Melvin fighting illegal alien crime, or, not
January 22, 2009
by David Safier Senator/Captain Al Melvin decided to stand up and fight Illegal Alien Crime without Cutman — aka Russell Pearce — by his side. He may have learned he's still too green to fight the forces of evil on his own. Melvin asked Wednesday at a public safety committee meeting, how many of the 15,000
Law-abiding citizens and politically active students
January 22, 2009
by David Safier Here are two bits of information which are encouragingly contrary to what is considered common wisdom. First, with a barely-standing-room-only crowd of something like 2 million people in the Mall during Inauguration, there have been no reports of arrests. I haven't even heard anyone complain about a picked pocket or rowdiness. Run
AZ Board of Regents meeting in Tucson Thursday
January 22, 2009
by David Safier There could be a crowd. The Board of Regents is meeting Thursday, Jan. 22, at 1pm, Student Union Memorial Center. At 1:20, there will be a Call to the Audience to take testimony from members of the public. This is the beginning of a two day Regents meeting. Note: Parking could be
Comment about University cuts by ASU Pres.
January 21, 2009
by David Safier I received this comment from gaardvark on yesterday's post about the UA protest: The Pres of ASU sent out a letter today to all faculty, staff and students outlining some of the impact on ASU*****On top of these cuts, the Pearce and Kavanagh proposal would require ASU to cut another $70 million,
About that other inauguration
January 21, 2009
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Our Accidental Governor, Jan Brewer, quietly succeeded to the governorship with the resignation of Janet Napolitano on Tuesday afternoon. Brewer takes office as governor. Brewer will be formally sworn in as governor of Arizona in a public ceremony at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Jan Brewer shares the same far-right political ideology as
After the Inauguration, Arizona business as usual
January 20, 2009
by David Safier A few hundred people — students, faculty, community members like myself — gathered on the UA Mall for a short protest against what were referred to as the Pearce-Kavanagh Education Cuts. Similar gatherings took place at the two other university campuses. It was a necessary but far-too-weak response to the proposed cuts.
