Fool’s Gold: Republic’s private school student numbers wrong
by David Safier I was going to let Matthew Ladner's Monday morning G.I. email slide. It looked pretty reasonable to me at first glance. Advertisement Then someone told me to take a closer look, and showed me where to look. Oops. Foolish me. Ladner questions a Republic article's figure for the number of private school … Read more
Reminder: League of Women Voters Forum on Tucson Ballot Propositions Today
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The League of Women Voters is sponsoring a public forum on Monday, October 19, 2009 on the City of Tucson ballot propositions. Speakers for and against the propositions will present their cases. Here are my brief descriptions of the propositions: Prop. 400 "Home Rule Option" – seeks to allow the City of … Read more
Frontline: The Warning
This is what you should be watching. The WarningTuesday, October 20, 2009, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS In the devastating aftermath of the economic meltdown, FRONTLINE sifts through the ashes for clues about why it happened and examines critical moments when it might have gone much differently. Looking back into the 1990s, veteran FRONTLINE … Read more
Imagine Schools: When is a non profit not a non profit?
by David SafierThis is one of a series of posts, Peeking into Charter Schools. If you have information you wish to contribute, you can post comments or email me: safier@schooltales.net. When is a non profit charter not a non profit charter? One answer could be, when it's one of Arizona's string of Imagine Schools. Imagine … Read more
Sen. Jon Kyl: “I’m not sure that it’s a fact that more and more people die because they don’t have health insurance.”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Arizona's Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, should just follow Abraham Lincoln's sage advice: "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." Kyl has been on a tear for the past month or so, suffering from foot-in-mouth disease and removing any doubt about what a … Read more
Health Insurance Monopolies and The Anti-Trust Exemption
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: During debate of the Senate Finance Committee "Baucus Caucus" bill, several Republican Senators said rather matter-of-fact-ly that there are 1,300 health insurance companies, "we have a competitive market." This was of course completely false. That number is derived at by counting subsidiaries and even vendors. It was disappointing that Democrats on the … Read more
