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
SWAG re: 2010 Arizona Attorney General race
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The folks over at The Yellow Sheet (Arizona Capitol Times – subscription required) recently engaged in speculation and some silly wild ass guesses (SWAG) about the 2010 Arizona Attorney General race. The Yellow Sheet is of the opinion that Republican Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will resign to run for Attorney General. … Read more
Update: Doubting Thomas
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A Maricopa County Superior Court Judge refused to dismiss a lawsuit against the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors over whether County Attorney Andrew Thomas is its attorney. Suit OK'd against Board of Supervisors The judge on Thursday also ordered Thomas to disclose all cases in which attorneys on staff or on contract … Read more
March4Schools at the State Capitol March 4
by David Safier A number of groups have banded together, headed by the Arizona Education Association, to put together what they hope will be the largest mobilization for education in the state's history. It's Wednesday, March 4, 4pm at the Arizona State Capitol: 1700 West Washington, Phoenix. If you want to be even more involved, there … Read more
