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 [...] 
Several Republican members, including our own Trent Franks, skipped out on a House Judiciary Committee meeting yesterday to attend the “Superbowl of Freedom!” This meant that several Republican amendments to strengthen the PATRIOT act failed. TPM has the details.
Heck, I was not all that enthused [...]
Education scandal rags Education Week is abuzz with vaguely interested in the shocking not-terribly-exciting news that Washington D.C. Superintendent Michelle Rhee is engaged to former basketball star, former charter school operator and current Sacramento mayor, Kevin Johnson.
They've been carrying on a bi-coastal romance for some time. Johnson' [...]
In an editorial this morning, the Star takes issue with a new Facebook group, “Boycott Stiteler & Kwang C. An in Downtown Tucson.” They allege that criticism of downtown re-development will send investors elsewhere.
Point taken. Does the rule that no one can criticize downtown re-development apply to their own [...]
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
The New York Times recently reported on Arizona privatizing its prisons, including turning over control of its Death Row to private companies. Arizona May Turn Death Row Over to Private Companies:
It is a dangerous place to patrol, and Arizona spends $4.7 million each year to house inmates [...]
