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Al Melvin

  • Blogs

    May 15, 2012

    Governor Jan Brewer Vetoes Bill That Aimed to Seize All Federal Lands in the State

    Every now and then, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer raises her lips from the conservative feeding trough and spits something out.Last year, she halted the passage of a bill that would have required presidential candidates to prove they were eligible for the post before their names would have been placed ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2012

    Here's the List of Arizona State Senators Who Didn't Want to Ban Lawmakers From Getting Free Tickets to Special Events

    Last year, people were creating a stink after it was discovered that some Arizona legislators got tickets and trips to sporting events thanks to the Fiesta Bowl.Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery explained in December that none of the politicos would face charges, saying prosecutors were ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 13, 2012

    Latest Reason Nation is Laughing at Arizona: Bill That Aims to Take Half of State From Feds

    ​The Arizona Legislature is moving ahead with a bill that aims to take the state's federal lands and give them to the people of Arizona, despite exactly zero chance such a plan could work.If the nation isn't laughing at Arizona, state lawmakers obviously wouldn't be happy.Not content to be the but ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Glenn Spencer, Nativist Anti-Semite, Lectures State Senate Border Security Committee

    Nativist extremist and documented anti-Semite Glenn Spencer spoke today at the state Senate Border Security, Federalism, and States' Rights Committee, a seriously loony legislative panel chaired by crackpot Republican state Senator Sylvia Allen.Democratic state Senators Steve Gallardo and Robert Mez ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2012

    Sylvia Allen's "Arizona Guard": Disaster in the Making

    If you need an example of wigged-out, dysfunctional democracy verging on outright insanity, look no further than state Senator Sylvia Allen's Border Security, Federalism and States' Sovereignty Committee.Here, Chairwoman Allen and a cadre of right-wing loons hold sway. Rational questions and reasone ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2011

    Jan Brewer's Arrogant Bull at ALEC's GOP-Corporate Love Fest

    I kept waiting for her nose to start sprouting. Because when you tell whoppers like Governor Jan Brewer did at the American Legislative Exchange Council's opening luncheon at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa Wednesday, there really should be some Pinocchio-esque "tell" for those who don't know bet ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 10, 2011

    Mark Spencer's PLEA Backstabs Own Members

    Mark Spencer, betraying PLEA members one endorsement at a timeWhat would you call law enforcement union leaders who claim to battle for their members' public benefits during tough economic times, while handing out endorsements to lawmakers hell-bent on wiping out those benefits for good?Hypocrites? ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 23, 2011

    Russell Pearce's Day of Bigotry, Barbarism and Triumph

    Democratic Senator Olivia Cajero Bedford, calling out Pearce as a "dictator"In the end, they all passed out of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, all of state Senate President Russell Pearce's anti-immigrant bills, other hate-filled measures offered by his stooges, and cataclysmic proposed l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 4, 2011

    Kyrsten Sinema's Drop House Bill, and Steve Gallardo's Rebuttal

    Gallardo's Facebook PageDemocrat Steve Gallardo gave fellow Dem Kyrsten Sinema hell in committee re: her drop-house legislationArizona's pro-immigrant community is ticked at one if its own: uber-lefty state Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who has in the past marched with the Reverend Al Sharpton in protest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Hot Links: Al Melvin, Basis Scottsdale, and Financial Fest

    ​The boy from St. Johns, Arizona who pleaded guilty in  the shooting deaths of his father and another man could be facing prison time. The prospect caused an uproar when Judge Michael Roca announced he would reject probation in favor of incarceration. The boy, 8 at the time of the murders ... More >>

  • News

    April 2, 2009

    The Dirty Truth about "Clean" Elections

    ​The boy from St. Johns, Arizona who pleaded guilty in  the shooting deaths of his father and another man could be facing prison time. The prospect caused an uproar when Judge Michael Roca announced he would reject probation in favor of incarceration. The boy, 8 at the time of the murders ... More >>

  • Film

    July 29, 2004

    Summer Camp

    Demme's Manchurian Candidate remake makes good

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