Williams vs. Melvin?
by David Safier I've heard rumors to this effect over the past month, and I guess Tedski has heard them as well. Advertisement A question fresh from the rumor mill: is Vic Williams contemplating a primary run against Al Melvin? It would certainly make things interesting up here in my LD. A SIDENOTE: About a … Read more
STOP THE PIXELS!! THIS JUST IN! AMPHI SCHOOL FUNDING WINS!
by David Safier (Is that going to be the new newsroom scream in an increasingly paperless journalistic world — Stop the Pixels? It lacks the punch of Stop the Presses! somehow.) Anyway, yesterday I posted about an editorial Dave Perry wrote in The Explorer concerning the Amphi School funding election. I wrote this: At press … Read more
Don’t worry, college sports pay for themselves (or not)
by David Safier This from AP: Faculty at the University of California, Berkeley, are crying foul about the millions of dollars in subsidies directed to the school's athletic department. The campus Academic Senate on Thursday voted 91-68 in favor of a nonbinding resolution calling for an end to campus support of the Department of Intercollegiate … Read more
More analysis of the election — from the right
by David Safier This is the first time I'm quoting Emil Franzi, who writes a conservative-leaning column in The Explorer, where I write a liberal-leaning column. But when both of us are thinking more-or-less the same thing on an issue or two and he brings in knowledge I don't have, he's worth quoting. Franzi is … Read more
Sobering note on school funding votes
by David Safier Dave Perry, Editor and Publisher of The Explorer, wrote an editorial about the passage and failure of school funding initiatives using the squeaker in Amphi School District as his case in point. At press time, Perry wrote, the Amphi property tax extension was up by 26 votes. Unfortunately, today's Star has it … Read more
The AMA takes some “liberal,” er, centrist positions
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: First, the American Medical Association (AMA), long the obstacle to health care reform for more than five decades, announced its support for the House Democrats health care reform bill. Now comes these equally eye opening new positions. On Monday, the American Medical Association (AMA), in partnership with Servicemembers United, the nation's largest … Read more
A Solemn Veteran’s Day: Memorial Service at Fort Hood, Texas
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Transcript of Remarks by the President at Memorial Service at Fort Hood | The White House Remarks by the President at Memorial Service at Fort Hood Fort Hood – III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas 1:55 P.M. CST THE PRESIDENT: To the Fort Hood community; to Admiral Mullen; General Casey; General Cone; Secretary … Read more
