The Republican 2010 draft budget
by David Safier For those of you with more patience than I possess, here's the draft budget Arizona Republican legislators have put together for 2010, courtesy of the Arizona Guardian. Enjoy! (he said sarcastically.) Advertisement Advertisement
The Party of No (New Ideas)
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Thursday was the day the big bad GOP was supposed to show up the White House by finally announcing its own economic agenda, "The Republican Road to Recovery." It was promoted heavily by Faux News and cable outlets and by conservative blogs like Politico. So what happened? The GOP failed to deliver … Read more
“It ain’t over ’til we say it’s over”
by David Safier Just when you thought it was safe to stop thinking about vouchers in Arizona after yesterday's State Supreme Court decision that they're unconstitutional, comes this: Ryan said there is a way to make the vouchers legal: persuade voters to amend the constitution to alter or repeal the ban. That may be the next … Read more
AZ Repubs between Barack and a hard place
by David Safier This could cause some problems. A draft proposal of rules by U.S. Department of Education could force the state to undo $160 million in cuts to higher education approved in January by lawmakers if Arizona is to receive $775 million in federal stimulus aid. [snip] Included in those rules, House Speaker Pro … Read more
Unanimous ruling: vouchers violate AZ constitution
by David Safier How often do you see a unanimous ruling from a Supreme Court, state or federal? That's what we got today on the voucher issue from the Arizona Supreme Court. At issue are the vouchers for foster children and disabled students I wrote about earlier today. Here's the shocker, for me, anyway. The ruling … Read more
AZ Voucher legality decision coming soon
by David Safier From the Capitol Times: The Arizona Supreme Court has announced that on March 25 it will decide whether two school tuition-voucher programs for disabled and foster children should be allowed to continue. By way of background, in May, an appellate court decided the Arizona vouchers for disabled and foster children were unconstitutional since some … Read more
Somehow, this doesn’t feel right
by David Safier From the Arizona Guardian's blog, the Guardian Angel: The Angel just loves the smell of free energy drinks in the afternoon. That rumbling you heard Tuesday was sound of lawmakers stampeding toward the Ice Cream Parlor in the Old Capitol to snatch up some free swag from one of the state's most … Read more
