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by David Safier AZ ranks 4th in measure of corrections spendingBy Arthur H. RotsteinTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSTucson, Arizona | Published: 03.03.2009Arizona spent a higher percentage of its general fund on corrections in fiscal 2008 than all but three other states, according to a study released Monday. Advertisement The Pew Center on the States report looks at … Read more
Links, chains and the Goldwater Institute
by David Safier Once again, let me admit that I'm not knowledgeable enough to discuss the details of Arizona's school funding. But I know snake oil when I see it. And G.I. is selling snake oil. Last night, I put up a statement by LEAN dissecting the claim by Matthew Ladner and the Goldwater Institute … Read more
Bad bill
by David Safier This information is from an email blast by Rep. Nancy Young Wright, using text written by Sandy Bahr of the Sierra Club. Please help stop this very bad bill by emailing or calling your legislators today: HB2088 NOW: public conservation monies; transfer; parks (Nichols) diverts $20 million from the Public Conservation Account in the … Read more
About that $9,700 per student figure
by David Safier Anyone who has been following my running debates with Matthew Ladner of the Goldwater Institute has seen him write that Arizona actually spends more like $9,700 per student than the usually quoted figure of about $6,200. A recently formed group, LEAN (sorry, I don't know what the acronym stands for) has explained … Read more
Arizona Democrats: Assert your legal rights, demand answers
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: As a general rule, I do not write about internal Democratic Party disputes. What goes on in the family stays in the family. But there are rare exceptions to this rule, and it pains me to admit that this is one of those rare exceptions. David Safier and Tedski at R-Cubed have … Read more
Dem state party blues
by David Safier Tedski has written an excellent post at R-Cubed about the Arizona State Democratic Party hiring a head hunter to help find a new Executive Director to replace Maria Weeg. I'm going to approach the topic from a somewhat different angle than his. He mainly discussed whether it was a good decision to hire … Read more
Was NCLB designed to destroy faith in public schools?
by David Safier About a week ago, I put together a post, Majority leadership wants to move away from public education. In the post, Javan Mesnard, the Senate Majority (read, Republican) Staff Policy Advisor, said that a goal of the Republican leadership was to move toward charter and private schools and away from traditional public schools. … Read more
