A professional chimes in on Yarbrough’s STO
by David SafierBefore I go into the substance of this post, let me mention an excellent post on Random Musings that adds to the discussion of Yarbrough's ACSTO paying about $400,000 a year to Yarbrough's HY Processing. "Random" quotes from the IRS rules governing 501(c)3 organizations, particularly the prohibition against "excess benefit transactions" where the … Read more
Congress Approves a Financial Crisis Investigation Commission
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Earlier this week, the House passed the final version of a bill intended to enhance enforcement of financial crimes, one of the provisions of which will create a 10-member commission to investigate the causes of the financial crisis. The vote was 338 to 52. The Senate passed the same version of the … Read more
Credit Cardholder Bill of Rights Approved by Congress, Sent to President
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: The Senate on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to impose tough new restrictions on the credit card industry, which had spent years successfully avoiding regulations. Senate approves tougher credit card rules in 90-5 vote The bill bars firms from hiking interest rates on cardholders unless they are 60 days late in payment, bans “double-cycle … Read more
SWAG Re: Early Filers for 2010
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: There has been a number of early candidate filings this year for 2010. Many of the ranked contenders, however, may not file until as late as January of 2010 because of Arizona's resign to run law. So the early filers are not necessarily indicative of who's in and who's out for 2010. … Read more
Fitz makes HuffPo
by David SafierLocal writer and frequent Huffington Post contributor Marlene Phillips profiled our own David Fitzsimmons on Huffington Post. Did you know "Fitzsimmons' cartoons are in syndication in over 700 newspapers in the United States and around the world"? Neither did I.
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
