Hey “Buycott” people, you support AZ businesses, but do they support you?
Oh sweet hilarious irony! So there’s this Buycott thing scheduled for this weekend, where proponents of SB1070 will gather to support Arizona businesses they claim “may be targeted” by an outfit called Arizona-Boycott.org. The Buycotters pasted a link to the list of Arizona businesses on that site and are telling people to “[c]ontact the below [...]
No, Janet Napolitano did not spend the state into debt.
She didn’t and everyone paying attention knows that meme is bunk but Arizona Republicans push it as though it’s received wisdom, as Thayer Verschoor did in his AZ Republic editorial opposing Prop 100. From 1912 until 1997, general-fund expenditures grew from zero to $6.086 billion. Ten years later, they skyrocketed to $13.961 billion. The meteoric [...]
It’s official, Arizona does not see color.
Governor Brewer signed a bill banning ethnic studies into law today. That means you better not teach any classes that might “…advocate ethnic solidarity, that are designed primarily for students of a particular race or that promote resentment toward a certain ethnic group.” So don’t teach about Greek or Roman mythology, because the descendants of [...]
Another influential organization that NEVER speaks out against family-destroying bigotry.
Center for Arizona Policy. Considered the most powerful social conservative lobby in Arizona, this national astroturf folksy little local grassroots group of Christians pushes policies it considers crucial to promoting strong families: Life – The Center for Arizona Policy is dedicated to the protection of human life from the time of conception to the end [...]
A digest of stuff I wanted to post but The Big Gay Weekend in Phoenix didn’t let me get to them.
1. Pride Festival Was a blast as always and I was working it getting signatures for Dem candidates. You don’t usually get much resistance while collecting petition signatures in this crowd. “Hi, I’m collecting signatures to get (Dem candidate) on the ballot to run against (Republican incumbent)…” The words are no sooner out of your [...]
Define “frivolous”.
SB1070, the new immigration bill that awaits Senate passage and the Governor’s signature, would allow citizens to sue law enforcement agencies for not investigating suspected undocumented immigrants. Prohibit state, city or county officials from limiting or restricting “the enforcement of federal immigration laws to less than the full extent permitted by federal law” and allow [...]
AZ Chamber spin about corporate tax cuts polls well. In other news, water is wet.
The AZ Chamber of Commerce and Industry boasted of the results of a poll they commissioned on their so-called “jobs package”. PHOENIX – Over two-thirds of Arizona voters support passage of a comprehensive jobs bill according to a poll commissioned by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Arizona Manufacturers Council. The poll, [...]