Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Well that didn't take long. The Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, has issued a strongly worded press release announcing her veto of the GOP legislative budget and calling for a Special Session (beginning Monday): Arizona Legislature Fails to Provide Timely, Responsible Budget I am deeply disappointed to report to the people of Arizona … Read more
by David SafierThe state legislature telling Tucson how to run its government is like Mark Sanford teaching "abstinence only."
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rep. Steve Farley (D-Tucson) reports: [The House has] adjourned the session sine die. This session is history — the kind of history that you are condemned to repeat if you don't remember. Over in the Senate, they managed to defeat the Clean Elections bill which may well lead to the end of … Read more
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Legislative leaders had to turn off the clocks in the legislative chambers last night to maintain the fiction that they had completed a budget before midnight on June 30. Just how stupid are these guys? They do not have a budget until the governor agrees to sign it, and the budget bills … Read more
by David SafierIn answer to the question, "Can things get any weirder in the legislature?" You ain't seen nothin' yet. Updates from the Guardian. Brewer was dropped off by state troopers behind the House earlier this afternoon and dashed up the back stairs with a couple staff members. She then spent the next half-hour or … Read more