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Cutman: “Quick! To the Governor’s Office!”
February 21, 2009
by David Safier Cutman is worried. He's just found out the Gov, not Cutman, will decide how much of the Stimulus money Arizona will accept and how it will be spent. He's spurred into action when he hears one of his arch nemeses, Sen. Paula Aboud, say, "Thank God it's in the hands of the governor, not
Cognitive Dissonance
February 21, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: 'Don't tax you, don't tax me. Tax that fellow behind the tree.' Or in its frequently revised form, "Don't tax me, don't tax thee, tax that man behind the tree." This quote from the late Sen. Russell B. Long (D-LA) is essentially the mantra of anti-tax conservatives. It must result in some
A tale of two meetings
February 21, 2009
by David Safier What's the difference between these two meetings being held today? Here's the first. The state teachers union will hold a closed-door meeting today in Tucson with a very specific rule: No Democrats allowed. The Arizona Education Association, often accused of being tilted to the left, says it wants to encourage dialogue between
“Majority leadership wants to move away from public education”
February 21, 2009
by David Safier This to me is a very, very significant moment. One of the non-secret secrets in the legislature is that many Republicans want to dismantle public education. Not all, mind you, but many of them. Last week, a member of the Republican Senate Staff let the privatization cat out of the conservatives' bag.
The best story you’ll read today
February 20, 2009
by David Safier The headline promises a whole lot, but I'll tell you what. If you read a better story today, send it to me, because I want to read it too. The story is about a 90 year old woman named Estelle Manorek who lives in New Jersey. She had never gone to high
The “Stop the Insanity: Restore Democracy” Campaign
February 20, 2009
Dateline 2.20.09 by AzBlueMeanie Series (War correspondent AzBlueMeanie is embedded with the Freedom Fighters of the Arizona Democratic Resistance in the occupied state of Arizona. This dispatch is filed from an undisclosed location within the liberated territories of Baja Arizona) Our neighbor to the west, California, finally passed a budget plan on Thursday after weeks
What’s it going to be Gov, “yes” or “no”?
February 20, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There is an interesting provision included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Our accidental governor, Jan Brewer, is going to have to go on the record whether she will accept the federal stimulus money or not. If she declines the stimulus money (an act of political suicide when the
Naming names
February 19, 2009
by David Safier Just so you know, the AZ Republic lists these 39 legislators as having signed a "No New Taxes" pledge: In the Senate: Sylvia Allen, Bob Burns, Pamela Gorman, Ron Gould, Chuck Gray, Linda Gray, Jack Harper, John Huppenthal, Barbara Leff, Al Melvin, Russell Pearce, Steve Pierce, Jay Tibshraeny and Thayer Verschoor. In
