Does it matter if Yarbrough is skimming a few dollars off the top?
by David SafierIf you read my post just before this one, you know I'm skeptical about a company Yarbrough set up, HY Processing, charging his STO about $400,000 a year for data processing. I've looked at the tax returns of a few other large Student Tuition Organizations, and none of them list any expenses related … Read more
Yarbrough: What did he spend, and how did he spend it?
by David SafierThe story I wrote about last night — Steve Yarbrough's Student Tuition Organization and the expenses it claims — is in the Star and the Republic today. Jen Darland and Lisa Hawkins, both from Tucson, held a press conference in Phoenix on the topic Monday, and both papers covered it in reasonable detail. … Read more
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson responds to Dick Cheney and his forces of evil
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Col. Lawrence Wilkerson was a guest on the Rachel Maddow Show last night and responded to the attacks from Dick and Liz Cheney and their forces of evil, after he pointed the finger at the Office of the Vice President last week for the Bush torture program. What I find most disturbing is … Read more
Ouch!
by David SafierThe Arizona Economic Council has put out a scorcher of an ad about our education funding.
Steve Yarbrough and his Student Tuition Organization
by David Safier A special session to create new private school tax credits is the big ed news right now. That puts one of the two main proponents of the bill, Steve Yarbrough, into the spotlight, because, as well as being a state representative, he runs Arizona's largest Student Tuition Organization (STO). (All tuition tax … Read more
The latest on the back door voucher legislation
by David SafierThe East Valley Trib has written an excellent article on the push to create a new private school tax credit to replace vouchers the AZ Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional. The article answered one question I had: why call a special session? The reason is, if the bill is passed in the special session, … Read more
The madness of Dick Cheney: “How I learned to stop worrying about legal niceties and come to love torture”
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: I never bought into the idea of Dick Cheney as Darth Vader. It is an insult to Darth Vader who redeemed himself in the end. Apparently, there will be no redemption for Dick Cheney. No, Dick Cheney's image was forever fixed in my mind as a modern-day Dr. Strangelove with his wheelchair exit … Read more
