Rachel Maddow covers Arizona’s private prisons
by David Safier As I write this at 6:18pm, Maddow just finished a lengthy lead story on the Kingman prison break and Arizona’s private prisons. It pulls together all the threads as Maddow does so well, and adds details I hadn’t read about. We’ll put up the clip when it’s available. Meanwhile, if you want … Read more
Anti-Constitution radicals attack citizenship
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Howard Fischer reports today on the GOP talking point du jour: Report: 1 in 15 kids in U.S. has illegal immigrant parent – East Valley Tribune: About one out of every 15 children in the United States was born to a family where at least one parent is in this country illegally, … Read more
I’m not a tattoo kind of a guy, but if you are . . .
by David Safier My body is currently unadorned, and I plan to keep it that way. Even temp tattoos are out, except, I guess, under extraordinary circumstances. But if (a) you're against SB1070, and (b) you're a Lady Gaga fan, and (c) you like what she did and said at her Phoenix concert . . … Read more
SV Chamber of Commerce endorses Fleming, Dalessandro
by David Safier I normally don't post about candidate endorsements, but this is an unusual Business-bites-Republicans story, so it deserves a few pixels. This is the first time the Sierra Vista Area Chamber of Commerce board of directors has endorsed in legislative races. Democrat Pat Fleming, an LD-25 incumbent Representative, is the only Chamber endorsement … Read more
Horne wants names of teachers participating in UA/ASU studies
by David Safier Tom Horne wants university researchers to turn over the names of teachers who participated in UA and ASU studies. The studies conclude that Horne's English Immersion program is having a negative effect on students. This would be a frightening request at any time, but the idea of giving this kind of ammunition … Read more
More selective editing at the Arizona Daily Star
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Whenever I refer to news reports written by Howard Fischer, I will always use the original version of his reports that are reported in the East Valley Tribune or other newspapers that subscribe to his service. I will not use the condensed "Reader's Digest" version (no offense intended to Reader's Digest, I'm … Read more
Reactions to the “Republicans hate Unions” special session
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The "Republicans hate Unions" special session has concluded with its singular non-achievement: passage (for the second time by this legislature) of a referendum, "save our secret ballot," which purports to create a state constitutional provision to require secret ballots in union organizing elections. This bit of union hating theater is in response to … Read more
