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DCSRA LD 2 Candidate Forum
March 4, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Democratic Club of the Santa Rita Area * MONTHLY MEETING * Please join us for our March Monthly Meeting Legislative District 2 Candidate Forum State Senator Linda Lopez House – Sal Baldenegro House – Andrea Dalessandro House – Rosanna Gabaldon Saturday, March 10th
Michael Block: “I would privatize the entire government school system.”
March 3, 2012
by David Safier At the end of a long discussion about education in the Republic, the moderator, Robert Robb, asked the three panelists, "If you could implement any single one idea to improve K-12 education in the state, what would it be?" One of the panelists, Michael Block, the man who started BASIS charter schools,
Babeu boarding school story gets more TV time
March 3, 2012
by David Safier The Republic has a long, detailed article about Babeu's tenure as headmaster at the DeSisto School in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Accompanying it is a shorter TV news piece summarizing the findings of the reporters who investigated. Among the items mentioned: abusive punishment at the school, Babeu's false statement that the school became more
Oh, and he’s also on the Board of Directors of K12 Inc.
March 3, 2012
by David Safier Craig Barrett will be speaking at School Choice Now's National Policy Summit. Here's what's mentioned about him in the blurb: "education advocate" "chairman of the board of Intel Corporation from 2005 until 2009" "president and chairman of BASIS School Inc." "chairman of Achieve, Inc." "chairman of Change the Equation" "member of the
LD 28 Annual St. Patrick’s Day Fundraiser – New Date!
March 3, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Thanks to the Arizona Democratic Party scheduling a Special State Committee Meeting on the same date and time as the originally scheduled event (doesn't anyone know how to do a calendar conflict check? Why do you think we publish a weekly calendar?), LD 28 has rescheduled its Annual St. Patrick's Day Fundraiser
Drinking Liberally Welcomes Laughing Liberally to Tucson
March 2, 2012
By Michael Bryan
Drinking Liberally in Tucson is looking to make some changes. This week one topic of discussion will certainly be moving the meeting night of Drinking Liberally from the current night, Sunday's at the Shanty on 4th Ave, to another evening (we're considering Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday evenings). Currently, we are not considering changing the venue. If you have thoughts or imput, please leave a comment.
Watch Phil intorduce the new chapter and tell some pretty wicked-funny jokes along the way, after the click…
In the Interest of Facilitating Inter-Partisan Communication
March 2, 2012
Posted by Michael Bryan Hat tip to AZSpot.
Arizona Democratic Party Dessert in The Desert Reception
March 2, 2012
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Event announcement from the Arizona Democratic Party:
