The Farley Report – February 22, 2011
February 23, 2011
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Time once again for the Farley Report from Rep. Steve Farley (D-LD 28): The most important object on my desk on the House floor is my grandmother's Bible. It was given to her when she was 11 by her mother, a few months before she lost her mother to the 1918 outbreak
Pearce’s latest anti-immigrant screed passes committee
February 22, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings After more than two hours of discussion, and by a 7 – 6 vote, the Senate Appropriations Committee has approved SB1611, Russell Pearce's latest effort to one-up last year's SB1070. The four Democrats on the committee, Sens. Kyrsten Sinema, David Schapira, Paula Aboud, and Olivia Cajero-Bedford, were joined by Republican
Some pics from the early part of the day at the Legislature
February 22, 2011
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings The Senate Appropriations hearing is underway, and I am in the overflow room (SHR1). They haven't gotten to the "good" bills yet, but here are a few pics from earlier in the day – The targets of Russell Pearce's bills… Senate hearing room cordoned off by police, who
Union ad for Wisconsin workers
February 22, 2011
by David Safier Here is an ad from the AFL-CIO, "in conjunction with AFSCME, SEIU, the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education."
Diane Ravitch on teachers, unions and Wisconsin
February 22, 2011
by David Safier Diane Ravitch, one of our most important voices in education, who was in Tucson Wednesday, has written a blog post (Yes! She's a blogger!), I Stand With the Teachers of Wisconsin. The piece is thoughtful and measured, as is all of her work. She is a thinker and a scholar who tries
The Star on “Gun rights vs. gun control”
February 22, 2011
by David Safier I'm a little late posting about the Star's recent attention to the issue of gun policy in the state and the nation, but it looks like it's time for me to once again praise our Tucson daily after giving it a triple praise on Saturday. No, I'm not going soft. Credit where
Up at the Capitol
February 22, 2011
by David Safier I went to a noon gathering at the Capitol in support of the union workers in Wisconsin. Leaders from AFSCME (American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees) led the protest. Rep. Dan Patterson, pictured, spoke passionately about the rights of workers in Wisconsin and Arizona. A FEW NOTES FROM THE AFTERNOON:
Couldn’t have said it better myself
February 22, 2011
by David Safier The National Education Policy Center is onto Matthew Ladner, big time. A month or so back, it tore into his Heritage Foundation report praising the "Florida Education Miracle." If you've been reading BfA for awhile, you know what a load of cherry-picked propagandizing Ladner's "research" on Florida education is. Now, NEPC says
