Huppenthal to take $15 million from TUSD if it continues to boost Hispanic academic achievement
by David Safier As usual, the cause-effect scenario in the Ethnic Studies battle is only being presented with a conservative spin on it. Horne and Huppenthal are saying, if TUSD doesn't get its act together and change or eliminate Ethnic Studies, it's in danger of losing $15 million. From that viewpoint, it sounds like the … Read more
Of course. Where else?
by David Safier The Tea Party Patriots plan to hold a "policy summit" in late February in Phoenix. The Tea Party Patriots call Phoenix, "the great southwestern city, born from the ruins of a former civilization, now the rebirth place of American culture. It will also be our opportunity to support the citizens of Arizona … Read more
Justice Scalia: Women are not entitled to equal protection under the 14th Amendment
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: With the attention of the Arizona political media focused this week on the conservative assault upon the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment, they may have missed this story: Justice Antonin Scalia's assault upon the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. Justice Scalia is the "constitutional scholar" (sic) that the Minnesota … Read more
Redistricting and other updates: 1st court proceeding set for January 18
by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings As most observers of the AZ political scene are already aware, the lawsuits over redistricting have already started, even before the actual redistricting process has begun. The first lawsuit was filed by Kirk Adams and Russell Pearce, Speaker of the Arizona House and President-elect of the Arizona Senate, respectively, … Read more
Update: Senate filibuster reform gaining momentum
Posted by AzblueMeanie: Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) today writes about his proposal for reforming the Senate rules, in particular the filibuster rule. Tom Udall – A Senate new year's resolution: Fixing a broken set of rules: On [January 5, 2011] my colleagues and I will introduce common-sense proposals to fix the source of our dysfunction … Read more
Fitz beat me to it
by David Safier I woke up this morning thinking, the Republican war on Ethnic Studies is just the kind of thing that should be studied in Ethnic Studies. Then I see Fitz's cartoon this morning, which is worth more than a thousand of my words. So I'll let him do the talking.
Six degrees of Sarah Palin and the weird world of dentistry
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Talking Points Memo has a story about Arizona's newest congressman, Paul Gosar. The Palin-Loving World Of Alaska Dentistry And The 112th Congress: Rep.-elect Paul Gosar (R-AZ), who just hired two friends of Sarah Palin's to his staff, is a dentist. His two new Alaskan hires are Rob Robinson, a retired dentist who … Read more
