Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The alleged budget compromise deal between our Accidental Governor and the GOP insane clown posse leadership sorta blew up on Saturday when leadership could not count enough heads to pass the series of a dozen bills, including the main sticking point: referring a sales tax increase to a special election ballot this … Read more
by David SafierA few weeks ago, I wrote a column for the Explorer whose theme was, conservatives lack an empathy gene. I began with the empathy fuss over Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court, then went local. I have rarely seen a less empathetic, more heartless group of people than the Republican state legislators … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The East Valley Tribune Le Templar blog reports State budget countdown: Anti-tax groups lobby against budget plan: Anti-tax groups are trying to rally their members and supporters to slam state lawmakers with phone calls and emails that object to a “handshake deal” on the state budget between Gov. Jan Brewer and legislative … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The GOP insane clown posse leadership is asserting that their "flat tax" income tax proposal is "revenue neutral." A legislative report predicts that the flat tax will actually result in nearly a half billion dollar reduction in state income taxes in 2012 if enacted. Tax issues stall talks in House on budget … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Senate has finished for the day and will reconvene on Monday at 9:30 a.m. The House is working through a series of budget resolution bills, but will not address the sales tax ballot measure or the flat tax proposal until Monday. We're going down to the wire on this budget. … Read more