Arizona Daily Star schools “out of touch” Senator Jon Kyl
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Advertisement Better late than never. Thanks for reading the blog. Senator Obstruction, Jon Kyl, thinks the unemployed are just lazy – Blog For Arizona Today the Arizona Daily Star schools Senator Obstruction, Jon "let then eat cake" Kyl, on what it means to be unemployed in Arizona. Does Kyl know how difficult … Read more
Senate Appropriations meeting on Friday
Posted by Craig McDermott A quick update between reformats on my home computer… As the state lege remains at a near-standstill due to ongoing (but closed-door, of course) budget negotiations between the Republicans in the lege and the Republicans in the Governor's office, there are a few signs of life. Almost all committee meetings were … Read more
G.I.’s Darcy Olsen tells “1-to-1 teacher-to-bureaucrat” lie on Arizona Illustrated.
by David Safier Not once but twice Thursday, Darcy Olsen, President and CEO of the Goldwater Institute, repeated the statement which first appeared in a Matthew Ladner Daily Email — that there is a 1-to-1 ratio between teachers and bureaucrats in Arizona's school districts. The first time was on the John C. Scott show. The … Read more
Darcy Olsen repeats 1-to-1 teacher-to-bureaucrat ratio lie on the radio
by David Safier I have this from 3 separate sources. This afternoon on the John C. Scott show, Darcy Olsen, President and CEO of the Goldwater Institute, repeated Matthew Ladner's claim that there is a 1-to-1 teacher-to-bureaucrat ration in Arizona's school districts. When Ladner wrote me saying he wouldn't make that claim again, I guess … Read more
AEN looks at spending on classroom instruction
by David Safier The Arizona Education Network, which started up recently as a response to cuts in education funding, has grown into one of the most valuable organizations of its kind in the state. Operating with little or no money and an incredible amount of time and dedication from its volunteers, AEN has created a … Read more
GOP Fear Factor
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Authoritarians always resort to fear mongering and scapegoating others as their "enemy." As George W. Bush so aptly put it, "you're either with us or against us." The power of hate to blind one to reason and judgment should never be underestimated or taken lightly as a motivation. So it should come … Read more
G.I. Guarantee Watch: Ladner in Blunderland
by David Safier I await the arrival of a letter from the Goldwater Institute which, I have every reason to believe, will tell me Matthew Ladner was correct to count bus drivers, maintenance workers and food service workers as bureaucrats, which allowed him to say that school districts have "an almost 1-to-1 teacher to bureaucrat … Read more
