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Is Pedicone being exploited, used as pawn by PR hacks?
May 1, 2011
by David Safier I am concerned TUSD Supe John Pedicone caused his school district embarassment with his op ed in the Star. Some may actually say his piece is shocking and abhorrent. [See NOT-QUITE-SATIRE note below.] Some would have you believe Pedicone wrote this op ed on his own. I believe this may not be
Update: 2012 candidate committees
May 1, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings, with the Maricopa-centric stuff edited out for BfA's readers. 🙂 Edit on 5/2 to add another candidate who was brought to my attention in a comment on this post. My apologies to Ms. Baldenegro. No slight was intended… Things are still slow on the candidate committee front, as
Please read the whole op ed
May 1, 2011
by David Safier The NY Times op ed is The High Cost of Low Teacher Salaries, written by Dave Eggers and Nínive Clements Calegari. Eggers I know as a fine writer. Clements I don't know. According to the ID under the op ed, the two are "founders of the 826 National tutoring centers and producers
2011 White House Correspondents Association Dinner
May 1, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: President Obama filleted Donald Trump like a fish and Seth Meyers threw him on the grill. "The Donald" was the guest of the Washington Post, which undermined any last remaining shred of credibilty of the Neocon WaPo.
Brewer vetoes, signs a number of bills
April 30, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Arizona's Governor Jan Brewer has signed a slew of bills passed by the legislature this year, and has also vetoed a larger-than-expected number of them. While she usually lists technical reasons for her veto of a bill, her real reasons for vetoes usually boil down to either payback
Is there about to be a land grab in Pima County?
April 30, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Back in the late 1990s, Tortolita and Casas Adobes attempted to incorporate as towns, despite the existence of Arizona law that prevented such incorporation because of the proximity to the City of Tucson, which had to give its approval. The courts later voided the incorporation attempts. Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup was elected
Intended to be a factual statement?
April 30, 2011
by David Safier A reader sent me this tweet from Kirk Adams: Kirk, a humble and honorable man can still wiggle out of a tweet by declaring it is not intended to be a factual statement. But I'm 90% certain you meant it.
