by David SafierFrom the Accidental Guv's address to the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce: In summarizing her first four months as governor, Brewer said she had already "implemented the largest reduction in state government spending ever in the history of our state." Brewer, who earlier had publicly toyed with rejecting some federal stimulus funding, also … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this week, the House passed the final version of a bill intended to enhance enforcement of financial crimes, one of the provisions of which will create a 10-member commission to investigate the causes of the financial crisis. The vote was 338 to 52. The Senate passed the same version of the … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Senate on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to impose tough new restrictions on the credit card industry, which had spent years successfully avoiding regulations. Senate approves tougher credit card rules in 90-5 vote The bill bars firms from hiking interest rates on cardholders unless they are 60 days late in payment, bans “double-cycle … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There has been a number of early candidate filings this year for 2010. Many of the ranked contenders, however, may not file until as late as January of 2010 because of Arizona's resign to run law. So the early filers are not necessarily indicative of who's in and who's out for 2010. … Read more
by David SafierLocal writer and frequent Huffington Post contributor Marlene Phillips profiled our own David Fitzsimmons on Huffington Post. Did you know "Fitzsimmons' cartoons are in syndication in over 700 newspapers in the United States and around the world"? Neither did I.