Jim Small
@jimsmall
EIC of @azmirror.com ~ Journalist ~ Public records gladiator ~ Foul-mouthed ~ Street taco fiend ~ Fascism is un-American ~ Posts are my own ~ Never tell me the odds
Warren Petersen rushed through a proposal to amend the AZ Constitution to outlaw police unions in the state, but those unions still turn around and endorse him. It's pretty incredible.
This may be one of the dumbest political attacks I've ever seen. A Democratic politician voted for Democratic presidential nominees? Get the fainting couch.
A judge has nixed Prop 145, the GOP attempt to preemptively override the almost-certainly-going-to-pass Protect Education Act (Prop 212) to regulate universal private school vouchers. The court ruled the measure violates the Single Amendment rule and is unconstitutional
These two GOP lawmakers voted for HCR2040. Fair enough if their position is that it was written to do something that they didn't intend, and didn't understand. It seems NO ONE at the #azleg understood what it did. But it's gobsmacking how, since it was in plain language in the bill summary even.
Hugh Lytle put $2 million of his own money into running for governor under the No Labels Party banner. Through the end of June, he'd spent more than $900,000 securing his place on the ballot and trying to win over primary voters. Terri Ann Hourihan spent $36,000 and won.
FWIW, Katie Hobbs' spending on campaign infrastructure and blanketing Arizona in media buys in the second quarter is *DOUBLE* what Andy Biggs has raised for his entire campaign
Kyrsten Sinema and Heather Ammel, the woman whose then-husband was sleeping with Sinema while a member of her security detail, want a federal judge to keep large parts of discovery and depositions under seal. Ammel is suing Sinema under North Carolina's "alienation of affection" law.
The gambit from the AZ Education Association teachers union to trade its initiative curbing universal vouchers for a promise that GOP lawmakers won't put a measure on the ballot to basically defund them just failed in the Senate. Looks like it failed because Sen. Janae Shamp is absent.
Barely 5 months ago, Trump said Susan Collins should never be elected again after she voted against his war
Seems like this story really should have mentioned that Warren Petersen divorced his wife in 2023, meaning this legislation that he's pushing would allow him to stop paying alimony
I really don't understand why the Arizona Capitol Times has a cowboy hat beat, but it's fucking stupid
Guessing Rep. Moore wasn't a fan of Looney Tunes as a child? Or maybe it made him feel funny inside, who knows
This is quite the boast from Warren Petersen in his latest #AZAG press release. First, his "managing" of those cases and briefs is done by the private attorneys he's hired with taxpayer money. And I doubt anyone who isn't in his family or on his payroll has ever called him that.
Karen Marie Northcutt embezzled $826,000 from Prescott Area Habitat for Humanity. She faces at least 10 years in prison.
This is truly embarassing: AZ Treasurer candidate Katherine Haley is bragging about getting 15% in a poll, but trying to spin it as though she's dominating her opponent... who got 13%. Not only are they statistically tied, but it means that like 70% of voters are undecided.
We'll be hearing a lot about the Purcell Principle with all of the last-minute redistricting going on. It's named after longtime Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell, who was the defendant in the lawsuit that resulted in the caselaw that now bears her name.
It's polls like this that give every Republican up and down the ballot night terrors