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. Advertisement The rubber is about to meet the road on health care legislation, and I hope … 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
Face Off on Arizona Illustrated discusses propositions, Tucson election
Posted by AzBlueMeanie:
Commentators Bruce Ash and Vince Rabago weigh in on the City of Tucson election and the Propositions. Vince Rabago brings his A-game and destroys the bogus arguments of GOP National Commiteeman Bruce Ash, who is also the chief financial backer of the Tucson Vision Committee The Vision Thing: Independent Campaign Donors Revealed which is running false attack ads on television. For more about Mr. Ash's smear campaign see GOP culture war smear campaign reduced to Ash.
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Massive teacher layoffs?
by David Safier This from Tom Horne. Arizona faces the prospect of large-scale layoffs of school teachers next year due to the state's budget problems, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said Monday. He said the ‘‘massive layoffs'' of teachers are possible even though school districts' actual job cuts for the current school year … Read more
How dare you question us!
by David Safier I went to the debate over Prop 200 tonight. I think the No on 200 folks sounded intelligent and knowledgeable and Yes on 200 folks had nothing but fear on their side. But that doesn't tell me anything about who's going to win at the polls. Other than the actual debate, which … Read more
