Arizona: Trent Humphries

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Rhonda Bodfield of the Arizona Daily Star fact checked, in a roundabout manner, the wild claims being made by the "Republican" candidates for Tucson city council and their Tea Party supporters. Tea Party organizers, Dems square off at downtown events. Here is her fact check reformatted:

Claim: Members of the Tea Party criticized the City Council's February decision to lease the building to the Museum of Contemporary Art for $1 a year.

Fact: The museum, which plans to move into the building in the next few months, was the sole bidder for a five-year lease that can be revoked with one year's notice.

In the end the Tucson City Council voted 6-1 to raise taxes on a broad range or utilities and services. The meeting went on with a whimper rather than a bang. The event was held in the regular council chambers and there was ample room for those who attended. Here is our photo essay of the sad moment.

Who let the dogs out? Humane Society implements early release program.

News hounds.

Trent Humphries of the Tucson Tea Party talks to the media.

Who let the dogs in?

Rodney Glassman was the only no vote. Can we send them all to Colorado for the summer?

Trasoff even managed to stay awake.

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

You will recall that back on February 19, 2009, CNBC analyst Rick Santelli complained about the Obama administration's plans to assist homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages or in foreclosure.

Santelli, who is a multi-millionaire former derivatives trader - you know, the people who invented splicing and dicing of subprime mortgages and then bundling them together into collaterized debt obligations (CDO) of questionable value, and who made millions of dollars in profits on these "toxic assets" until their House of Cards Ponzi Scheme came crashing down - stood in the well of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and called his fellow Americans who are in desperate financial straights "losers.