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Matt Salmon Loved Democrat Richard Carmona in 2005

May 15, 2012 No Comments by

Matt Salmon’s closet seems to be full of political skeletons these days. The problem is not just Salmon’s career as a lobbyist after he left Congress but his “friends” since he left Congress. It is a mounting problem that calls into question not only his conservative credentials but also his judgment. What’s the problem this [...]

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Romney helped people, Part 2

May 15, 2012 Comments Off by

In a previous post, we discussed the fact that companies like Bain Capital have a net positive effect on job creation. By making companies more efficient, some people lose their jobs, yes, but everyone loses their job if the company goes under. Bain takes …

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1,111 days since the Senate has passed a budget

May 14, 2012 Comments Off by

In what is being described as “one of the biggest abdications of power we have seen on the part of our government in modern time,” the United States Senate is now three years into their failure to do their most basic legal responsibility: passing …

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Mitt Romney’s Russell Pearce Problem

Apr 10, 2012 No Comments

After securing the endorsement with Rick Santorum’s withdrawal today, Mitt Romney might have a new problem on his hands. Russell Pearce, the author of Arizona’s controversial immigration law, commonly referred to as S.B. 1070, has just endorsed Mitt Romney for President. Russell Pearce has been a lighting rod of controversy since his authorship and eventual [...]

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Tasty Waves – Matt Salmon’s Waveyard Graveyard

Apr 04, 2012 No Comments

In 2007, lobbyist, former Congressman and overall righteous dude Matt Salmon asked, “How do you evaluate the benefits of a public/private partnership?” Salmon was referring and lobbying for Waveyard Development LLC, a Mesa, Arizona public-private partnership project that planned to seed 125 acres of city-owned public parks and recreation properties and facilities to developers to [...]

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Patterson inquiry recommends expulsion (update: Lawmakers decline)

Apr 03, 2012 Comments Off

Update:

Lawmakers decline to immediately oust Patterson

House Republicans effectively killed a mostly Democratic effort to remove Patterson from his seat in the face of an ethics investigation that exposed allegations of domestic violence, outbursts against other lawmakers and staff, marijuana use and offers to a …

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Regulating the internet still a bad idea at the state level

Apr 02, 2012 Comments Off

The panic over federal legislation regulating the Internet is over, but now states are jumping on the bandwagon.  As with many things, Arizona seems to want to be “first”.  A bill has worked its way through both houses of Arizona’s legislature giving the state …

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Now or never: We must lower the corporate tax rate

Apr 01, 2012 Comments Off

by Rep. David Schweikert

Last month was the 37th straight month of the Obama administration with an unemployment rate over 8 percent. The United States has lost nearly 900,000 jobs since the president’s so-called “stimulus” was signed into law. And it seems that each month, President …

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Whither Obamacare?

Mar 30, 2012 Comments Off

No one knows for sure yet, and no one should start uncorking champagne or keening funeral dirges. But the indications for the law are not good.

Ken Klukowski at Britbart.com:

If the Supreme Court strikes down Obamacare’s individual mandate (which is very likely after yesterday), will it …

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Lobbyist Matt Salmon’s E-cigarette Starter Kit Groupon Online Deal of the Day

Mar 29, 2012 No Comments

Did you know that Matt Salmon went “Camel Cool” as the lobbyist and spokesperson for the Electronic Cigarettes Association? I guess it is only appropriate if you are a fan of e-cigarettes that you take advantage of Groupon’s Deal of the Day. Groupon is offering a whopping 52% discount, a savings of $31.00, off the [...]

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