Tuesday Energy Post: Memo to AZ Republic – The future is henceforth positioned by Brenda Burns.
This is how the Republic ended their paean to outgoing Corporation Commission Chair Kris Mayes. In short, Mayes has helped position Arizona for the future. They’re right, of course. Mayes was sharp, pragmatic, highly competent, and a forward-looking thinker and leader. But, sheesh, nerd alert! The Republic ed board must have gotten bored with all [...]
So, uh, where are the “pro-life” groups?
Arizona Right to Life, Center for Arizona Policy, and other so-called “pro-life” organizations in our state: Where the hell are you? Transplant patients approved for life-saving treatment are now denied. This is effectively a death sentence for innocent human beings yet we’re not hearing any denouncements from this crowd against the Governor and Republican legislators. [...]
Tuesday Energy posts are back! Clowns in the Legislature to the left of me, Goldwater Institute jokers to the right.
Sorry for not announcing the hiatus in advance but, see, the thing is I hadn’t planned on not doing energy posts so many weeks in a row. Anyhow, soooooo, that was some election we just had, huh? It’s going to be a bumpy ride for the solar industry the next couple years. Goldwater is back [...]
Well at least he won’t be getting his hands on my cigarette money
So Russell Pearce has been crowned King of Arizona or whatever. Meh. He and Governor Brewer face the new session with a gaping budget hole that they cannot help fill with the revenue they projected would come in from Prop 301 (sweep land conservation funds) and Prop 302 (sweep First Things First early childhood funds). [...]
That, and those butt ugly shirts
Per today’s Yellow Sheet: The damage Pearce inflicted on his candidacy for president with his “anchor babies” press conference may be enough to prevent him from getting past the first ballot. One Republican lawmaker told our reporter several prospective Pearce votes called the senator in the days following the media spectacle and expressed their dissatisfaction [...]
Profiles in Goldwater Institute courage
Standing up for the freedom of teabaggers to wear stupid shirts at the polls. PHOENIX – Backers of the Tea Party are arguing in court whether voters can wear Tea Party shirts at the polls. The head of Maricopa Elections Department says they’re not allowed to because the Tea Party is a political organization, but [...]
Sunday Square Off and election night coverage
Your Diva will be doing both. I’m on Square Off with Greg Patterson (of Espresso Pundit) and Chris Herstam, 12 News political insider and consultant. That’s tomorrow at 8am on Channel 12 (or online for you kittycats that sleep in on Sunday). Tuesday night is a reprise of Primary election eve. I’ll be on the [...]
