Joe Arpaio and the usual suspects: Illegal immigrants are fire starters
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Sen. John "just build the dang fence" McCain got into trouble last week for suggesting the fires in southern Arizona were set by illegal immigrants before an investigation has been completed and without any evidence. He just feels it in his old bones. McCain and his GOP pals with him claimed a … Read more
Deficit Reduction Townhall on Thursday, June 30
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Event notice from Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' office: DEFICIT REDUCTION TOWN HALL Presentation and discussion with leading experts on national budget policy You make the cuts * You make the budget Join the Conversation! June 30, 2011 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. University of Arizona Student Union Memorial Center North Ballroom … Read more
Republicans running away from the Ryan budget plan – don’t let them off the hook
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Like the Ancient Mariner, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) is now burdened with an albatross round his neck. His "Ryan Roadmap to America's Ruin," the foundation for the Tea-Publican budget, has proven deeply unpopular with the American people and Rep. Ryan himself, heretofore little known outside of his native Wisconsin, is now the most unpopular … Read more
A clarification of my post on the Terri Proud-sponsored ed forum
by David Safier A friend called and told me she thought I was too kind to Terri Proud in my Friday post about the forum where Chris Ackerley laid out the way Arizona education funding works. My friend was at the event as well. "Too kind?" I responded. "I spoke well of the presentation by … Read more
College athletics are very well funded. College education? Not so much.
by David Safier At a time when public colleges and universities are cutting back, their athletic programs are growing, often courtesy of government funds and student fees. USA Today has been on the story with a string of stories, the lastest coming out last week. Altogether in 2010, about $2 billion in subsidies went to … Read more
A ‘Profiles in Courage’ moment for Republicans: New York approves same-sex marriage
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 he said to his aide Bill Moyers, "We have lost the South for a generation." Johnson fully understood the consequences of his signing the bill, but he and the members of Congress who voted for the bill did what was morally … Read more
A funny thing happened at a Terri Proud-sponsored education forum. Truth broke out.
by David Safier Contrary to my expectations when I walked into what was billed as a "public seminar sponsored by Rep. Terri Proud and Educating AZ Right," I heard an excellent,thorough explanation of education budgeting in Arizona. Chris Ackerley, a physics teacher at Amphi High School, gave a two hour talk about how ed funding … Read more
