A couple of weeks back, an e-mail went out from a Bill Smith which endorsed Republican Jim Weiers, Democrat Jackie Thrasher and Democrat Justin Johnson for next year’s District 10 legislative race. Weiers is, of course, the former House Speaker, Thrasher is a former House member looking to make a comeback and Johnson is the [...]
I made some calls to get some perspective from folks at the capitol about yesterday’s news that Kevin Tyne is leaving the Governor’s office.
First, a word about Tyne’s new job. Tyne will be leaving the employ of La Cervecera to become an advisor to the Republican Governors Association. I don’t know exactly what Tyne [...]
Something important to remember about yesterday’s events at the legislature: after Russell Pearce’s embarasment about not being able to get the budget bills through his committee, they shopped until they found one that could pass the bills, the education committee. Here’s to hoping that this is an indication that Pearce has passed the zenith of [...]
The new meme among Republicans is that the current budget mess is all the fault of Janet Napolitano. Here’s Randy Pullen:
This crisis is the legacy of Janet Napolitano. The days of runaway spending and big government are over here in Arizona, as are the days of rainbow revenue projections.
I’ll let you sit back for a [...]
Barrett Marson, who has served as press flack aide for Speaker Jim Weiers, will be leaving his job now that Weiers is leaving the speakership. Here’s Marson’s goodbye note:
As you may have heard or read, I am leaving the House of Representatives after 4 glorious years serving House Speaker Jim Weiers, the House Republican Caucus, [...]
There’s more talk from the Valley of the Yakes about which dominos will be falling when Jan Brewer takes over for Concrete Blonde at our non-existent Governor’s Mansion. The current set of rumors has both House Speaker Jim Weiers and Jack Harper contemplating not getting sworn in for their current posts in anticipation of an [...]
A guy wrote me last week wondering why I hadn’t commented on the legislative races. It was more because I hadn’t really made comments on anything than any sort of reluctance to write specifically about them.
Two words: Guldernit.
Yeah, folks like me and Phil Lopes boldly proclaimed that we could capture a majority in the State [...]
Yesterday, someone sent me a sixteen-page (!) document composed by Kirk Adams, who is taking on Jim Weiers for Speaker of the House. Of course, this assumes that the Republicans retain control of the House…
Matter of fact, the document is entitled “Rebuilding Our Majority.” Is this already a concession that they will lose control of [...]
Many of you may have read about Speaker Jim Weiers attempting to fund a voucher program for disabled students with $9 million dollars in surplus House funds.
This turned out to be, well, illegal, according to an opinion from Attorney General Terry Goddard. This led to the inevitable accusation from Weiers that Goddard did this not because using the [...]
Yesterday House Republicans unveiled their budget with great fanfare. One word was repeated over and over again: “bipartisan.”
If I can borrow a word from a Boston-based Anglophile I know: Rumpswab.
Over the last couple of weeks, Phil Lopes was in the room for negotiations, but there is little that reflects the desires of Democratic members. Yesterday [...]
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