FIX ARIZONA NOW!

• Yet another legislative FAIL on the budget

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  For those of you counting at home, taxes are bad and we shouldn’t even have a chance to vote on them.  Now, there is a new wrinkle, apparently now cuts are bad too.  At least, any policy changes that come along with the cuts are bad.  One Republican Senator decided not to [...]
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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:47am EST
  by fixarizona

• Arizona tied with Rhode Island

  We are tied with Rhode Island for the second worse budget situation, trailing only California, who has resorted to what appears to be the world’s biggest yard sale and using the taxes from their citizens like a cash advance. Once again, the focus is placed on the blame, and not on [...]
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  Posted: November 11, 2009, 1:10pm EST
  by fixarizona

• No good deed goes unpunished, but bad deeds do.

  We live in a world with rules, and I understand that, but somehow it seems that the rules don’t apply equally for everyone.  Take two stories from today’s paper: First, local churches in Phoenix with underlying residential zoning are banned from feeding the homeless.  Despite their desire to do the right [...]
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  Posted: November 10, 2009, 4:45pm EST
  by fixarizona

• Dems prove to be out of touch

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  Sure, some in the Arizona legislature are out of touch - they still have yet to fix the budget problem, and very few seem to be willing to admit the catastrophic effects of even more cuts to the state. However, when it comes down to it, our congressional Democrats really take the cake.   All five [...]
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  Posted: November 09, 2009, 5:19pm EST
  by fixarizona

• Even Burns sees the problem

  Looks like even Senate President Robert Burns has seen that the problem may be to big to handle with cuts alone.  From the Arizona Republic:   Conservative calls for sales-tax hike by: Bob Burns Your state government is in trouble. The money we collect in taxes and fees from you, your neighbors and your [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 5:24pm EST
  by fixarizona

• Election Day presents a mixed bag

  The elections yesterday provided a big ol’ mixed bag of results which is going to send everyone back to their respective corners trying to prove how these elections fell somehow in their favor. Republicans had two big wins last night in hotly contested races for governor in Virginia and New Jersey.  However, [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 12:22pm EST
  by fixarizona