Naivete: Thy Name Is Santa Cruz County Board Of Supervisors
December 5, 2010
by Craig McDermott, crossposted from Random Musings From the Nogales International – The county government is sending letters to its six representatives in the new state Legislature, both to congratulate them on their general election victories and to urge them to stop passing the state’s financial responsibilities on to Arizona’s counties. The letters, approved by … Read more
A touch of immigration sanity from . . . Utah?
December 5, 2010
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by David Safier When Utah has something to teach Arizona about pulling back from the conservative abyss and moving toward greater political moderation and sanity, you know Arizona is way out there in conservative crazy land. The subject is immigration, and the document is being called the Utah Compact. From a NY Times editorial: Political, … Read more
Redistricting Commission Interviews On Wednesday
December 4, 2010
by Craig McDermott, crossposted from Random Musings The Arizona Commission on Appellate Court Appointments will interview the 40 remaining candidates for the next Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. They'll winnow the field down to 25 (10 Ds, 10 Rs, 5 Independents). From those 25, the two highest-ranking Republicans and the two highest-ranking Democrats in the legislature (in … Read more
Joe Biden: Senate should pass House version of Obama Middle Class Tax Relief Act
December 4, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Vice Presdient Joe Biden does the Weekly Address this week while President Obama is in Afghanistan. Joe Biden reiterated his comment during a press conference on Friday calling upon the Senate to pass the House version of the Obama Middle Class Tax Relief Act. Let's hope this signals the president's position as … Read more
End the Senate Filibuster
December 4, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Senate filibuster is not provided for in the Constitution and it is undemocratic. It is an archaic Senate rule that has been continued in Senate rules long past any justification, if there ever was any, for its continuing existence. The Senate adopts new rules at the start of each new congressional … Read more
Americans are opposed to extending the Bush tax cuts for the “two percenters”
December 4, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A new CBS News poll demonstrates that an overwhelming majority of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, are opposed to extending the Bush tax cuts for the "two percenters." (Credit: CBS) "The American people want us to stop all the looming tax hikes and to cut spending, and that should be the … Read more
A Great Country
December 3, 2010
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by David Safier This afternoon, a neighbor invited my wife and I over to her house without telling us why. She greeted us at the door with a hug and showed us a folder containing her brand new citizenship papers. She came here from Germany over 20 years ago to go to college and has … Read more
Tragicomedy with headlines
December 3, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There were two articles in the Arizona Daily Star today which should have been juxtaposed together on the same page for the full tragicomedy effect, but were not. The headlines read: 2010 to rank as one of 3 hottest years on record, UN climate experts report and House GOP to kill panel … Read more
