The latest from Giffords
by David Safier This is from an email reply Giffords sent after I called her office supporting the public option. Advertisement I support reform that creates competition through a strong public option that lowers everyone's costs and competes with private insurers. I also support malpractice tort reform, and I will not vote for a bill … Read more
AZ Supremes vs. 9th Circuit on tax credits
by David Safier It's something of a standoff. On the one hand, The state's high court on Tuesday upheld a 3-year-old law that lets corporations divert some of their state income taxes to help students attend private and parochial schools. Without comment, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected arguments by the Arizona Education Association and other … Read more
Gila Courier and blogger/journalistic integrity
by David Safier The Gila Courier, a right wing blog/news site (take your pick) printed what it thought was a version of an op ed Lisa Suarez published in the Star saying people should vote for Prop 200. The version on the Courier site had Suarez making a comment implying City Manager Mike Letcher drinks … Read more
Rep. Giffords, please stand firm on the public option
by David Safier My last post about Giffords and health care reform was very positive. She came out clearly for a strong public option and held firm in front of a hostile crowd at the town hall I attended. The rubber is about to meet the road on health care legislation, and I hope she'll … Read more
AG looking into Student Tuition Organizations
by David Safier Michelle Reese at the East Valley Trib continues to be on top of the tuition tax credit/STO story. The latest: The Arizona attorney general has sent letters to 19 of the state’s nonprofit school tuition organizations asking them to explain why they didn’t spend 90 percent of donations on scholarships for private … Read more
“Exodus from public schools as a strategic goal”
by David Safier Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist, usually very conservative, though I haven't read him enough to put him in a specific category. He has a column in today's Washington Times titled Liberation from liberalism: Escaping government schools is key to reclaiming America. He makes his point loud and clear. Traditional public schools … Read more
On Political Apathy
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Bob Herbert, columnist for the New York Times, continues his excellence in journalism with this opinion Changing the World: [For context, the opinion is framed around the history of the Civil Rights Movement and Andrew Goodman, Michael Shwerner and James Chaney, the three civil rights workers who were murdered by the Ku … Read more
