Goldwater Institute shows its libertarian side
by David SafierG.I. usually doesn't come down on the same side of issues as I do. But as a faithfully skeptical reader of its daily emails, I keep abreast of its ideas and its doings, and I find we come down on the same side of two recent issues, one for different reasons, one for … Read more
Farley on the Special Tax Credit Session
by David SafierFor those of you who don't get Steve Farley's weekly email report, here's his take on the Republican call (headed by Steve Yarbrough) for a special session to give private school tuition money to 400 children while schools, DES and health care are gutted: Meanwhile, the legislative majority and the Governor are still … Read more
Does it matter if Yarbrough is skimming a few dollars off the top?
by David SafierIf you read my post just before this one, you know I'm skeptical about a company Yarbrough set up, HY Processing, charging his STO about $400,000 a year for data processing. I've looked at the tax returns of a few other large Student Tuition Organizations, and none of them list any expenses related … Read more
Yarbrough: What did he spend, and how did he spend it?
by David SafierThe story I wrote about last night — Steve Yarbrough's Student Tuition Organization and the expenses it claims — is in the Star and the Republic today. Jen Darland and Lisa Hawkins, both from Tucson, held a press conference in Phoenix on the topic Monday, and both papers covered it in reasonable detail. … Read more
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson responds to Dick Cheney and his forces of evil
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson was a guest on the Rachel Maddow Show last night and responded to the attacks from Dick and Liz Cheney and their forces of evil, after he pointed the finger at the Office of the Vice President last week for the Bush torture program. What I find most disturbing is … Read more
Ouch!
by David SafierThe Arizona Economic Council has put out a scorcher of an ad about our education funding.
Steve Yarbrough and his Student Tuition Organization
by David Safier A special session to create new private school tax credits is the big ed news right now. That puts one of the two main proponents of the bill, Steve Yarbrough, into the spotlight, because, as well as being a state representative, he runs Arizona's largest Student Tuition Organization (STO). (All tuition tax … Read more
