Cutman unmasked
February 26, 2009
by David Safier Lest we forget, Cutman's alter ego, Rep. Russell Pearce, has been around for awhile. The Southern Poverty Law Center just came out with an Intelligence Report — Hate in the Mainstream: Arizona Reelects Hard-Core Nativist Politician. I'm copying it here in full. I take no responsibility for any exaggerations and inaccuracies that
Trouble in paradise?
February 25, 2009
by David Safier A shocker in an Arizona Guardian email blast: Brewer criticizes GOP lawmakers BREAKING NEWS - Gov. Jan Brewer says her Republican colleagues at the Legislature should have known better when they pushed through deep budget cuts earlier this month that caused widespread job loss, crippled state health services and whacked popular education programs.Brewer on
Let’s see how this pans out
February 25, 2009
by David Safier In the ASU Web Devil:Legislators hold forum for budget-cut discourse. More than 200 people attended a public forum on the state budget held by Democratic members of the state Legislature on Monday evening in the Tempe campus Memorial Union. For some reason, LD-26 Republican Rep. Vic Williams was there as well. What
The Myth of Republican Fiscal Responsibility
February 25, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: At the height of World War II, government deficit spending as a percentage of GDP far exceeded 100%. That would be the federal stimulus spending on infrastructure and the restoration of America's industrial capacity to full production as we converted our economy into the arsenal of freedom that won the war –
Senator Sore Loser embarrasses himself
February 25, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Monday, President Obama held a "fiscal responsibility" summit to which he invited the GOP leadership – you know, that whole bipartisanship thing the GOP says doesn't happen, only it does. I'll Let John Amato over at Crooks&Liars blog retell what happened next John McCain embarrasses himself with his 'Helicopter fleet' question
Parents and retirees who CARE
February 25, 2009
by David Safier Dave Perry, publisher and editor of The Explorer, wrote a very good article on CARE — Concerned Area Residents for Education — a group recently formed by northwest Tucson parents and retirees as a response to the K-12 budget cuts. The group is scrupulously nonpartisan and independent of other organizations, and very
How’s Brewer doin’?
February 25, 2009
by David Safier This poll response is from the Arizona Guardian. The question was, "Gov. Brewer has only had the job for a short time, but how is she doing so far?" The following bit of information probably has no relationship to the results of the poll, but according to the Guardian Angel (that's the Arizona Guardian's
Something tells me Sonoran Alliance and I disagree now and then
February 24, 2009
by David Safier The conservative blog, Sonoran Alliance, gave a shout out down to BfA for my reference to Rep. Biggs' comment, "Education does not create jobs. Entrepreneurs and businesses create jobs." Apparently, according to SA, Biggs got it right. A few posts earlier, SA applauded something I was planning to point out in a slightly
