Did Steve Kozachik want a job before he wanted on the council?
October 11, 2009
by David Safier Back in April, the Star ran a short "Why I'm running" piece on Nina Trasoff and Steve Kozachik, introducing their runs for the city council seat. Here's Kozachik's statement. Why running?: Because it matters. I reached out to Councilwoman Nina Trasoff's office in the middle of last year because I saw they
Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL): a fearless unapologetic Democrat
October 11, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL) is a freshman congressman representing Florida's eighth congressional district. He caused a sensation in late September with this speech about "the Republican Health Plan: (1) Don't get sick; (2) and if you do get sick… (3) DIE QUICKLY." Republicans howled that Grayson called them out for their obstruction
G.I. earns one gold earring
October 11, 2009
by David Safier This is a damning-with-faint-praise segment of my regular Fool's Gold series looking at the inaccuracies the Goldwater Institute trades in. This time, the information isn't incorrect. It's just half of the story. So one gold earring out of two seems appropriate. Worn pirate-like. Also appropriate. Last week Matthew Ladner wrote one of
How quickly they forget
October 11, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Rhonda Bodfield reports in the Arizona Daily Star's Political notebook: Where are Prop. 200 backers? The backers of Proposition 200 have not been overly eager to play to potentially hostile crowds this election season. Proponents refused to debate the opposition at a recent Drinking Liberally meeting, failed to send someone to a
Shorter Tom Horne: “Just kidding”
October 11, 2009
by David Safier Horne thought he'd hit on a great idea — the "840 Club," where anyone who gives the max $840 to his campaign for Attorney General gets special access. After all, Horne wants to talk to all Arizonans, but he can't, so why not let the people who really want to talk to
Presented without comment
October 10, 2009
by David Safier From the Arizona Guardian (subscription only): Health care and child care facilities will have to pay thousands more to be licensed in Arizona under new fee schedules released Tuesday that are intended to make businesses shoulder the regulatory cost. The largest child care centers will see their licensing fees increase 90 times
League of Women Voters Forum on City of Tucson Ballot Propositions
October 10, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a public forum on Monday, October 19, 2009 on the City of Tucson ballot propositions. Speakers for and against the propositions will present their cases. Here are my brief descriptions of the propositions: Prop. 400 "Home Rule Option" – seeks to allow the City of
Way to stay classy, Horne
October 9, 2009
by David Safier Tom Horne is playing coy about running for Attorney General, but he's already made his first campaign promise, and it's a doozy. State schools Superintendent Tom Horne says he has not decided whether he will run for attorney general next year, but he has promised his biggest campaign contributors that, if elected,
