Misuse of state funds at North Star Charter
by David Safier [Note: North Star Charter is in Phoenix. I forgot to mention that in the post.] Advertisement When I wrote about a hostile takeover of North Star Charter High School which occurred in April of this year, I promised there would be more to follow. There is more, much more, concerning the misuse … Read more
How not to write a headline
by David SafierThe Star has put together some misleading headlines in the past — lots of them, actually — but this is close to their worst. If you watched Obama's town meeting yesterday or any of the news coverage, you probably saw his exchange with a questioner who began by saying he was an NRA … Read more
Tuition tax credits committee gets Republican members
by David SafierThis promises to be interesting. A few days after D legislators held a news conference announcing the formation of a committee to take a closer look at tax credits and inviting Rs to join, a few Rs actually agreed. Why? There are all kinds of possible answers. Maybe they were actually a bit … Read more
Whole Foods not for whole health care
by David SafierJohn Mackey is the CEO and founder of Whole Foods. Apparently, he's not at all fond of what the Dems are doing by way of health care legislation. He thinks it goes too far. In a Wall Street Journal op ed, he begins with this quote from Margaret Thatcher: “The problem with socialism … Read more
More About Trolls
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: On Sunday I posted a piece Do not feed the trolls (DNFTT) explaining that Blog for Arizona has had a rash of Trolls of late. At that time, specifically Nobama and Robert. As I explained, "Trolls are primarily interested in hijacking a web site through its comment page." Trolls have no respect … Read more
Arizona Supreme Court: Legislature Violated The Arizona Constitution
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: This is news? The Arizona Supreme Court today expanded on it's June 23 ruling regarding transmittal of the state budget to the Governor. State's high court weighs in on bills held from governor: The Arizona Supreme Court ordered Thursday that the Legislature immediately relinquish to the governor all bills that have received … Read more
Cautionary charter school tales from elsewhere
by David SafierWe don't know much about what's happening in charter schools here in Arizona, because they're unregulated and unmonitored. To make an analogy to the semi-regulated world of high finance, some charters are certainly solid institutions that are working in the best interests of their "investors" — the students and their parents. But there … Read more
