Of course, this HAS to happen when I am out of town. Thank God for WiFi.
According to Bill Hess, Jim Kolbe has withdrawn his support for Tim Bee. Kolbe has not given the reason, but come on, we all know what it is.
The knuckledraggers over at Sonoran Alliance will no doubt be celebrating this as […]
I’m confused about exactly what message Tim Bee hopes to pull out of the end of this session. First off, he managed to shepherd his budget through, which means, I suppose, that he can claim some sort of bi-partisan cred. The folks over at Blog for Arizona have an interesting take on it: since Bee […]
In a couple of hours, I’ll be going to the election night party that the Democrats are holding. After the last two elections, we Democrats have been treated (and I use the term loosely) to appearances by Republican officials. Both the 2005 and 2006 elections were fantastic nights for Democrats, no doubt they wanted to […]
There have been a couple of articles in this past week (here and here) criticizing Tim Bee for not stepping down from his position in the State Senate in preparation for his possible, no, likely, no, certain run for congress next year.
I’m a bit torn about this. I mean, anything where the local press is […]
Out with the old and in with the new (which as long-time Tucson music fans know, is the B-Side of Gila Bend’s single “Cantankerous”): J. D. Hayworth’s creepy talking website is down. Jim Kolbe’s website is now just a memory. One can always check the Wayback Machine and see Kolbe’s pages from those thrilling days […]
Yesterday’s Citizen had an interview with Jim Kolbe that was both a retrospective of his career and a list of his problems with the Republican party.
The article touches upon the federal investigation into a trip he took with some interns to the Grand Canyon. Kolbe points out that nothing was substantiated. I wasn’t sure what […]
Greg Patterson flatters me too much over at Espresso Pundit by saying that newly elected congressman Gabrielle Giffords should hire me at her office. Well, thank you for the sentiment, Greg, but there are plenty of very well qualified people in line in front of me.
In fact, there has been a development on that point. […]
A couple of days ago, the Arizona Daily Star removed comments from some stories. The move was controversial, as shown by the 232 comments posted to the story about the comment removal.
Star Executive Editor Bobbie Jo Buel said a few days ago that there may be restrictions placed on comments in the future. Looking at […]
Matt Salmon, as quoted in yesterday’s Political Notebook column:
I think it’s very, very important for Republicans to pick people who can win in the general. I have lots of respect for the candidates who ran. But Jim Kolbe represented (District for years and years and years, and I believe someone who was more in […]
The House ethics committee has released its official report into the Mark Foley matter. National media attention has focused on the involvement of outgoing Speaker Dennis Hastert, but local media has focused on the involvement of long time Southeast Arizona Congressman Jim Kolbe.
The committee’s findings on Kolbe’s involvement can be found on pages 27-32 of […]
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