Some helpful tips for Thanksgiving from a Diva!
Happy happy Turkey Day, y’all. I thought I’d share some holiday survival tactics with you guys this evening. Create perfect Thanksgiving pies. Drive to Costco, select an apple, pecan, and pumpkin pie and pay for them. Then head to Fry’s or Safeway or Bashas for whipped cream and vanilla ice cream. Argue effectively with your [...]
ALEC is like a Lobbyist Godzilla on steroids. But they don’t have to register as lobbyists in AZ.
It’s hard to believe that a cabal made up of powerful business interests, where “legislative” is right in their title, would try to act like they don’t influence laws, but that’s what the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) does: Pretend they’re an innocent little educational organization, while pushing custom-written model legislation on Republican lawmakers, who [...]
The cost of Peggy Neely’s breakfasts is less troublesome than the nature of them
The Republic reported today that of all the Phoenix Mayor candidates who were on the City Council, Peggy Neely rang up the highest total on discretionary spending for her office. A lot of it went for food. According to a review of City Council spending from July 2007 to December 2010, Neely’s office had the [...]
The city isn’t paying you to campaign, Sal.
Like pretty much everyone else in the known universe I’m on Phoenix City Councilman Sal DiCiccio’s email list. So on a daily basis I am reminded that Phoenix city employees are dastardly welfare leeches. They slurp up six figure salaries while cavorting on European style long vacations, on your dime. The thinking behind this is [...]
The long arm of ALEC
From blogging that I and (many) others have done on the topic of national conservative organizations influencing state legislation, it should be obvious by now that the ideas that Republican elected officials in Arizona are trying to push on us are not just toxic to our lives an communities, they are not even original. I’ve [...]
Tuesday Energy Post Action Item
Hey Divas. Hope y’all enjoyed the SOTU. I was very pleased that President Obama talked about green energy (albeit a bit disappointed that he didn’t mention climate change but you can’t have everything. Update on the Corp Comm hearing is that nothing was decided and they will re-adjourn Friday morning at 9:am. If you’re so [...]
Tuesday Energy Blog: Hey, c’mon! Stop hating on algae!
AZ House Dems nailed Governor Brewer for her prevarications on cutting funding to AHCCCS transplant patients. Not only did Brewer falsely blame the Obama administration for her administration’s cruel denial of lifesaving procedures to people who had been promised: Brewer lie #1: Federal health care law makes it too hard to fund transplants. FACTS: The [...]
