Horne investigates ed crime of the century
January 7, 2010
by David Safier You may recall in December, Horne sent an employee or two with a video camera down to Lukeville on the border to film kids getting on a school bus. Some of them may have been crossing over from Mexico, and Horne wanted it all on tape. The timing of the video, a
Abuse of The Electoral Process
January 7, 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: David Safier has posted about the recall petition drive of Humberto S. Lopez, aka HSL Properties, a collection of real estate development, property management (Hotel Arizona, the Santa Rita Hotel, and numerous apartment complexes), and investment companies (Pinnacle West Capital), who is the front man for the Take Back Tucson! committee seeking
Unspeakably vile
January 7, 2010
by David Safier When Tedski congratulated Councilwoman Regina Romero on the birth of her baby girl, Luciana Reyes (Pardon our rude inattention, Regina. Sincere, belated congratulations and best wishes from us here at Blog for Arizona), Bruce Ash, who is in the thick of all things Republican in the Tucson area, added a comment to
About that recall idea
January 6, 2010
by David Safier The Pima County Democratic Party has weighed in on the "We don't like the results, and we have money" City Council recall effort. Special interests in Tucson have set upon a new strategy: Don't like the results of an election? Just buy a new one. Council Members Regina Romero and Karin Uhlich
NYC charters better than traditional schools? Probably, yes
January 6, 2010
by David Safier A study from a Stanford researcher a few months ago claimed students at New York City's charters outperformed the equivalent students at traditional district schools. Another Stanford research group questioned the methodology and did its own study. It ended up coming up with similar results. If 2 reputable studies come to similar
Just a couple of 60s guys sharing
January 6, 2010
by David Safier I was just listening to NPR in the car. A filmmaker was being interviewed about his career. He talked about how back in the day, he and his friends, all filmmakers, all semi-outsiders, would sit around and watch each others' rough cuts, criticize and make suggestions. Very helpful, communal, non competitive stuff.
Quiz: Who has the most anti-Obama headline?
January 6, 2010
by David Safier And the winner for the most anti-Obama headline is, once again, The Arizona Daily Star. Obama gave a speech yesterday talking about the intelligence failures that led to the would-be terrorist boarding a plane and almost blowing it up. Obama has always said there were failures. It's not like he's changing his
Fool’s Gold Redux: phony per student numbers
January 5, 2010
by David Safier Sigh. We've been down this road so many times before — the Goldwater Institute making a fool of itself with its purposeful misstatements about Arizona's per student spending numbers. And yet, if the media accepts the numbers and parrots them, and if Republican legislators like Al Melvin continue to quote them, the
