Increasing Hispanic Students’ Interest in Tech Careers
by David Safier An interesting article in CNN/Money: IBM Launches Effort to Address Shortage of Hispanic Students in Technology Careers. This program, if it’s more than just talk, can have an important impact on Arizona and other areas with large Hispanic populations. Advertisement A few excerpts: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today convened an inaugural summit titled … Read more
Mule Train Mail: Mickey Duniho Writes an Open Letter to C. Huckelberry on Elections Security
Mr. Huckelberry: I got wind of your latest memo on election security [pdf download] by reading about it in a Tucson Citizen article. Given that you mentioned my name in the memo, I would have expected to receive a courtesy copy of the memo. Maybe my copy went astray. On page 14 of your memo … Read more
Towards a Sane Energy Policy
Posted by: AzBlueMeanie I am pleased that GOP Spartan agrees that the "McClinton Gas Tax Holiday Gimmick" is a bad idea and recognizes that the Bush administration’s weak dollar policy and reckless fiscal mismanagement of our economy, including the doubling of our national debt over 7 years, is largely responsible for our present economic condition. … Read more
News Flash: McCain Plans to Abandon Israel!
by David Safier Sorry for poaching on your territory, AZ Blue Meanie, but the English teacher in me couldn’t let McCain’s latest retracted gaff slip by without my notice. McCain said basically (I’ll include the exact quote later) that if we can end our need for mideast oil, we’ll never have to send a soldier … Read more
Mule Train Mail: Dr. Steve Gall on the Mandatory Recess Bill
Unfortunately, the State House did not vote on the 30 minute recess in elementary school bill, HB 2037. It has now gone to a Conference Committee of Senate and House members for clarification on charter schools. According to Rep. Mark Anderson, Republican of Mesa, the bill should come up for a vote again next week … Read more
Arizona Charter Schools: The Good, The Bad, and The Costly, Part 2: Meet Arizona Virtual Academy
by David Safier A building on Palo Verde just north of I-10 is the home of Arizona Virtual Academy. It’s a Charter Cyber School that gives online education to Arizona students all over the state. Because it’s a charter school (if you’re confused about charter schools, here is a primer), the students pay nothing. The … Read more
The McClinton Gas Tax Holiday Gimmick
Posted by: AzBlueMeanie (Artwork courtesy of BuzzFlash.org The John McCain for President, Hillary Clinton for Vice President War Party Fusion Ticket | BuzzFlash.org) Sen. John McCain has proposed a gas tax holiday for this summer, suspending the 18.4 cent-per-gallon federal gasoline excise tax and the 24.4 cent-per-gallon federal excise tax on diesel fuel between Memorial … Read more
