evidently theres a bill pending in the arizona legislature to mandate some sort of microcoding of ammunition a 12 cent perround tax registration of ammunition etc. good luck with that particularly as the bill specifies that it would apply to handgun and assault weapon ammunition and of course arizona has no legislaton defining an assault weapon and t......
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although the countrys attention was for the most part focused upon the presidential election on november 4 th there were several ballot questions across the country regarding samesex marriage. the most high profile was proposition 8 in california a ballot measure that passed and amended the state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. the passage o......
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the arizona republics queen of leftlurching has outdone herself this morning. in an editorial that began on the high note of congratulating presidentelect barack obamas historic victory it took a mere three paragraphs before she lapsed into her real agenda of the day berating the voters for approving proposition 102.a the marriage amendment passed easily by a 56.2 43.8 a m......
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this week the ninth circuit court of appeals ruled that the legal arizona workers act lawa is not preempted by the federal irca 41.nbsp rather the court held lawa falls within the scope of the savings clause of ircas express preemption provision as a licensing law and is therefore enforceable. a coalition of human rights and employe......
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all disciplinary records of arizona government employees become public records september 28 2008. arizona revised statutes adds section 39128 disciplinary records of public officers and employees disclosure exceptions. release of home address telephone number and photograph of people in certain job categories law enforcement is restricted. the arizona ombudsman produces......
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when we last left sen. jackass harper he was at a preliminary meeting of the senate ethics committee to decide the ground rules of the hearing for the ethics complaint filed against him by sen. ken cheuvront for cutting the mikes of sen. cheuvront and sen. paula aboud during an attempted filibuster. sen. cheuvront contends this was a violation of senate rules harper claims it was a ......
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its folks like sen. jack harper that make you ask how do jackasses like this get elected to the state senate. so sen. harper is once again before the senate ethics committee this time for cutting off the mikes of two of his fellow senators who were attempting a filibuster and its pretty clear that harper violated senate rules in doing so. as usu......
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for those of you who have knownothing friends who think it sounds ohsosophisticated to sneeringly assert theres no difference between the two parties i suggest that you refer them to the arizona sierra clubs environmental report cards for the 2008 legislative session. then have them count up how many democrats got a a and b grades in the arizona legislatu......
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arizona once attempted to adopt a reformed trust code however it was ultimatley rejected outright. this year arizona has overhauled its trust code . it will be effective on january 1 2009. here is a newspaper article from when it passed the legislature. here is a link to an article by fleming curti plc an elder law firm in tucson arizona. older trusts w......
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politicker az posted a brief mention of congressman harry mitchells response to todays us supreme court ruling on the washington dc gun ban. mitchell was quoted as saying this is an important ruling for those who believe in personal freedoms and understand that the d.c. ban when beyond constitutional limits. excuse me harry mitchell wouldnt know a gun ......
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the arizona state senate approved a bloated debt laden budget early thursday morning. the budget includes massive amounts of new debt financed by increased sales of lottery tickets the crack cocaine of budgeting. we would like to salute senators gould and harper for a valiant effort to save the citizens of the state from years of debt payments plus interest. they do not make it easy to underst.....
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today by a vote of 1411 the state senate failed to pass a resolution referring an amendment to the ballot scr 1042 which would clarify and solidify the definition of marriage in arizona as between one man and one woman. cathi herrod president of the center for arizona policy issued a very good summary of what happened which we will reprint here. we also encourage you to sig......
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steve emerine asked tell us again tedski how barry goldwater did against lbj in arizona in 64. now i pretty much know steve asked because he knows the answer and the answer is quite suprising to those who dont know arizonas political history. lyndon baines johnson was beaten by barry morris goldwater by a scant margin of 4782 votes achieving only the barest majori......
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might the gop nominating mccain cause a winwin for the democrats this is not a year to be associated with the republican national congressional committees. as well as failing to keep up with the fundraising on the democratic side of the aisle it seem that the gop may suffer some significant losses in the november congressional elections as well. the 2006 midterms saw the democrats win 233......
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steve farley had a synopsis of the goings on at the legislature yesterday in his weekly email to supporters. i was going to pull a couple of key paragraphs out of there and post them but it quickly became an entry in the summarize proust competition. i talked to farley and he is okay with me posting the whole darned thing. the emphasis on the money quote was added by me howdy friends o82......
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newspapers report that the governor vetoed a couple of bills one to make the ccw license a lifetime one another to make it clear that a person could display a firearm but not use it in response to verbal threats. update i recall several cases where you had one guy going along side or tailgating the other shouting threats the recipient of the threat showed him that he was armed ......
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in cain v. horne az ct. app. may 15 2008 an arizona appellate court found that two school voucher programs that were enacted by the state legislature in 2006 violates the arizona constitution. at issue are voucher programs for students with disabilities and for students in foster homes. the court held that the neutral programs do not violate art. 2 sec. 12 the religion clause......
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the stereotype thatakids are the only ones sending text messagesais not correctaamany agents lenders escrow officers etc.aare communicating with text messages.aasome of themaeven instruct callers on theiravoicemail messageato send them aatext instead of leaving a message.aabut wereanot here to sell the fact text messages are a good way to communicateathe consumer is do......
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weve just learned that thirtythree members of the arizona house of representatives approved scr1042 the proposed antimarriage amendment . the resolution passed 3325 with two representatives not voting. you can see how each representative voted here . the battle now moves to the senate. if scr1042 passes the senate the proposed antimarriage amendment goes onto the ballot for novembe......
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as we reported earlier the arizona house of representatives gave preliminary approval to move a bill onto the house floor that would place an antimarriage amendment proposal on the ballot for november. since that vote was taken speaker jim weiers rphoenix has placed scr1042 on the calendar for a third reading on april 28th 29th 30th and may 5th . each day has come and gon......
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governor janet napolitano vetoed hb 2807 today. the guv told activists at the state democratic convention saturday holding signs urging that she veto hb 2807 that she got the message. it seems she really did .......
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supreme court upholds voter id law in indiana . update 2 the text of the opinion is online pdf. update 1 in related news of bad things happening today ht to sk woc phd apparently sb1108 a pretty wackjob amendment to a homeland security bill in the arizona legislature just passed in committee. its a doozy and should be resisted . from the text ......
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i attended the state democratic convention for arizona on saturday. in fact i was one of those holding signs urging the guv to veto hb 2807 . i was talking to fellow blogger tedski when a ruckus broke out nearby. teds twin brother rep. tom prezelski was arguing heatedly with salvadore reza about prezelskis vote in favor of hb 2807. as they were shouting......
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an arizona legislative committee has passed an amendment to a routine homelandsecurity bill that would prohibit students at the states public universities and community colleges from organizing groups based on race. the amendment was approved by the arizona house appropriations committee on wednesday. it still awaits a vote by the states full house and senate. the amendment i......
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