Planned Parenthood explains the practical result of yesterday's state appellate court decision upholding a state law that requires physicians to read a state-mandated script to women seeking an abortion:

Planned Parenthood has complied with the 24 hour requirement since shortly after the law was passed in 2009. Experienced, empathetic Planned Parenthood nurses have provided the state-mandated information over the phone. In order to comply with these new restrictions, however, Planned Parenthood will face the all-but-impossible challenge of hiring multiple physicians to read this script instead. What is more, the patient would now be banned from hearing the script by phone, necessitating a second medically unnecessary trip.

As the anti-women’s health legislators who wrote this law know, there simply are not enough physicians in Arizona’s rural communities who are trained and willing to play this role. And as they also know, requiring two trips across the vast distances in our state will be a burden some will not be able to overcome.

The impact of this ruling isn’t going to be felt just by women in rural communities. The doctor shortage may also force Planned Parenthood to shut down abortion care in as many as seven more PP health centers within metro Phoenix and metro Tucson.

Gov. Jan Brewer's reaction:

This is a great day for Arizona women and parents.

The 2009 Abortion Consent Act empowers women by giving them the objective information they need prior to deciding whether to have an abortion. Women deserve all the facts from their physician, in-person, before making such a critical decision. Today’s court decision will help guarantee that.

The Dairy Queen on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Sixth Street is donating all the proceeds from sales made on Saturday, Aug. 13, to an educational fund for the daughter of an employee killed last year.

A flyer in the window of the store says employee Lissette Chittenden was killed in a car accident, leaving her nine-year-old daughter behind. They’ve been collecting money for the girl’s college fund since Saturday, July 30, and will donate all of the money made Saturday to the fund.

Ice cream and helping pave the way for a little girl’s education? That’s a win-win.

• This is the sign in the window at Dairy Queen.

Intern Celia Ampel will be leaving us to head back to Missouri soon, but before she does, she went to last week's Nerd Party at Lollipop Culture Shop just off Fourth Avenue.

It appears that voters are experiencing some buyer's remorse with the Tea Party Congress. Tom Jensen of Public Policy Polling notes that John Boehner is now as unpopular as Nancy Pelosi:

I think most national pundits continue to be missing the boat on how possible it is that Democrats will retake control of the House next year. We find Democrats with a 7 point lead on the generic Congressional ballot this week at 47-40. After getting demolished with independent voters last year, they now hold a slight 39-36 advantage with them. And in another contrast to 2010 Democratic voters are actually slightly more unified than Republicans, with 83% committed to supporting the party's Congressional candidates compared to 80% in line with theirs.

This poll is certainly not an outlier. We have looked at the generic ballot 11 times going back to the beginning of March and Democrats have been ahead every single time, by an average margin of about 4 points. This 7 point advantage is the largest Democrats have had and if there was an election today I'm think that they'd take back the House. Of course there's plenty of time between now and next November for the momentum to shift back in the other direction.

There's little doubt that Democrats are winning the fallout of the debt debate. Approval for Congressional Republicans has now plunged to a 25/65 spread. That's a 21 point decline on the margin from when they started the year at 33/52. Last year independent voters were the driving factor behind the GOP retaking the House majority. Now they give it a 20/68 approval rating.

It's early- but it looks very plausible that we could be back to Speaker Pelosi 17 months from now.

This mirrors other polls that we've seen since the debt-ceiling debacle—for example, a plunge in the GOP's congressional approval ratings.

As Jensen points out above, the 2012 election is a loooong time from now (and redistricting will play a big role), but if there's a takeaway from these numbers for Arizona Democrats, it's this: Get some strong candidates ready, especially against Rep. Paul Gosar.

• Sam Abate attends a benefit concert in June.

Have a great bike-related photo? Submit it to the Tucson Velo photo contest for a chance to win some great prizes. Enter here.

We compare and contrast Tucson and San Francisco to see if we can learn from their successes. Check it out.

A driver is cited for causing a crash with a bike at an eastside intersection this week. Check out the details.

Know a woman or two who are interested in riding their bikes? Check out these resources that can help.

I suspect that none of the stories on the new-ish Tumblr site Chuck Woolery Took Me From Behind are factual, and they're a little disconcerting to read, but gosh, I applaud the ingenuity of the bold soul who conceptualized this brilliant site.

My agent sent me on a general meeting with the casting department at the CBS-Radford Studio. This is in 1991, I think. When I got there, the receptionist told me to wait in the lobby and gave me a water. I was just leafing through one of the trade magazines when all of a sudden this kid who introduced himself as Ron and couldn’t have been older than 17 approached me and asked me to follow him. I went in to a big conference room with a bunch of executive types who all just nodded and smiled politely but didn’t get up or say anything, then followed Ron through another door into a pretty dark office. He told me it was the Studio Commissary, then left me alone. About 5 minutes later, the door opened, and in walks Chuck Woolery, who I recognized from watching The Love Connection. He looked very put together. After sizing me up for a moment, but without saying a word, Chuck handed me a single autographed headshot (except the weird thing is he’d autographed my own headshot), then brusquely took me from behind.

Tucson's own The Bled have decided that they're calling it quits after a farewell tour in November.

You might remember that Josh Skibar and James Muñoz from the band were part of the Inglorious Budsters, profiled in our February 10th issue, but in the band accomplished quite a bit in their ten years, moving from playing gigs at Skrappy's to opening for Linkin Park at giant amphitheaters, touring the world and releasing four albums.

• Ajahn Sarayut: Abbot, master meditation teacher and expert eggplant epicurean.

Well, I didn’t know exactly where to go, but figured Wat Buddhametta: Tucson Buddhist Meditation Center at 1133 S. Swan Road might be a good start. I hadn’t been there before, but had heard the Buddhist monks living there were from Thailand, and that Thai cooking often included eggplant. So I loaded up a bag of eggplant and basil and headed out to take my chances.

I’d never met a monk before, and was nervous. I arrived to find several monks eating a gorgeous, fragrant meal. They seemed happy to see me. I let them eat and went to sit in their Buddha room for a while.

When lunch was over, I worked out a trade: Eggplant for cooking lessons. The abbot and headmaster of the center, Ajahn Sarayut, said that would be fine, and upon the delivery of another bag of eggplant, invited me back for a lesson.

Here’s how you make killer Thai eggplant, Wat Buddhametta-style: Squish up some garlic and thai chiles in something and simmer it in canola oil until your kitchen starts to smell fantastic. Add oyster sauce, a little black pepper, some fermented soy bean sauce and a bunch of eggplant. Stir until soft, mix in fresh basil and enjoy.

It is so good, and I thank the kind monks and workers at Wat Buddhametta — who also have a food trailer at the upcoming Tucson Meet Yourself festival - for welcoming me into their kitchen.

Next up: Pad Thai! Food sure is fun sometimes.

• Garlic and chile squishing apparatus.

• The finished product!

If you couldn't get quite enough of your favorite Tucson Weekly writers, you can now "like" some of us on Facebook individually.

Now, while you will have to push a button that says "like" and for at least a few seconds before you go and hit the delete button, your friends will see that you did so, you don't have to actually be a fan of any of us to find this new development useful. Before when you had something hurtful to say about one of us, you had to broadcast it out into the generality of the Weekly's page. Maybe Jim Nintzel wouldn't read it, maybe I would wonder briefly if you were calling me a moron or someone else. Now you can go directly to the source and tell us exactly what you think of us and occasionally our mother's dating habits from the convenience of Facebook! How exciting!

Of course, you might actually think we're interesting people and you'd like to hear more from us. "Liking" us individually would work for that too.

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• Hebert Perez makes good food. You should try it.

Most of the Mexican street food you find around Tucson is Sonoran-style, says Hebert Perez, who is from Mexico City. He says he’s trying to represent his hometown flavor, while giving roadside diners as close to a gourmet experience as he can summon out of his tiny food trailer.

Here is how Perez treated me today. First he asked me if I wanted a hot dog or something more specific to Mexico City. After talking about the food for a bit, he told me to sit down and said he would be out in a moment with a fajita plate that was “not commercial, you know, authentic Mexico City food.”

He arrived a short time later with a plate of tender steak, ham, bacon, bell peppers, cheese and onions, all of which was topped with sprigs of fresh cilantro. Accompanying it was a flour tortilla and a small dish of plum-habanero salsa. He left, and came back a moment later with a tiny Serrano pepper stuffed with bacon and cheese.

"This fajita dish is called alambre, it's very authentic Mexico City food,” explains Perez. “I try to stay close to that, but I also want to give people gourmet food, something that they can really enjoy without having to go to a restaurant, you know?”

All of the ingredients were fresh and crisp, and the flavors played a delicious game of Twister with my tongue. One wonders what Perez will be up to next. I will definitely be back to find out.

Perez also serves hot dogs, but they are topped with mango relish and poblano-garlic-cilantro aioli and served with delicious hand-cut French fries. His green-chile hamburgers served on specially made buns and accompanied by a Bordelaise dipping sauce are expected to be available next week when the full menu is finalized.

The hours are a little iffy right now, but he opens around 11 a.m. every day. You can follow the truck on Facebook over here.

• Hot dog, mango relish, poblano-garlic-cilantro aioli.