The ‘surtax’ on ASRS Public Employees
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: It's not enough that the Tea-Publican legislature cut $183 million from the K-12 school budget that will invariably lead to school closures and teacher layoffs, but those teachers "lucky" enough to still have a job next school year will be paying a 3% "surtax" on their wages — not a pension contribution … Read more
Reminder: Sheriff Clarence W. Dupnik Tribute Dinner
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Why the Right should hate “Waiting for Superman”
by David Safier I finally forced myself to watch "Waiting for Superman," the documentary that basically trashes teachers' unions and sings the praises of charter schools. Writing about education isn't all beer and skittles, after all. Sometimes I need to read and watch things I know will annoy me. As a logical argument, the film … Read more
Speaking of a lack of ethics…
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: In the aforementioned Arizona Daily Star report, S. AZ politicians relatively untouched by bowl scandal, Sen. "Don't make me angry" Frank Antenori is quoted regarding his take on the Fiesta Bowl Scandal: Republican Sen. Frank Antenori said he didn't go on any of the junkets, which he said seem to fall more … Read more
The right way – and wrong way – to cover the Fiesta Bowl Scandal
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Arizona Republic has been doing an outstanding job covering the details of the Fiesta Bowl Scandal. One would expect them to do so as it is the state's largest publication and conveniently located in the capitol city. It's kinda their job. Here in Baja Arizona, however, we have the sad little … Read more
Sen. Jon Kyl tells a whopper of a lie
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: H/t to Jim Nintzel at the Tucson Weekly for essentially writing this post for me. I hope that he will not mind that I post it in full with additional commentary. Kyl Walks Back Wildly False Claim About Planned Parenthood: ThinkProgress catches U.S. Sen. Jon Kyl telling a whopper about Planned Parenthood on the … Read more
Arizona Daily Star’s creative headline writer debunked by AZ Fact Check
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Remember this fanciful headline in the Arizona Daily Star on April 1st (insert your own joke here): Final legislative approval comes over objections of Senate Dems State's 1st balanced budget in 5 yrs. OK'd Link: State's 1st balanced budget in 5 yrs. OK'd. Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services (formerly with the … Read more
