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Tea-Publican Tyranny in Arizona: Usurping the Constitutional Power Of ‘We The People’
June 22, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When Arizona became a state in 1912 it was at the height of the Progressive Era. Arizona enacted a model "progressive" state constitution, which included the progressive reforms of citizen's initiative, referendum and recall. "We The People" are a super legislature superior to our elected legislature. The Arizona Constitution also includes a Declaration
Methinks I hit a nerve. Apollo Group responds
June 22, 2011
by David Safier I received a response to my post, "AZ Republicans demand tax break for Apollo Group, which increases fed deficit," from Ryan Rauzon, Apollo Group spokesman. First he sent me an email, then he sent essentially the same thing as a comment to the post. I won't rebut what he said, except for
11 Faith leaders’ letter: TUSD Board should support Ethnic Studies program
June 22, 2011
by David Safier Mari Herraras of the Weekly posted the entire text of a letter from Tucson area faith leaders "join[ing] the growing chorus of voices in defense of Ethnic Studies." One thing to note before you read the excerpts below: only one of the 11 clergymembers' names sounds Hispanic to my ear. I only
Follow up to my Carpe Diem/Goldwater Institute post
June 22, 2011
by David Safier Yesterday I commented on a superficial and misleading email from Goldwater Institute singing the praises of Carpe Diem charter school in Yuma. Today, Phillip D added a comment for anyone who wants to get deeper in the weeds than I did in my post. I questioned one fact in Phillip's comment (he
Jon Huntsman: Not ready for prime time
June 22, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I told you about former Utah governor Jon Huntsman's surreal introduction campaign ad the other day. The era of surreal campaign ads? Apparently he is sticking with it. Huntsman released another in this series of surreal ads on Tuesday as he announced his candidacy for president. Things didn't go well for Huntsman. His advance
Ex-Intel CEO Craig Barrett stands to profit from his education advocacy
June 22, 2011
by David Safier Don't expect ex-Intel CEO Craig Barrett, as he criss-crosses Arizona advocating for increased funding for charter schools, to talk much about how he stands to profit from his advocacy. But the fact is, Barrett, who sits on a number of nonprofit boards and is the unpaid President and Chairman of BASIS Schools'
John McCain now denies he ever said illegal immigrants started the fires
June 22, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I posted the other day about John McCain's latest foot-in-mouth disorder. John McCain scapegoats 'illegal aliens' for everything: "There is substantial evidence that some of these fires have been caused by people who have crossed our border illegally. They have set fires because they want to signal others. They have set fires
Debunking the GOP myth that lower taxes leads to economic growth
June 22, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: We all know that the faith based supply-side "trickle down" GOP economics theory is the greatest fraud ever perpetrated. There is absolutely no empirical evidence to support it — hence the "faith based." But a lot of people working for billionaire-funded conservative think tanks make a lot of money perpetrating this fraud,
