Urge legislators not to cut education funding
by David Safier Here's part of an email I received today from Voices for Education: Please call your legislators and urge them to NOT cut any funding to publicschools. Cuts to K-12 Education shouldn't be the first place we look toaddress the budget shortfall. Advertisement The Arizona Legislature is going into special session on the … Read more
Center right/Far left . . . huh?
by David Safier I read right wing Arizona blogs now and then to get a sense of what's being said. Here's a great line on Sonoran Alliance, talking about how the Democrats will govern in D.C. versus how the Republicans will govern in Phoenix: While Republicans actually do govern from a center right position, the Democrats … Read more
And This Too Shall Pass Away
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: By now all of you have heard that Governor Napolitano has accepted Barack Obama's offer to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security in his administration. The Governor promises that she will not resign her office until she has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate, probably sometime in late January 2009. Many Democrats … Read more
Cutting education funding
by David Safier It looks like funding for Arizona public education will be cut as part of budget balancing. I'd say this is a race to the bottom, but Arizona is already there — either 49th or 50th in per pupil school spending. Maybe we'll get lucky and state number 47 48 is in an even … Read more
Jdimytai Damour
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Jdimytai Damour. I thought you should know the name of the innocent victim. Remember him and his family in your prayers this holiday season. He gave his life for American consumerism, incessantly hyped by Madison Avenue advertisers and the corporate news media who sell these advertisers print space and air time for … Read more
Time for Arizonans to Reconsider an Old Idea?
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There was an interesting poll conducted by Bruce Merrill reported in today's Arizona Daily Star. Survey Merrill found most Arizonans know little about the woman who would replace Governor Napolitano. He found 57 percent said they don't know enough about Secretary of State Jan Brewer to say how she is doing her … Read more
Our youth are woefully ignorant?
by David Safier Yesterday I wrote about an online, 33 question Civics Quiz you can take to see how much you know about general U.S. civics and history. Today I saw a breakdown of scores by age on Kevin Drum's blog. I don't want to read too much into this. It's not a good random sample … Read more
