Budget Update: Five-Way Budget Talks Fall Apart
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Advertisement Monday went from bad to worse at the state capitol. First the bad. The Arizona Capitol Times blog reported Five-party talks in peril: Rep. Kyrsten Sinema spoke to our reporter at the conclusion of today’s five-party talks. “I’m not sure there’s going to be any more of those meetings,” she said. … Read more
Good news on the tuition tax credit front
by David SafierThe Catholic Tuition Organization for the Diocese of Phoenix, a School Tuition Organization that receives tuition tax credit donations and gives them out as scholarships, never used to allow donors to recommend who the money should go to. But their funding grew stagnant, so they recently decided to accept recommendations. But now they're … Read more
Does this sound threatening to you? Part 2
by David SafierA few hours ago, I posted about a letter from Tom Horne to administrators and school board members that sounded both overly harsh and threatening to my ears. Now I'm wondering if it may be deceptive as well. Just wondering, mind you. I'm not a lawyer or a legislator, so I'm only stating … Read more
The government is being paid back TARP funds at a profit
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The New York Times today published this report As Biggest Banks Repay Bailout Money, the U.S. Sees a Profit Matthew Yglesias provides some analysis TARP Profits: I’ve been complaining for a while now about the tendency of commentators to treat the $700 billion TARP bailout as if it’s 100 percent losses when … Read more
Does this sound threatening to you?
by David SafierTUSD board member Mark Stegeman gave me a letter Tom Horne sent out in early May of this year. The gist is, every school district has to comply with the ELL Structured English Immersion model implemented in 2008. Horne's tone is harsh, to say the least. NO EXEMPTIONS FROM FULL COMPLIANCE WITH SEI … Read more
Guns, God and Presidents, Part 2
by David SafierI posted earlier about Pastor Steven Anderson saying in a sermon titled, Why I Hate Barack Obama, I'd like Barack Obama to melt like a snail tonight. Because he needs to recompense, he needs to reap what he's sown. You see, any Christian will tell you that someone who commits murder should get … Read more
Budget Update: Something’s Gotta Give Soon
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Last week the Arizona Legislature adjourned sine die to give the Accidental Governor an additional ten days to negotiate a budget agreement more to her liking after the GOP insane clown posse leadership gave up and sent her nearly the identical budget she vetoed as "fatally flawed" on July 1. The Accidental … Read more
