Some concerns about Andrei Cherny candidacy for ADP Chair
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Andrei Cherny has announced that he is running for the chairmanship of the Arizona Democratic Party. This is a partisan position with a partisan political party. The primary duty of the chairman is the election of Democrats to political offices in Arizona. So imagine my surprise when Andrei Cherny recently trumpeted his … Read more
Governor Grim Reaper’s Death Panel Claims Another Life
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Governor Grim Reaper (as dubbed by E.J. Montini of the Arizona Republic) and her death panel have claimed another life. The Arizona Daily Star reports Patient cut from transplant list dies: A patient who was refused a liver transplant because of state budget cuts has died, Tucson's University Medical Center confirmed Wednesday. … Read more
Update: GOP to target women and babies
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Now that's what I'm talking about! Pay attention Howie. Your stenographic reporting on our de facto governor, Sen. Russell Pearce, and our lame-duck governor, Jan Brewer, is becoming embarrassing. Proposal to change 14th Amendment draws fire and support. The Arizona Capitol Times and the Arizona Republic demonstrate the proper way to report … Read more
Report: Arizona’s budgeting politicized and short-sighted
by Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings Don't be surprised if the other writers at Blog for Arizona chime in on this one – it's that important. ASU's Morrison Institute for Public Policy and Brookings Mountain West, a joint enterprise of both the Brookings Institute and UNLV, have released a report on the long-term … Read more
Gosh! There are Democrats in Arizona! Who knew?
by David Safier I just received a press release from Paula Aboud, incoming Senate Minority Whip, about the War on Ethnic Studies. The first few paragraphs say it all: The actions of Attorney General Tom Horne and Superintendent John Huppenthal are nothing more than political opportunism against Arizona’s schoolchildren when there are more pressing state … Read more
Horne threatened school administrators and board members over ELL program he didn’t really believe in
by David Safier NPR ran a story yesterday about Arizona's mandated four-hour-a-day ELL program, which basically segregates students with limited English skills into "Mexican rooms" and insists only the English language and no other curriculum can be taught. In the story, Horne says he really wasn't so hot on the idea: [Horne] admits that he … Read more
