School Sports Play the Tax Credit Game
by David Safier (TASL) This is going to be one of those rare posts where I don’t know where I stand on an issue. I have to admit, I’m confused. Advertisement The top story in today’s Star sports section is, TUSD athletes pay more to play this fall. TUSD is raising its pay-to-play fee from … Read more
McCain and the Race Card
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Geez! I go out of town on business for a few days and the McCain campaign decides to go bat sh*t crazy. How about a heads-up next time, boys? When last I examined the McCain campaign’s in-house swiftboat attacks on Barack Obama, I briefly touched upon the Paris Hilton and Britney Spears … Read more
McCain Plays Fast and Loose With Education Alliances
by David Safier You can sum up McCain’s education policy by saying he’s for school vouchers and . . . well, that’s about it. He also wants merit pay and he likes the idea of higher salaries for teachers working in difficult schools, but those are on the periphery. It’s all vouchers all the time … Read more
Kos Mulls McCain Ranch Theme
by David Safier Maybe the McCain Ranch idea is catching on. Kos noted it in his Midday open thread. “Was McCain really trying to pretend he has a ranch?” he asks and links to an article in The Washington Independent, McCain’s Cowboy Persona. The writer, John Dougherty, once worked for the Phoenix New Times and … Read more
McCain Ranch: Arm Wrestling with Stephanopolous
by David Safier When George Stephanopolous sat down with McCain for an interview at his ranch, the scenes at left are what they wanted you to see. But my intrepid photographer hid behind a boar’s head at the side of the room. (The boar was threatening John’s cattle, he had no choice but to shoot … Read more
2% Tax Levied on TUSD Teachers to Keep Schools Open
by David Safier (TASL) OK, so the headline is a bit deceptive. Teachers aren’t really being asked to pay extra taxes. What’s happening is that teachers and the rest of the staff at Tucson schools will be getting no raises this year. I estimate it will cost about 2% more to live this year than … Read more
McCain adviser’s horrifying Iraq track record
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Neoconservative Randy Scheunemann serves as John McCain’s chief foreign policy aide and spokesman. "Not only does he have McCain’s ear, he also has a track record of being consistently wrong on the major foreign policy question of the day – Iraq. Of all the hawkish Washington foreign-policy types pushing both before and … Read more
