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Information is now divided into three distinct sections. There's the stuff that's covered in the mainstream media--what I call "corporate news." Then there's the vast, unregulated blogosphere where the real news breaks. I mention that there are three sections because the Blogosphere is divided into left and right and each' [...]
I wonder if the City Council election results would have been different if Trasoff and Uhlich came out strong and early against Prop 200. I know the smart money consultants said, Play it safe, you can't be against increasing police and fire protection. But what if they didn't [...]
Published Saturday, November 07, 2009 in Southeast Valley Opinions of the Arizona Republic as “Sheriff’s tactics to silence foes raise Constitutional issues.”
Note: The day after I submitted this for publication (Oct. 30), KPHO broke the story that what I’m reporting here is far more widespread and that the FBI is [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The final numbers are now in for the City of Tucson election. As of 20:49:10 on November 6, 2009. with 100% of precincts reporting, here are the unofficial results:
City Council Ward 3
Karin Uhlich (D) 33,760 46.99%
Ben Buehler-Garcia (R) 33,656 46.72%
Mary DeCamp (G) 4,425 6.16%
City Council Ward 5
Richard Fimbres (D) [...]
On Imagine School's website, you can read a list of the corporation's Six Measures of Excellence. Most of them are the usual stuff -- values, achievement, character development -- but one, as the old Sesame Street song says, is not like the others. The final sign of [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Arizona's Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, tied up the unemployment benefits extension bill in the U.S. Senate for weeks based upon petty partisanship and parliamentary maneuvering.
The bill bogged down in the Senate, first when senators from states with lower jobless rates demanded that the extension apply to all people [...]
Steny Hoyer’s office has made available this handy-dandy internet gizmo that will answer some questions about the what effect the health care bill (called the Affordable Health Care for America Act, HR3962) will have on you. All indications are that the bill will come to a vote tomorrow.
There is [...]
A certain Samuel Pearson Goddard III, also known by the alias “Terry,” has filed an exploratory run for governor. The web page for his explorations is up too.
Since everyone knew this would happen, it is my job to make this interesting by harping on some [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Now that local elections are all but over for the counting in Tucson (and a possible recount in Ward 3), it's time once again to update the early filers with the Arizona Secretary of State for 2010. You can play along at home at [www.azsos.gov]
The big news [...]
First Scarpinato, now Ann Brown?
Rumor has it that tonight, on AZ Illustrated, Ann Brown will announce her departure from Arizona Illustrated and the AZ Daily Star. Where she is headed next? Who knows…
You combine that with the addition of such political writers as Rhonda Bodfield and Andrea Kelly digging deeper [...]
Sure, you know #FollowFriday, but do you know Twitter Friday? Get ready for our weekly recap, post of the week, all things Mesa.
At the behest of Rep. Michele Bachmann (Kook-Minn), House Republicans joined the teabagger crowd on the West Front of the Capital yesterday for a hate fest about health care reform. In addition to waiving the usual signs depicting Obama as a clown, monkey, Nazi, etc., the teabaggers [...] 
