Then they came for the trade unionists…
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: William Rivers Pitt writes an essay on the exact same thing I was thinking as I was watching the coup d'etat in Wisconsin on Wednesday. Then They Came for the Trade Unionists: Advertisement On this day, it behooves us to remember the words of Martin Niemoller. "First they came for the communists," he wrote, "and I didn't speak … Read more
Maricopa County Losing Influence*
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings * Maricopa County is still Arizona's "big dog" and is still growing, but AZ's other "dogs" grew more from 2000 to 2010. Given that the overall "pie" of Arizona didn't get any bigger, that means that Maricopa is getting a slightly smaller part of that pie. Over a … Read more
Arizona’s census data released
By Craig McDermott, cross-posted from Random Musings I'm still sorting through the data – it's available on the Census website as three very large zipped files and is a bit of a pain in the _ _ _ to work with. However, Ronald Hansen of the Arizona Republic already has a story up. It contains … Read more
Subprime testing, balloon payment scoring and NCLB
by David Safier Obama's Ed Sec said over 80% of schools could miss their AYP (adequate yearly progress) this year, up from 37% last year. Does that mean schools are getting worse? In a word, no. It's all about balloon payment NCLB scoring. No Child Left Behind set a target starting in 2002 of all … Read more
Jan Brewer’s ‘states rights’ nod to insurrectionist secessionists
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: A defiant Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer told Southeast Valley business and political leaders on Wednesday that she would press her campaign against "an over-reaching federal government" until the feds back off. Spend too much time with the Alaska Disasta over the weekend? Governor Brewer brings 'federalism' message to Mesa: Brewer also struck … Read more
Robert Reich: Governor Walker’s Coup D’Etat
Posted by AzBlueMeanie: Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich writing at his blog, Robert Reich (Governor Walker's Coup D'Etat): Governor Scott Walker and his Wisconsin senate Republicans have laid bare the motives for their coup d’etat. By severing the financial part of the bill (which couldn’t be passed without absent Democrats) from the part eliminating … Read more
