Arizona Budget Impasse Continues

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Senate Republican leaders say their budget work is at a point at which they're looking for ideas, other than raising taxes, to close the final $500 million or so of the projected roughly $3 billion budget deficit for the 2010 fiscal year starting July 1. Road bumpy for Arizona lawmakers' budget work … Read more

The Republican 2010 draft budget

by David Safier For those of you with more patience than I possess, here's the draft budget Arizona Republican legislators have put together for 2010, courtesy of the Arizona Guardian. Enjoy! (he said sarcastically.)

The Party of No (New Ideas)

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Thursday was the day the big bad GOP was supposed to show up the White House by finally announcing its own economic agenda, "The Republican Road to Recovery." It was promoted heavily by Faux News and cable outlets and by conservative blogs like Politico. So what happened? The GOP failed to deliver … Read more

Somehow, this doesn’t feel right

by David Safier From the Arizona Guardian's blog, the Guardian Angel: The Angel just loves the smell of free energy drinks in the afternoon. That rumbling you heard Tuesday was sound of lawmakers stampeding toward the Ice Cream Parlor in the Old Capitol to snatch up some free swag from one of the state's most … Read more

In Memoriam: Jack Jacobson

Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I was saddened to learn today of the passing of Tucson television pioneer Jack Jacobson. I knew him as a man (he was a member of my church when I was a youngster), but I loved him for his television character, "Dr. Scar" on K-GUN's Chiller Theater on Saturday nights. It was … Read more