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Got an announcement from the Jesse Kelly campaign that he will be bringing Joe Arpaio to Oro Valley for a fundraiser. The upside for this is that even though Arpayaso will be visiting our county, he will not be going very deep into it.
The fundraiser will be in, and these are Kelly’s ...
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I read this piece by Howard Fischer this morning. Tell me something: what does it say that the likes of Vernon Parker and John Munger , neither of whom are exactly vessels of proletarian outrage, get to call you out for being an industry stooge and selling out the working poor? Heck, even Joe ...
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Hat tip to the pseudonymous poster calling himself “A Person With Multiple Cars.” This is from the John Munger campaign’s “How Can I Help?” page:
Put a “Munger for Governor” bumper sticker on each of your cars
They fail to note that a supporter can put yard ...
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Someone pointed out an interesting response to a Seeing Red Arizona post that I linked to the other day. The issue was payday lenders and their lobbyist’s ties to Jan Brewer . Here is a response from Ron Gould regarding one of those lobbyists:
I will be interesting to see how Republican ...
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I’ve been reading in the soccer media that a group of owners has bought the rights to the names of several old NASL teams. One of these was the Boston Minutemen, but they did not purchase the name of the other Boston team, the Tea Men. I’ve been wracking my brain trying to come up ...
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We political junkies have been watching the Democratic Primary for Secretary of State, which features one announced candidate and one “exploring” candidate. There’s been a bit of trash talking from the penumbras of the campaigns. As usual, this seems to have more to do with ...
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Jesse Jackson
Previous attempts to write and/or fix the budget during La Cervecera’s reign have “blown up” when she tried to tie spending cuts to new taxes. So, the idea went, why not break those up? Last week’s special session was to make cuts, revenues to be discussed at some future ...
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Ah, the payday lenders are at it again. Last year, y’all remember that despite a well-financed campaign, their attempt to change the laws to keep their doors open failed at the ballot box 41-59. Now, they have brought on Doug Cole , Chuck Coughlin and Grant Woods on board to lobby the ...
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Maricopa County Justice of the Peace C. Steven McMurry when ruling on attorney’s fees for five activists who were acquitted weeks ago of disturbing the peace charges on one defendant’s assertion that Joe Arpaio’s deputy was “fascist:”
Moreover, it is important to ...
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John McCain took to the floor yesterday to take on the health care plan. He has proposed an amendment to get rid of changes to Medicare designed to save money, changes he says amount to cuts. Okay, he can argue that, ‘cept…well…this is from the Wall Street Journal last October ...
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John McCain
Medicaid
I heard some sad news about someone that many of us that were active in the Young Democrats may have known: Eli Senna . Senna was a major force in the Young Democrats of New Mexico that I first met during my time as regional director in the YDA. I first heard the news on his good friend Sisto ...
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Mexico
Busy week, what with Double-Plus-Extra-Special Session ending with a bit of a whimper. So, after the jump is my summary of items I didn’t quite get to last week:
Conservative blog Sonoran Weekly Review has a bit blasting Tom Boone for what are, at least, serious conflicts of interest ...
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House of Representatives
I attended an informal memorial for Enrique Pérez Gómez , a community activist that passed away last week. I have to admit that I didn’t know him that well, only to say hello when I’d see him in the room. I was invited to attend, and I’m glad I did.
We use the term ...
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So here it is, and it must be seen to be believed.
I’m struck by the anger and bluster over a totally made up list of factoids. Sums up my trouble with the conversation on the right these days. Add to that the needless slap at folks of a different sexual orientation plus the ...
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So, which bleeding heart, fiscally irresponsible Democratic legislator said this?
…a fatally flawed legislative budget. The legislative budget ignores my consistently expressed goals and instead incorporates devastating cuts to education, public safety, and our state’s most vital ...
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America’s Finest News Source has given mention to Southern Arizona’s two congressional representatives .
One note I need to make, however. I contacted Raúl Grijalva aide Natalie Luna and she confirmed that Grijalva does not drive a Buick LaSabre but a Chevrolet Malibu Hybrid.
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Raúl Grijalva
Gabrielle Giffords
I normally don’t write about legislative candidates in the Phoenix area, but what the heck?
Ruben Gallego is is finishing off the last of his case files for Councilman Michael Nowakowski’s office and will make a run for the State House in Distict 16. Gallego is part of a new crop ...
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United States
Iraq
We are already talking about another special session. I have a question: how many of these do we have to have before they are no longer, well, special?
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Ray Barnes made a doozy of a speech this afternoon. I don’t think I have ever seen that much rank ignorance being demonstrated before a public body. It made me embarassed to be an Arizonan. As soon as the session is archived, I’ll be posting it.
