Jan Brewer wants to be the Scott Walker of the West
April 15, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As if the Tea-Publican Arizona legislature has not demonstrated their hatred for working people and the American middle class enough already, now comes this late breaking news: Brewer to drop bomb on public employee merit system (Yellow Sheet, subscription required). Brewer is expected to ask lawmakers to undertake major legislation on state personnel … Read more
TABOR Alert! Kill This Bill
April 15, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: We warned you about this poison bill moving through the legislature designed to worsen Arizona's structural revenue deficit indefinitely into the future. It is the bad government "Taxpayer Bill of Rights" (TABOR) by another name. The GOP's double dose of poison to kill Arizona. The Arizona Capitol Times reports Senate OKs bill limiting … Read more
Jon Kyl volunteered
April 14, 2011
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by David Safier Jon Kyl volunteered to be Arizona's presidential candidate circumcision inspector.#NotIntendedToBeAFactualStatement
Calling Mel the Moyle
April 14, 2011
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by David Safier Oh me of little faith! I couldn't believe what AzBlueMeanie wrote was true, that circumcision records are now part of the Arizona Birther Bill. Sure enough, HB 2177 states, if you can't get ahold of your long form birth certificate and you want to run for president in Arizona, you need two … Read more
Arizona passes “birther” bill with an odd amendment
April 14, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The tin-foil hat Birthers in the Arizona Senate passed the birther bill (with amendments) which is now on its way back to the House. Arizona Capitol Times » Senate passes modified ‘birther’ bill. The bill would make Arizona the first state to pass such legislation. The Arizona Republic published an editorial today … Read more
For me, “Machine Gun Shoot” and “Family Friendly” somehow don’t go together
April 14, 2011
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by David Safier We're going all the way to Kentucky for this story, where the bi-annual, 3 day Machine Gun Shoot just ended. From the website: The Machine Gun Shoot itself consist of four rounds of firing at a wide variety of appliances, vehicles, pyramids of tires, and barrels of fuel with pyrotechnic charges attached. … Read more
Club Crawl – Go Downtown!
April 14, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Our sad small-town newspaper the Arizona Daily Star would have you believe that downtown Tucson has been frozen in time since 1970 (following the tragic Pioneer Hotel fire). Such cynical criticism is pretty hypocritical in light of the fact that the Arizona Daily Star abandoned downtown Tucson many years ago, leading the way for … Read more
Should police be allowed to record a minor without parents’ consent?
April 13, 2011
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by David Safier The Weekly's Dan Gibson wrote about the passage of SB1244 on The Range. An already existing Arizona Parents' Bill of Rights basically protects children from information collection by the state without parents' consent. You can't take DNA, get medical records, etc., from a minor without the parents' OK. That makes sense. But … Read more
