Voter ID Laws: Voter Supression Under the Guise of Preventing Individual Voter Fraud
"The GOP has transformed the legal apparatus of the United States into an instrument of partisan force." – Scott Horton "Vote Machine: How Republicans hacked the Justice Department" (PDF) The GOP has been engaging in a cynical and deliberate attempt to use the justice system to punish their political enemies, justify and legitimate their systematic … Read more
White House Redefines “Failing School”
by David Safier Let’s check in and see how Bush’s War on Public Education is going. Based on the news that the White House has begun scaling back the rules on No Child Left Behind, I’m going to guess, it isn’t going much better than Bush’s War on Terrorism. Here’s a little history, if you … Read more
282 Jobs Eliminated from Tucson Schools?
by David Safier (TASL) No matter how you slice and dice the number, the possibility of cutting 282 positions from TUSD is terrible news. This isn’t about trimming fat. It’s about cutting into the live tissue and muscle of the school district. The final number of cuts probably won’t be that high. Typically, a District … Read more
Back from the Pacific Life Open
by David Safier Twenty hours of spectator tennis in three days over at Indian Wells, near Palm Springs. All the biggies were there, the best in the world. It was spectacular. Photos at eleven, as they used to say in the pre-cable TV days. Or whenever I get them together.
Konopnicki Stands Down
Bill Konopnicki will run for a fourth term in his state legislative seat. By implication, he won’t be running for Congress in CD 1. Bill’s ability to self-finance (he made a pile off fast food) and his strong political base in CD 1 would have been great assets to the troubled effort to hold on … Read more
A Teacher Interviews Gov. Napolitano
David Safier is on a mini-vacation, so I got to this one before him:
RenziGate Roundup 3/18
Dick’s crimes not only damaged his clients, his constituents, and the public’s confidence in the political process (such as it is) but the public interest and the private interests served and impacted by the bill which he is accused of subverting for his own pecuniary gain. The Arizona Republic takes a closer look at those … Read more
