There’s been so much stuff to post lately; a few things have fallen through the cracks. I missed out on presenting y’all with Raúl Grijalva’s interview with Esquire magazine over the SB1070 decision. Spoiler alert: he expands on his assertion that la Cervecera is delusional. You can also catch the shorter version of his arguments [...]
It seems to happen every Arizona election: a Democrat wins office somewhere and then comes the allegation that illegal aliens voted. That’s got to be it, because my guy can’t have lost fair and square. In 2010, the allegation came from people around Jesse Kelly and Ruth McClung. There were people being bussed in illegally [...]
La Cervecera put out a statement saying that the “heart” of 1070 has been held up, and this makes everything okay. It may be, but the court seemed to say that there could be further litigation depending on how the provision empowering police officers to check immigration status of those that are deemed “reasonably suspicious” [...]
The US House passed something called the Gila Bend Indian Reservation Lands Replacement Clarification Act yesterday. It would effectively block the Tohono O’Odham Nation from building a casino on land that they acquired in Glendale. Trent Franks has been pushing for this legislation, with cheerleading from Jan Brewer and the Gila River Indian Community, who’d [...]
From Jan Brewer’s Twitter feed: Dem lawmakers call it shortsighted to set aside funding for a rainy day. Trying to wrap my brain around that one. This may take a while …
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
La Cervecera signed Terri Proud’s “Bible study” bill today, which just goes to show that students in Arizona are allowed to study their culture as long as they are Protestants.
I had heard from a lot of people that were hopeful that the governor would veto HB 2757, the bill that would have allowed “Electronic Message Centers” (an industry euphemism because “Obnoxious Bright Flashing Billboards” wouldn’t fly) along highways in the state. Maybe the governor would understand how many people are employed by astronomy in [...]
I recieved the latest newsletter from State Representative and county supervisor candidate Vic Williams. He entitles it “Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee.” Yep, when I think of Muhammad Ali, the first image that comes to mind is Vic Williams. Did you know that just like Ali, Williams is the name he adopted [...]
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
We’re celebrating Arizona Statehood today. The picture above was taken only a decade and a half after statehood. Arizona looked a lot like the three men in the picture in those days. The man in the middle, Juan Salas, had just purchased the Model A he’s posing with and was about to go off to [...]
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
La Cervecera’s appointee to the Arizona Board of Regents sailed through a State Senate committee yesterday. Just in case you are wondering: his name is Jay Heiler and he’s a charter school mogul and in the past has been a lobbyist for casino interests. Those aren’t disqualifiers so much as a sad commentary about who [...]
