters" rightly … Read more