EMOs: “Would you like fries with that diploma?”
by David SafierMy picture of a charter school has always been a few crazily dedicated educators who want to start their own schools so they can work harder and be more successful than traditional public schools. They create educational plans, start charters, hire the best staff they can find and see if they can turn … Read more
Opposition to Prop. 200 continues to grow
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Pima County Republican Party, the Tucson Association of Realtors, the Southern Arizona Home builders Association, and the Tucson Police Officers and Firefighters Associations are the principle sponsors of the Public Safety First Initiative (aka Prop. 200) which will appear on the City of Tucson November ballot. The initiative seeks to compel … Read more
Tuition tax credit expenditures far exceed estimates
by David SafierThe East Valley Trib has brought more information into the discussion in its article on the tuition tax credit task force hearings. First, in the original selling of the tax credits, the cost was low-balled big time. Materials presented to the panel by [House staff economist Mark] Bogart indicate the Legislature dramatically underestimated … Read more
Star editorial on tuition tax credits
by David SafierThe Star wrote a strong editorial on the tuition tax credit abuse story, summarizing the findings in earlier Republic and Trib articles and calling for more regulation. As a matter of fact, the editorial takes the argument one step further, wondering if there is still a need for the tax credits in light … Read more
“You can give me some money for migraine research.”
by David SafierCindy McCain is a migraine sufferer. I believe her episodes are incredibly painful, even crippling at times. I wish there were some medical treatment that would bring relief to migraine suffers, whoever they are, wherever they may be. I say that even though I don't suffer from them, and neither do any of … Read more
The GOP Trojan Horse of Tort Reform
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Republican plan for health care reform has nothing at all to do with health care per se. Republicans, including our own Senator McNasty, have trotted out the GOP Trojan Horse of "tort reform" – it's those "junk lawsuits" driving up medical costs! – as a panacea for reducing the cost of … Read more
What we really need is insurance anti-trust reform to restore competition to the market
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Republican plan for health care reform has nothing at all to do with health care per se. The GOP proposal du jour is to allow health insurance companies to engage in interstate sales of health insurance plans. This would require a "federal government takeover" of insurance regulation (interstate commerce). Insurance by … Read more
