(Update) Baja Arizonans: Please help our neighbors in Cochise County
June 19, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Conditions for the Monument Fire in Cochise County have taken a turn for the worse with 50-60 mph winds today. Tanker planes have been grounded. Latest from the Sierra Vista Herald. City using reverse 911 to notify residents of evacs: 3 p.m. Mandatory evacuations established According to the most recent information released by … Read more
Huppenthal, demand the taxpayers get their money back!
June 19, 2011
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by David Safier Huppenthal is right. Heads should roll. Arizona should get the $100,000-plus it spent on that shoddy MAS audit back. The auditors didn't do their job. Whoever commissioned the audit — it's time to name names — needs to be held accountable. Do you know what $100,000 will buy in these cash-strapped time? … Read more
Brewer and legislative Republicans kiss and make up: Arizonans still screwed
June 19, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings From the Arizona Republic, written by Ginger Rough – Gov. Jan Brewer spent some time last week mending fences with some key Republican lawmakers, days after her hastily called special session on extending unemployment benefits ended abruptly with no action. The Legislature's adjournment – and the governor's comments … Read more
The delusional world of Shaun McClusky
June 19, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Send lawyers, guns and money… Well, lawyers and money anyway. The Tucson Weekly reports on an e-mail sent by Republican Shaun McClusky to his supporters this weekend. McClusky: Come to Court and Send Money | The Range: Shaun McClusky sent this letter out to supporters asking for a little help from his … Read more
We’ll miss you Big Man – RIP
June 19, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sad news this morning, especially if you are a fan of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. The Big Man, legendary saxophonist Clarence Clemons, died Saturday night of complications from a stroke that he suffered back on June 12. He was 69. Clarence Clemons, Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga's sax player, … Read more
The Lights of Tucson
June 18, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Back in the early 1970s there was a local favorite song, "The Lights of Tucson" by Jim Campbell. It came up during a family dinner and I bet that I could not find this fairly obscure song on the Internet. I lost the bet, so now I have to post it. Somebody … Read more
An answer to Brodesky’s hit piece on Tucson City government and the Gadsden Company: Part 2
June 18, 2011
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by David Safier Yesterday I wrote a long post giving another side of the oft-repeated — and incorrect — implication in the Star that the Gadsden Company made over a million dollars in a "land flip" OK'd by the Tucson City Council. The post was based on a long conversation I had with Jerry Dixon, … Read more
Tucson City Council Election Update: Two more mayoral petition challenges in court
June 18, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Monday, June 20, at 1:30 p.m., the petition challenge to independent Pat Darcy will be heard by Judge Paul Tang in Courtroom 472. Sam Almy v. Pat Darcy, et al., Case No. 20114391. On Tuesday, June 21, at 1:30 p.m. [UPDATE: Hearing has been moved to 3:30 p.m.], the petition challenge … Read more
