The Accidental Governor vetos the GOP Legislative budget
July 1, 2009
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
The state legislature telling Tucson . . .
July 1, 2009
by David SafierThe state legislature telling Tucson how to run its government is like Mark Sanford teaching "abstinence only."
High school civics
July 1, 2009
by David SafierFriend of the blog and Goldwater Institute guy Matthew Ladner put out a scathing indictment of the way we teach, or don't teach, civics in schools, which Rhonda Bodfield at the Star picked up this morning. The basic story is, high schools students can't pass a U.S. citizenship test. I won't fall into
Sine Die (Special Session to Follow Governor’s Vetos)
July 1, 2009
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
Epic Fail: First Arizona Governor and Legislature to Fail to Produce a Budget Before July 1; Partial Government Shutdown Remains a Possibility
July 1, 2009
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
Who’s on first?
June 30, 2009
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
Governor Mark Sanford says he “crossed lines” with women other than his mistress
June 30, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This guy had better hire a good divorce attorney. He needs to SHUT UP and stop talking to the media. Governor Mark Sanford told the Associated Press in emotional interviews on Tuesday that he "cossed lines" with a handful of other women during 20 years of marriage. SC governor says he 'crossed
Sen. Allen: “This earth’s been here 6000 years . . .”
June 30, 2009
by David SafierI wish I could show you the video to do this justice, but it's on the Arizona Guardian subscription-only site. So I'll just have to describe it to you. Sen. Sylvia Allen is arguing on the senate floor that we should allow uranium mining in Arizona. She's sitting in her swivel chair, laptop
